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Unknown Æ - Nirtanak Farankat, with moon, facing right
| Issuer | Farankat, City of |
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| Year | 601-801 |
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| Reference(s) | Sh&K#125 |
| Obverse description | Stylized bust of the ruler Nirtanak in three-quarter facing right, wearing a distinctive crescent moon headdress. The hair is rendered in a sharp, radiating style characteristic of Sogdian coinage of the period. The effigy occupies the central field of this irregularly shaped flan, with the artistic treatment reflecting the local Central Asian die-cutting tradition. |
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| Reverse description | Central tamgha (dynastic emblem) depicted in the field, rendered in a bold, stylized form typical of Sogdian civic coinage. The tamgha is encircled by a Sogdian legend arranged around the periphery of the coin, reading both inside to outside and outside to inside depending on the specimen. The surrounding legend identifies the issuing authority and ruler of Chach. |
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| Reverse lettering | pny `krty c`cynk xwbw nyrt (Translation: Coin made by the Chach ruler Nirtanak) |
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