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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2489500, member: 26302&quot;]I was able to pick this up yesterday. Its a barbaric copy of a byzantine gold piece. Its ex-Dmitry Markov, a world leader in Sogdian coinage and apparently unpublished.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sogdia to my knowledge never struck any gold coinage. The closest they ever got was imitative issues like this one and the thin, very rare one sided pieces. I posted one of them a couple of years ago here, and it was not everyone&#039;s cup of tea. That is fine, and I am sure this is not some&#039;s either, but it about all there is out there for gold coins from this very little understood region. I know I am biased, but I think owning a gold coin struck on the ancient Silk Road, coupled with the fact one of the world leaders in this coinage declares it unpublished, is pretty cool. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]526685[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine Imitative. Central Asian imitation of an Heraclius solidus. 610-641 or later. AV solidus (19.4 mm, 1.85 g, 1 h). Busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine / VHNVW LVVIIIV (barbarous legend), Cross on steps. Unpublished, apparently unique. VF.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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