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Drachm - Kidarites Yazdegird I-imitation
| Issuer | Kidarite Kingdom |
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| Year | 420 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust three-quarter facing right, surmounted by a helmet-shaped crown adorned with four crescent ornaments and a beaded solar disk finial; four billowing streamers issue from the rear of the crown. The portrait closely imitates the style of Sasanian king Yazdegird I. A partially legible legend in uncertain Bactrian or Sogdian script runs along the periphery of the field. |
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| Obverse script | Bactrian or Sogdian |
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| Reverse description | A stepped fire altar occupies the center of the field, with a frontal bust of Ahura Mazda emerging from the flames above the altar table. Two crowned attendants, each facing inward, flank the altar in the manner of Sasanian reverse types, their hands raised in a gesture of veneration. The overall composition is a Kidarite adaptation of the standard late Sasanian fire altar reverse, rendered in the hammered style characteristic of Central Asian silver coinage of the fifth century. |
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