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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;THCoins, post: 2517518, member: 57364&quot;]Very interesting and convincing story !</p><p>I can make one addition. In Trajan&#039;s time there was an additional important trade route, not on your map which cross-linked your northern route with the Indian route.</p><p>From the northern ports in India, ships also sayled to Charax, at the northern tip of the Persian gulf. From there the trade route went overland principally to Palmyra in Syria. Here it met with the eastern land trade route. Tajan is even reported to have visited Charax.</p><p>I do not have any Roman connected coins but can show a later connection:</p><p>This is a coin issued under the authority of Masud al-Kwarezmi. This was the governor of the Karakoram province around 1250AD with Mongke Khan as overlord. The coin was minted in Kashgar, China which is also on your map. Masud controlled the trade route going south from Kashgar. This trade route today still exists and now forms the trajectory of the so-called Karakoram Highway.</p><p>AE 30 mm, 5.11 gr. Album-1975.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]536338[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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