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| Emittent | Samarqand, Kingdom of |
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| Jahr | 675-696 |
| Typ | Standard circulation coin |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Sogdian inscription encircling the central square perforation, rendered in the Sogdian script. The legend reads 'wrk wrtrmwk` MLK`', identifying the issuing ruler as King Urk Vartramuka. The characters are arranged in a continuous band around the hole, set within a plain field. The script style is consistent with late 7th-century Sogdian coin epigraphy. |
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| Aversschrift | Sogdian |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Samarqand in the late 7th century was caught between competing powers — the residual authority of the Sogdian princes and the advancing Umayyad armies pushing east through Transoxiana. The local coinage of this period, including Smirnova type 657, reflects that instability: issues were struck under rulers whose names survive only in Sogdian script on the coins themselves, with chronologies still disputed among specialists. Vartramuka is a dynastic title rather than a personal name, complicating attribution further.
The central square hole is functional, not decorative — a Chinese monetary convention absorbed through decades of Silk Road commercial contact.