Unknown Æ - Sijawsparsh Middle Period

Obverse description	Heavily corroded obverse field rendering surface detail largely indistinct. The design, consistent with Choresmian coinage of the Sijawsparsh Middle Period, likely depicts a stylised royal bust or tamgha device, though specific iconographic elements are obscured by encrustation and wear. The flan is irregularly shaped with a somewhat crenellated edge characteristic of hammered bronze issues of this region and period.
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Mintage	ND - Legend around tamgha - ND (401-501) - Dots around tamgha -
Additional information	Choresmian coinage of the middle period sits in one of the more poorly documented stretches of Central Asian numismatic history — the region's political fragmentation between the decline of Kushan influence and the consolidation preceding the Arab conquest leaves attribution work largely dependent on typological grouping rather than contemporary written sources. Sijawsparsh himself is known primarily through the coins; the name appears in Vainberg's classification but attaches to no independently confirmed ruler in the historical record. The Zeno catalog entry remains one of very few documented specimens of this specific subtype.