1 Drachm - Zarino Khusru I imitation; Chaghaniyan; countermark

Features

Issuer	Principality of Chaghaniyan (Northern Tokharistan)
Lord	Zarino (601-750)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	601-750
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	2.76 g
Diameter	27 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Countermarked
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 199679

Obverse

(en) Crowned bust facing right surrounded by three identical countermarks of a right-facing bust, all with an additional countermark of Bactrian legend in two lines in field.

Script: grecki

Lettering:
ζαρινο
χδηο

Reverse

(en) Fire altar with attendants on either side, all with countermark of Bactrian legend in two lines in field.

Script: grecki

Lettering:
παινο
ιοχδηο

Edge

Zwykły Automatically translated

Comments

(en) The prototype is a Sasanian drachm of Khusru I (531-579).

On the Sashro coins, χδηο is often interpretted as Xidev (for the name Sashro Xidev); however, some countermarked coins of Northern Tokharistan have countermarks of only the name χδηο, which tend to be read as Khodo. There is also an opinion that the χδηο is the ruler's title, which may be Khudat because the rulers of Chaghaniyan had that title.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (601-750)

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