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1 Drachm Peroz imitation, Northern Tokharistan
| Issuer | Northern Tokharistan |
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| Year | 501-601 |
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| Value | 1 Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Stylized bust of the Sasanian king Peroz facing right, wearing a distinctive winged and crescent-surmounted crown characteristic of Peroz I-type imitative coinage. The effigy is rendered in a debased, provincial style derived from Sasanian prototypes, with simplified facial features and schematic hair or beard treatment visible within a beaded border. Flanking the bust are remnants of degraded Sogdian legend in the field. The overall design reflects the local Tokharistani adaptation of Sasanian royal imagery, with visible die wear and irregular flan consistent with hammered silver production. |
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| Reverse description | Fire altar flanked by two attendants in the Sasanian tradition, rendered in a simplified and stylized provincial manner. The altar and flanking figures are executed in a debased imitative style, showing significant departure from the refined Sasanian originals. Pahlavi legend remnants are present in the field, heavily degraded and difficult to read due to local engraving conventions. The reverse design is enclosed within a beaded or dotted border on an irregularly shaped silver flan. Overall workmanship is consistent with post-Sasanian Central Asian imitative issues of the 6th–7th century. |
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| Mintage | ND (501-601) |
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