ancients => well, I scored myself my first Sogdiana!!

By the way, can Goh, @dltsrq, @Ancientnoob, and I have our own section? Bill too of course. I love this topic and discourse, just kind of want to keep it private lest too many of you Greek and Roman people find it too interesting.

 

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Generally, the heavier pieces should be earlier and finer. Zeimal doesn't mention the heavier pieces or the Hirkod types. Zeimal's work relates strictly to coins found on the territory of Tajikistan. In that country, the archer coins are found in only a small region closest to Samarkand (in neighboring Uzbekistan). Thus, only those types which circulated in the eastern-most area of Samarkand's circulation zone are included. The Hirkod coins are inscribed in Greek and, I believe, associated with Bukhara. They may not have circulated in what is now Tajikistan. The Kidara coins are inscribed kydr in Sogdian. Zeimal does mention the legend-only coins and believes them to be a short-lived experiment during phase 2, theorizing that the when flans became too small to comfortably hold both portrait and legend, at least one workshop tried a legend-only design.

 

Good point. Prices could only go up if it gets out that coins equally as rare as an EID MAR denarius or 1913 Liberty nickel, even unique pieces, can sometimes be acquired for the price of a pizza!

 

SHHHHH....

You know "they" can see this right.

also when we talk about the coins of Kidara are we talking about this Kidara?

 

Yes.

 

OK it looks like we are all in the same camp...who wants to move, I say lets go east the sun comes from there...it might be warmer.

 

Darn. . I don't even have our seen a Kidara before.

 

But I do have this. ..

 

Not sure but here is Varo...unknown King possibly Buddha Mitra

Kidarites
Gandhara
AR Drachm 28 mm x 3.89 grams
Obv: Bust facing three-quarters to right, wearing plumed headdress.
Rev: Fire altar and attendants Legend under fire altar

 

Try guessing my piece. .. it's a Khusro but not quite

 

Kidara is an interesting figure. Basically the leader of a band of Red Huns who were the first Huns to enter Central Asia from China/Mongolia. The Sassanid's were eventually successful against them, but Peroz tried that with the Hepthalites and got defeated over and over again. Numismatically, this was great in that it gave us many Peroz coins to collect though.

 

gotta love Peroz... @stevex6 ....post the great one you got!

 

Very nice Peroz. . Sharp and distinctive features. . The only Peroz equivalent I got is an imitative.

Chaganian, Tokharistan.

 

One of the little fellows from my book:
(9 mm, 0.28 grams)

 

Wow fellas => fantastic info and coins!!

medoraman & dltsrq => thanks a lot for all of your help!! (you two Sogdians "rock")

=> well, okay Noob (since you changed your previous avatar, I'll help a brother out!!)


Sassanian Kingdom, Peroz I AR Drachm
459-484 AD
Peroz I & Fire Altar Attendants

 

Fantastic coin Steve, with that info dump from medoraman makes me like tha' piece even more.

 

At times, does not the sheer art of these old coins truly boggle the mind? Or is it just me? It's not the "R" factor but the "B"eauty factor that turns ME on.

 

I'm with you @wmichael !