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Tetradrachm - Wazamar Middle Period
| Issuer | Choresmia (ancient) |
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| Year | 250-300 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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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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| Edge | Plain |
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Choresmian coinage of this period operated entirely outside the Silk Road's more documented exchange networks — the kingdom sat in the Oxus delta, agriculturally rich but politically isolated between the Kushan empire to the east and Sasanian pressure from the west. The Wazamar series, identified by Vainberg's typology, represents a dynasty whose rulers are known almost exclusively through their coins; no contemporary written source names them independently.
The Б2V classification places this piece in the middle of the Wazamar sequence, after the initial imitative phase drew away from its Parthian prototypes toward a distinctly local idiom. Fabric irregularities common to this group reflect local silver sourcing rather than mint inconsistency.