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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3198297, member: 98035&quot;]As much as I love Roman and Greek coins, I cannot resist the mystique that surrounds most non-classical coins. I finally sprung for a little set of this mysterious ruler, who is not attested beyond his relatively scarce coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Soghdia, Bukhara (Uzbekistan)</p><p>C. 150 BC - 100 AD?</p><p>King Hyrcodes (AKA Hirkod, Hircod etc)</p><p><br /></p><p>These silver coins are all found in the area of Bukhara in modern Uzbekistan, formerly a major post on the Silk Road. There is no doubt that these coins drew heavily from the Bactrian Greeks, and the use of Greek (rather than Bactrian) probably dates them to before the zenith of the Kushan empire. Ethnically, Hyrcodes was probably either Scythian or Yueh-chi. His coinage is comprised of two or three denominations with enough spread to infer that they were made over decades or centuries at various stages of a shifting weight standard.</p><p><br /></p><p>First up, a possibly lifetime &quot;drachm&quot;</p><p>15mm, 2.68g</p><p>Obv: Portrait right, YPKωΔOY behind</p><p>Rev: Soldier/deity standing, wearing heavy coat, holding spear and hand on hips, flames on shoulders, badly garbled Greek legends</p><p>[ATTACH=full]827211[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A later, probably posthumous drachm or hemidrachm</p><p>15mm, 1.05g</p><p>Obv: Portrait right, no legend</p><p>Rev: Soldier/deity standing, wearing heavy coat, holding spear and hand on hips, flames on shoulders, badly garbled Greek legends</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]827212[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, a different reverse type featuring the protome of a horse. These come with reverse inscriptions in either Greek or Aramaic/Sogdian</p><p>AR &quot;obol&quot; 11mm, 0.66g</p><p>Obv: Bust of king right, (YP)KωΔ behind (Hirkod)</p><p>Rev: Forepart of horse, uncertain Greek legend around (probably YPKωΔ again)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]827213[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post any examples you have![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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