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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 2647727, member: 84744&quot;]Expanding on various (but especially [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER]&#039;s) &quot;eclectic variety of horses&quot; strategy...</p><p><br /></p><p>India, Paramaras of Malwa, billon dramma, 4.45 g, 15mm. c. 1200 AD&nbsp; Obv: Gadhaiya style bust; Rev: War scene with horseman killing warrior lying on the ground.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]585150[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ghorid: Mu&#039;izz al-Din Muhammad (1171-1206), AE jital, Rajput bull &amp; horseman type with Nagari inscriptions, A1781:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]585152[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And my rarest one, a Saka/Scythian issue derived from a Seleukid horse type, but depicting the &quot;king of the Sakas&quot;.&nbsp; The consensus on zeno.ru (category 2733) is that it comes from Samarkand (Sogdiana).&nbsp; Possibly as early as 1st c. BC (Mitchiner: the Dahae) prior to the Saka migration into India, or, if 1st-2nd c. AD possibly non-Kushan Yuezhi prior to their own southern migration.&nbsp; (Any further info appreciated... [USER=26302]@medoraman[/USER]?&nbsp; I saw you&#039;re interested in Silk Road stuff...)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]585159[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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