1 Cash - Varkhuman Samarqand, without title Master

Varkhuman ruled Samarqand as an ikhshid in the mid-seventh century, a period when Sogdiana was caught between the collapsing Sasanian world to the west and the expanding Tang Chinese sphere to the east. He is known historically from the Afrasiab murals — the remarkable painted hall discovered in 1965 that depicts him receiving foreign embassies, including one almost certainly from Tang China. This coin type, lacking the royal title found on related issues, may reflect a transitional moment in his reign or a specific regional issuing authority below the palace level.