1 Drachm Peroz I imitation, Uncertain Sogdian mint, Northern Tokharistan, 1 countermark, type 6

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.