Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Hemiobol - Hyrcodes Bukhara Sogd, with Greek legend
| Issuer | Bukhara Sogd (ancient) |
|---|---|
| Year | 101 BC - 1 BC |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | YPKωΔOY (Translation: Hycodes) |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The hemiobols of Bukhara Sogd occupy a strange corner of numismatic history — local imitations of Greco-Bactrian prototypes produced long after Greek political authority in the region had collapsed. The Greek legend retained on these pieces was almost certainly meaningless to the moneyers striking them, a phonetic ghost copied from prototypes by craftsmen with no knowledge of the language.
Senior's A11.3 classification places this among the Hyrcodes issues, a dynastic name known almost exclusively through the coinage itself.