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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3584949, member: 98035&quot;]1.1.1 - &quot;Gurjura&quot; Early Style Imitative</p><p><br /></p><p>These somewhat rare coins are a close technical copy of original Peroz I drachms, so I take them to be first in this series. Not especially breathtaking from an artistic standpoint, but placed side by side with the original, the shape and proportions of the head, crown, wings, shoulder pads, necklace, fire altar, and attendants are a very good match. Importantly, however, are some simplifications, perhaps due to a lack of artistic skill on the part of the celator:</p><p>- The portrait looks straight ahead rather than slightly upward (This is sometimes seen on official coins).</p><p>- The brim of the hat becomes flat.</p><p>- The eye becomes simplified, showing as a circle on my example, or as a dot on others I have seen.</p><p>- The brow is furrowed and very straight.</p><p>- The ribbons become three parallel horizontal lines and are no longer 3D nor slanted as on the original.</p><p>- There is never an obverse legend.</p><p>- The attendants are stylized differently than on the Sassanian prototype. They have a very tall, very thin body, and we can see the first instance of the &quot;thorn dress&quot; albeit the portrusions are somewhat faint on this coin.</p><p>- These coins usually retain imitative legends on the reverse, behind the attendants. These can be almost-legends or decorative lines. My example possibly has cursive Bactrian &quot;ALCHOON&quot; which--assuming it&#039;s not just a scribbly line--further attests that these coins were inspired by the Hun invaders of the 6th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>1.1.1 Coin 1</p><p>25mm</p><p>4.00g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]956925[/ATTACH] </p><p>For the time being, this is sadly my only coin of this sub-series... they do not often show up on eBay. The simplifications are already apparent, but all things considered, this is still a remarkably good technical copy of an official Peroz drachm. Compare against this official coin from the GWL mint:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]956926[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>One of the most remarkable things (in my eye) about this coin is the early appearance of the thorn dress for the attendants. It has no other precedence--it is not present on any official Peroz coin, nor on any proper Hunnic coin. It is an original development, and inexplicably one that will bind this entire, incredibly diverse series.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also unique to these very early types, we can see a remnant of a legend behind each attendant. Highlighted here:[ATTACH=full]956927[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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