ANCIENT BAKTRIAN beads lot
$350.00
PAKISTAN, NORTHWEST FRONTIER, BAKTRIAN, beads, circa 2000-500 BC, various sizes & shapes, some faceted, mostly carnelian, few of other material, 5-17mm, 130 pieces, some chipped, most intact,
Out of stock
Description
Carnelian mostly came from northern Pakistan and neighboring regions.
The culture complex we currently term “Baktrian” (Bactrian), developed from the neolithic settlements of Eurasia in the area between the current Iran-Afghan border and Kashmir, more or less. Cities appeared somewhat later than the Indus cities of the south. The horse nomads bothered the locals several centuries before they impacted Indus lands. The late Baktrians resisted Alexander until he had to make a deal with one of them, marrying the king’s daughter, to get through Afghanistan.
Northwest Frontier Province was renamed Khyber Pakhtunwa in 2010.
Over the decades I’ve been selling collectibles my market has been about 97% coins, 2% paper money, 1% everything else.
