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Unknown Æ Vardanzi
| Issuer | Vardanzi, City of |
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| Year | 625-675 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Lion passant left in the central field, rendered in a schematic provincial style typical of early medieval Sogdian civic coinage. The animal is depicted with head turned slightly forward, body in profile, with visible forelimbs and tail raised. The design is surrounded by a border of pellets arranged along the coin's irregular circumference. Additional pellets or globules appear to the left of the lion, likely serving as decorative field elements or symbolic markers. |
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| Reverse description | A bold Nestorian cross (cross pattée type) occupies the central field, with broad, slightly flared arms of roughly equal length. The cross is surrounded by a border of pellets arranged around the circumference of the flan, echoing the decorative scheme of the obverse. The surface shows typical die wear and flan irregularities consistent with hammered provincial bronze coinage of the early medieval period. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (625-675) |
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