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1 Drachm
| Issuer | Dahae tribes |
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| Year | 101 BC - 1 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Stylized male head facing right in high relief, rendered in a bold, abstracted barbarian artistic tradition derived from late Hellenistic prototypes. The facial features are broadly modeled, with a prominent eye depicted in schematic form and a simplified nose and mouth. The hair or headdress is indicated by a border of pellets or beaded decorative elements encircling the periphery of the flan. The overall style reflects the local Central Asian adaptation of Greek coin iconography, characteristic of tribal issues of the Dahae peoples of the eastern Iranian steppe. |
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| Reverse description | Plain, essentially blank or nearly featureless reverse with a flat, worn, and lightly textured surface, consistent with a uniface or near-uniface hammered tribal coinage. No discernible legend, symbol, or design element is present, suggesting either a simple incuse punch strike or extreme wear obliterating any original design. The flan edges are irregular, typical of hand-cut silver blanks employed in barbarous tribal coinage of the Central Asian steppe region during the 1st century BC. |
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| Mintage | ND (101 BC - 1 BC) - Struck circa 1st century BC |
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