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1 Drachm Peroz I imitation, Uncertain Sogdian mint, Northern Tokharistan, 1 countermark, type 6
| Issuer | Uncertain Sogdian mint |
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| Year | 501-601 |
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| Technique | Countermarked |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of the Sasanian king Peroz I facing right, wearing an elaborate winged crown surmounted by a crescent and globe, rendered in the degenerate Sogdian imitative style. The effigy is enclosed within a beaded inner border, with globular ornaments at the cardinal points of the field. A single countermark of type 6 is applied in the field. Sogdian script characters are visible to the right of the bust. The overall execution reflects local Central Asian die-cutting conventions derived from Sasanian prototypes. |
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| Obverse script | Pahlavi/Sogdian |
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Sogdian imitations of Sasanian drachms were produced across a wide belt of Central Asia as local rulers leveraged the commercial credibility of Peroz I's coinage — one of the most widely circulated silver types on the Silk Road — without controlling a Sasanian mint. The countermark punched into this piece reflects secondary authentication or remonetization by a regional authority, a practice documented across Northern Tokharistan where political fragmentation meant coin acceptance was never guaranteed by type alone.
Peroz I died at the Battle of Herat in 484 AD, defeated by the Hephthalites, yet his coin types continued circulating and being imitated for well over a century afterward.