Hephthalite Coin from an Early Medieval Burial at Gorny-10, Northern Altai

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ID6037804
AuthorsN N Seregin (0000-0002-8051-7127), V V Tishin (0000-0001-7344-0996), N F Stepanova (0000-0003-4017-5641)
Year2022
Volume49
Issue4
Pages100-108
Publication date2022-01-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchaeology Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1563-0110 • E-ISSN: 1531-832X
PublisherInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.17746/1563-0110.2021.49.4.100-108
OpenAlexW4205252156
LanguageEN
References cited10

We describe a silver coin found in one of the burials at Gorny-10 cemetery in northern Altai, excavated by expeditions from the Altai State University in 2000–2003. The coin was discovered in a destroyed burial of children (No. 46) along with other informative artifacts, which are rather uncommon in such burials. Judging by horse harness and ornaments, the assemblage falls in the interval from the late 6th to early 8th century AD. The coin is an imitation of the drachm of the Sasanian shah Pērōz I to classify as type or emission 287, according to R. Göbl, that is one of the most common types of Hephthalite coins. The elemental concentration of the specimen has a high content of silver and no gold. The specimen has no analogs in North or Central Asia. It could have been brought to the forest-steppe Altai by Türks, who conquered the Hephthalite Empire in the fi rst decades of the late 6th century AD

Ancient history · Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology · Central asia · Empire · Geography · Ornaments · Steppe · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History

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