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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 1736521, member: 44140&quot;]This is a fairly new coin type for me. I really don&#039;t know too much about this coin type outside the fact the were circulated along the silk road by Sogd traders, a class of merchant culture living in Central Asia. This coin is made in the Sassanian Persian style, a broad thin coin with a &quot;stylized&quot; Persian bust right with a familiar look. The reverse features a Zoroastrian fire altar and inside the flames is the but of&nbsp; Ahura Mazda God of Knowledge and Intellect, flanked by ribbons and attendants. I like this coin because it displays influence from different cultures. The coin is struck in the name of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mahdi in Sogd script, while the coin is described imitating the Sassanid Shah Bahram V, for use by the Turko-Hephthalite rulers of Bukhara. I think the coin is a great representation of the geopolitical situation is Central Asia in the late 8th century. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Turco-Hephthalite </p><p>Lords of Bukhara </p><p>in the name of Abbasid Caliph Muhammad al-Mahdi (775-785 AD)</p><p>AR/BI Drachm 25 mm x 2.50 g</p><p>Obverse:Sogd script-Lord of Bukhara; Persian Bust right.</p><p>Reverse: Zoroastrian fire altar flanked by ribbons and attendents. Bust of Ahura Mazda right in flames.</p><p>Ref: Album 94BMAS319 ??[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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