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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2490284, member: 26302&quot;]The Silk Road history was mainly a story between the north and south routes. The south route being the predominant one until the destruction by the Kushans. After that it moved North into Sogdiana. The western branch of the northern route was always predominantly through Persia, due to the vast majority of the product being traded with the Roman empire, predominantly through Constantinople.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the origins of the four above to certain people, I don&#039;t see it. What I see is mainly attempts to imitate prototypes with barbaric nonsense legends, like my piece. I have been collecting Central Asia for about 15 years now, and I couldn&#039;t make the association you are based upon the style of these pieces. The only one I am guessing is the &quot;hunnic&quot; one, based upon I guess the bad reverse like Napki Malka or Alchon pieces. However some Kushan and Kidarites have the same types of reverses. As to Bactrian influences, remember these had to have been made at least 600 years after the last Bactrian king.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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