500 Tenge Drakhma

Kazakhstan's "Drakhma" issue belongs to a series commemorating ancient coins once circulated across the steppe regions of Central Asia. The Saka tribes inhabiting what is now southern Kazakhstan struck silver drakhmas heavily influenced by Greek coinage following Alexander's eastern campaigns — a numismatic bridge between Hellenistic monetary culture and the nomadic economies of the interior. The blackened silver center is a deliberate minting technique used to create contrast, not an oxidation artifact.