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1 Drachm - Khono Peroz imitation, Northern Tokharistan, Uncertain Sogdian mint, countermark
| Issuer | Uncertain Sogdian mint |
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| Year | 501-601 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and crowned bust of Khono Peroz facing right, rendered in the Sasanian tradition. Two countermarks are applied to the field: one consisting of a tamgha of uncertain origin, possibly attributable to a Turkic ruler, and one bearing a Bactrian legend. The bust displays the characteristic stylized hair and crown typical of late Sasanian and post-Sasanian imitative coinage of Northern Tokharistan. |
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| Mintage | ND (501-601) |
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Khono Peroz imitations circulated across Sogdiana and Tokharistan long after the Sasanian king Peroz I died in 484 AD fighting the Hephthalites — the very enemies whose political dominance drove the proliferation of these copies. Local Sogdian mints struck degraded imitations for generations, each die-cutter working further from the original prototype, which explains the wide variance in fabric and execution across the type. The countermark here signals revalidation by a local authority, a common practice when political control over a region changed hands and existing coin stocks needed official endorsement to remain current.