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1 Drachm - Anonymous Alexander Imitation, Kashkadarya
| Issuer | Kashkadarya Valley |
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| Year | 230 BC - 50 AD |
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| Value | 1 Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Degraded imitative bust of Hercules facing right, wearing the Nemean lion's skin headdress, rendered in a provincial barbaric style derived from the Alexander III tetradrachm prototype. The facial features, though coarsely executed, retain recognizable Hellenistic influence, with the lion's scalp knotted beneath the chin. The overall die work reflects local Central Asian engraving traditions overlaid upon the original Macedonian iconography. The field is flat and unadorned, with an irregular flan edge characteristic of local hammered coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Imitative depiction of Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned to the left, nude to the waist and draped across the lap, seated upon a high-backed throne with elaborately rendered legs. The deity extends his right hand forward, upon which an eagle is schematically indicated, while his left hand rests on a long scepter. The composition closely follows the reverse type of Alexander III drachms but is rendered in a markedly barbarized style, with simplified and stylized anatomical details consistent with local Central Asian imitative coinage of the Kashkadarya Valley. No legend is present, reflecting the anonymous nature of this emission. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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