Obol - Sapalbizes

Issuer	Tribal confederation of Yuezhi (Central Asia (ancient))
Year	20 BC - 20 AD
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Composition	Silver
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Obverse script	Greek
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Reverse description	A stylized lion standing to the right, rendered in a schematic, provincial Hellenistic manner, with a heavily maned head and simplified body proportions. Above the lion's back appears a crescent symbol and the Greek letter Λ, the latter possibly serving as a control mark or abbreviated denomination indicator. The bilingual legend invoking the goddess Nanaia is disposed in the field to either side of the central device. The composition reflects syncretistic Central Asian religious iconography combined with Hellenistic numismatic conventions.
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Edge	Plain
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