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Hemistater
| Issuer | Uncertain Bactrian city (Baktria) |
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| Year | 400 BC - 301 BC |
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| Weight | 3.44 g |
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| Reverse description | Forepart of a lion advancing to the right, depicted with an elaborately detailed mane rendered through deeply incised radiating lines fanning around the head. The open mouth exposes bared teeth, conveying ferocity, and the eye is boldly outlined. The powerful forelegs are shown in mid-stride, filling the irregular flan without legend or border, characteristic of the uninscribed coinage attributed to uncertain Bactrian mints of the fourth century BC. |
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| Mintage | ND (400 BC - 301 BC) |
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Pre-Alexandrian Bactrian gold is among the least documented coinage in the ancient world. The region operated as an Achaemenid satrapy during this period, yet local minting activity — when it occurred at all — was largely independent of Persian imperial production at Sardis or Susa. Attribution remains unresolved; no single city has been confirmed as the source, and the "uncertain" designation reflects genuine scholarly disagreement rather than incomplete cataloging.
Fewer than a handful of die-linked specimens are known across major collections.