Catalog
1/2 Drachm - Anonymous Ruler Tokhara Yabghus
| Issuer | Tokhara Yabghus (Tokharistan) |
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| Year | 550-630 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse field displays four dynastic tamgha symbols arranged in two registers of two, enclosed within a border of pellets. The upper pair of tamghas features trident-like forms with curvilinear elements, while the lower pair presents similar but slightly varied configurations, all rendered in the bold, schematic style characteristic of Hephthalite and Tokharistan coinage of the mid-6th to early 7th century. No inscriptions are present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Tokhara Yabghus governed Tokharistan — roughly modern northern Afghanistan and southern Tajikistan — as nominal vassals of the Western Türk Qaghanate following the collapse of Hephthalite power in the 560s. Anonymous issues of this type reflect a deliberate administrative practice: the yabghu's authority was real enough locally, but coinage attribution to a named ruler was politically complicated within a Türkic tributary system where ultimate sovereignty was contested. Bronze fractional denominations circulated primarily in bazaar economies along the upper Oxus.