A silver tetradrachm coin - issued in 323 B.C., the year
Alexander the Great died - shows the head of the Hercules on the
front. The back of the coin depicts Zues enthroned. The Greek
lettering translates as "Alexander the Great".
James H. Marrinan
The profile of the Parthian king Martradates II appears on this silver coin. The
back of the coin shows the king on his throne, with inscription in
Greek letters around the rim. He ruled northern and western parts of
Afghanistan. James H.
Marrinan
This is one of the many Bactrian metalwork from the 1st
century found in most regions of Afghanistan.
Freer Gallery of Art
This coin, a silver decadrachma, shows a Macedonian king
wearing a helmet. Coins like this circulated the Afghan region from
Alexander's day on, and have frequently been founded in archaelogical
digs in eastern and northwestern part of the country in places like
Herat, Farah, Ghazni, Khandahar, Kabul and Balkh.
(Charles Kieffer in Jeannine
Auboyer, The Art of Afghanistan,
Hamlyn House: Felham, Middlesex, Enlgand,
1968.)
This precious miniature was found in Afghanistan, left
from the glory of the Persian Empire.This tiny golden model of a
Persian chariot is part of the "Oxus treasure" found in Afghanistan.
