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Unknown Æ - Ahurpat Kesh, within square
| Issuer | Kesh, Principality of |
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| Year | 720-737 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse lettering | bgy prn (Translation: Grace of God) |
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| Reverse script | Sogdian |
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Kesh was a minor Sogdian principality in the Kashkadarya valley — modern Uzbekistan — caught between the dying Sasanian world and the advancing Umayyad caliphate during precisely the years this coin circulated. The inscription naming Ahurpat identifies a local ruler otherwise almost absent from written sources; these small bronzes are frequently the only evidence such figures existed at all.