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1 Drachm - Khono Peroz imitation, Northern Tokharistan, Uncertain Sogdian mint, countermark
| Issuer | Uncertain Sogdian mint |
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| Year | 501-601 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Bactrian |
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| Reverse description | Central fire altar depicted in the standard Sasanian manner, with a stepped base and flaming crest, flanked on either side by standing attendants facing inward toward the altar. A star symbol appears above the altar flame in the upper field. The composition closely follows Sasanian prototype designs, rendered in the provincial, slightly degenerate style typical of Tokharistan imitative issues of the 6th–7th centuries. |
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Khono Peroz imitations circulated across Sogdiana and Tokharistan long after the Sasanian king Peroz I died in 484 AD fighting the Hephthalites — the very enemies whose political dominance drove the proliferation of these copies. Local Sogdian mints struck degraded imitations for generations, each die-cutter working further from the original prototype, which explains the wide variance in fabric and execution across the type. The countermark here signals revalidation by a local authority, a common practice when political control over a region changed hands and existing coin stocks needed official endorsement to remain current.