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Tetradrachm - Bravik Afrighid
| Issuer | Afrighid dynasty (Choresmia) |
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| Year | 601-650 |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Reverse description | The enthroned king Bravik depicted as an equestrian figure riding right on horseback, holding a whip raised in his right hand in a posture of royal authority. The field is densely filled with elaborate scrolling and vegetal ornamental motifs in the Chorasmian decorative style. A dynastic tamgha symbol appears to the left of the rider. A Chorasmian script legend runs along the right margin, reading 'Lord king Bravik'. The overall composition reflects the late Sasanian-influenced iconography of the Afrighid coinage of Khwarazm. |
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| Mintage | ND (601-650) - Early 7th century |
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The Afrighid dynasty ruled Choresmia — the lower Oxus basin — as a persistent local power that outlasted Sasanian collapse and resisted early Arab expansion longer than most Central Asian polities. This tetradrachm belongs to the Bravik series, a classificatory group established by B.I. Vainberg based on her foundational typological work on Chorasmian coinage, the essential reference for any serious study of this material. Vainberg's Γ II designation places this piece within a mid-seventh-century sequence produced as Sasanian influence disintegrated and Arab armies were pressing through Khorasan.