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Tetradrachm - Wazamar Middle Period
| Issuer | Choresmia (ancient) |
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| Year | 250-300 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Diademed, bearded royal bust facing right, with elaborately plaited hair and wearing a distinctive cap-like headdress surmounted by a seated falcon in profile. The portrait is rendered in the Hellenistic tradition adapted to local Chorasmian artistic conventions, with pronounced facial features. The entire design is contained within a bead-and-reel border, characteristic of the dynastic coinage of ancient Khwarezm. |
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| Reverse description | King Wazamar depicted on horseback, advancing to the right, in a composition typical of Iranian dynastic coinage of the period. Behind the mounted figure appears the royal dynastic tamgha rendered in a swan-shaped form. Above the equestrian scene, a retrograde pseudo-Greek or local Chorasmian legend reading V(retrograde)VΩ=VΛV is inscribed in the upper field, while the Khwarezmian-script inscription wzm`r mlk` (King Wazamar) appears in the lower field, identifying the ruler by name and title. |
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| Reverse lettering | V(retrograde)VΩ=VΛV wzm`r mlk` (Translation: King Wazamar) |
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