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1 Cash Kaiyuan imitation, Bukhara Sogd, with tamgha
| Issuer | Bukhara Sogd |
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| Year | 621-708 |
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| Weight | 3.55 g |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Mintage | ND (621-708) - Tamgha above - ND (621-708) - Tamgha below - ND (621-708) - Tamgha to the left - ND (621-708) - Tamgha to the right - |
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Between the 7th and early 8th centuries, Sogdian merchants and rulers in the Bukhara oasis produced bronze imitations of Tang Chinese cash coins — not as forgeries, but as a pragmatic local currency drawing on the prestige and familiarity of Chinese coinage circulating along the Silk Road. The addition of a tamgha, a dynastic or clan emblem specific to Sogdian ruling families, converts what would otherwise be a copy into a sovereign issue, asserting local authority over the form.
Bukhara Sogd was conquered by the Umayyad general Qutayba ibn Muslim around 709, after which coin production shifted toward Islamic types.