SOGDIANA (Persia). AE Drachm, c.300-400CE, 1.7g, obverse; bare-headed beardless bust facing right, wearing diadem, reverse' fire altar with legend around. Mitchiner-3352 et seq. VG
An ancient Iranian civilization, by this time in history a loose federation of states located in parts of present-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, and centred around the fabled city of Samarkand.
Reference; Michael Mitchiner, Oriental Coins and their values, volume 2; The Ancient & Classical World
, Hawkins Publications, 1978
