1 Drachm - Khono Peroz imitation, Northern Tokharistan, Uncertain Sogdian mint, countermark

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.