Unknown AE - Anonymous Ruler Tokhara Yabghus

Issuer	Tokhara Yabghus (Tokharistan)
Year	550-630
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Shape	Round (irregular)
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Obverse description	Debased Sasanian-style royal bust facing right, wearing an elaborate Nezak-type crown adorned with crescent and globe finial; the effigy is rendered in a highly stylized, provincial manner consistent with post-Sasanian Central Asian coinage. Crescent symbols appear in the outer margins flanking the bust. The flan is irregular and the die work is coarse, reflecting local hammered production in Tokharistan during the mid-6th to early 7th century.
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Reverse description	Reverse field bears an uncertain multi-line inscription of three lines in a debased Bactrian or Pahlavi-derived script, heavily stylized and difficult to read due to the degenerate state of the lettering. The legends are enclosed within a circular border and are poorly struck, with significant areas of flat strike and corrosion obscuring individual characters. The script arrangement and overall design are consistent with anonymous issues of the Yabghus of Tokharistan, whose coinage frequently displays illiterate or highly debased epigraphic traditions derived from Sasanian prototypes.
Reverse script	Bactrian
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