436, Lot: 322. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOCAL ISSUES, Silk Road Region. 5th-8th centuries AD. Pair of AV Bracteates. Imitating an early Byzantine AV solidus. Both bracteates: helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield decorated with horseman motif / Incuse of obverse. Includes: 1) (16mm, 0.16 g, 12h) // 2) (16mm, 0.16 g, 12h). Cf. Göbl, Dokumente pl. 87, B1; cf. Stein (Wang) p. 239 = BM IA.XII.c.1; V. Raspopova, "Gold Coins and bracteates from Pendjikent," in Coins, Art, and Chronology (Vienna, 1999), pp. 453-60; cf. A. Juliano and J. Lerner, eds. Monks and Merchants: Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China (New York, 2001), pp. 271-91; MACW –; cf. CNG E-2342, lot 148. Both Good VF, first example with minor edge damage, both with slightly wavy flans.