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CENTRAL ASIA: Byzantine style, ca. 6th/7th century, AV burial piece (3.21g), VF

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CENTRAL ASIA: Byzantine style, ca. 6th/7th century, AV burial piece (3.21g), VF
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CENTRAL ASIA: Byzantine style, ca. 6th/7th century, AV burial piece (3.21g), A-3850, early bust of Justinian I (527-565) with his name still fully legible and holding spear behind his head // angel holding long cross and globus cruciger, with readable legend around, derived from his type Sear-137, with gold loop attached, together with a tiny gold bowl that probably originally contained a precious stone object, VF, RRR. Gold burial pieces come almost exclusively from Central Asia and adjacent areas south and east centered around the Silk Road. They are either bracteate or two-sided, and we now believe that they first appeared in about the 4th or 5th century with the design derived from Roman solidi, then became relatively common during the 6th-8th century based on Byzantine solidi, with the Byzantine style likely continuing to be copied into the 10th century or even later. Another group are based on Sogdian or Hunnic models and likely dated from the 7th to 9th or 10th century. We have also seen examples derived from Samanid, Seljuq, Khwarizmshah, Chaghatayid, and generic Arabic dinars, presumably from the 10th to at least the 14th century. These were normally used as burial pieces, places upon the deceased.