Catalog
1 Cash - Tukaspadak Samarqand
| Issuer | Samarqand, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 696-698 |
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| Currency | Cash (621-755) |
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| Obverse lettering | twk`sp`d`k MLK` (Translation: King Tukaspadak) |
| Reverse description | Plain field bearing the dynastic tamgha of Samarqand positioned to the left of the central square hole, with a secondary auxiliary tamgha situated to the right of the hole. The tamghas serve as heraldic symbols of royal authority and regional identity, characteristic of Sogdian coinage. The reverse is otherwise devoid of inscription or further decorative elements, with the cast bronze flan exhibiting a rough, porous surface typical of the period. |
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Samarqand in the late 7th century was a pressure point between the expanding Umayyad caliphate pushing east across Khurasan and the residual Sogdian ruling structures that had governed Central Asia's trade corridors for centuries. Tukaspadak was among the last indigenous rulers to strike in his own name before Arab administrative control rendered local dynastic coinage effectively obsolete. Smirnova's corpus of Sogdian coins remains the foundational reference for this series, and her number 191 is not a common attribution.