Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 461. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOCAL ISSUES, Silk Road Region. 5th-8th centuries AD. AV Repoussé Roundel (1.02 g). Imitating Roman type. IOVIOV dHQ, S (S horizontal) VIVΓΩ, large and bushy she-wolf, wearing cincture, standing right, head right, suckling twins; lotuses above and below / Incuse of obverse. MK -; Göbl, Dokumente -; Stein (Wang) -; cf. V. Raspopova, "Gold Coins and bracteates from Pendjikent," in Coins, Art, and Chronology, pp. 455-456 and figs. 8 and 12; cf. A. Juliano and J. Lerner, eds. Monks and Merchants: Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China, pp. 271-291; MACW -. Good VF, wavy. An attractive type of cross-cultural interest.