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1 Hemidrachm Antiochos imitation, Samarqand
| Issuer | Samarqand (ancient) |
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| Year | 201 BC - 101 AD |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | Bridled horse's head in right profile, rendered in a bold and schematic style typical of local Sogdian coinage; a circled dot device appears in the field immediately before the horse's muzzle. The design derives ultimately from Seleucid prototypes but displays the simplified, expressive line work characteristic of Central Asian imitative issues. The field is otherwise plain, with no additional legend or exergual inscription. |
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| Mintage | ND (201 BC - 101 AD) |
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These Sogdian imitations of Seleucid hemidrachms circulated in the Zerafshan valley long after Antiochus III's actual authority in the region had collapsed — local merchants and rulers continued reproducing the type because the original coins had established commercial trust across Central Asian trade routes. The prototypes were themselves already debased imitations by the time Sogdian die-cutters began copying them, producing a cascade of progressively abstracted designs across roughly three centuries of use.