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Unknown Æ - Anonymous Nakhshab
| Issuer | Nakhshab, Principality of |
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| Year | 701-720 |
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| Weight | 2.00 g |
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| Obverse script | Sogdian |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely blank, confirming this as a uniface issue with no design, inscription, or decorative element struck on the second face. The surface displays a naturally rough, granular texture resulting from the hammering process and subsequent patination of the bronze flan. No trace of intentional design is visible, and the field presents only incidental marks from striking and circulation. This uniface format is consistent with other anonymous copper issues attributed to the Principality of Nakhshab during the early 8th century. |
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Nakhshab — modern Karshi in southern Uzbekistan — was one of the Sogdian principalities caught between the collapsing Sasanian order and the advancing Umayyad armies during precisely this period. The Arab conquest of Transoxiana was neither swift nor clean; local princes continued issuing their own bronze coinage for years after nominal submission, a pattern of administrative inertia well documented across Sogdia. Smirnova's corpus remains the primary reference for these issues, and number 1457 falls among the anonymous types where no ruling name survives — likely a function of political instability rather than minting convention.