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Unknown Æ Triskeles tamgha, Uncertain Sogdian, Southern Sogdiana
| Issuer | Uncertain Sogdian mint (Sogdiana) |
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| Year | 601-801 |
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| Reference(s) | Zeno cat#347488 |
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| Obverse script | Sogdian |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing a triskeles tamgha, a dynastic or civic badge composed of three curved arms radiating from a central hub, rendered in raised relief. The tamgha is the sole design element on the reverse, occupying the upper-central portion of the irregularly shaped flan. The surrounding field is flat and unadorned, with surface porosity consistent with a corroded hammered bronze flan. Such tamgha devices are characteristic identifiers of Sogdian local authority and are frequently found on anonymous copper issues of southern Sogdiana. |
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Southern Sogdiana in the seventh and eighth centuries was a fractured monetary zone — Sasanian influence gave way to Arab conquest after 651, yet local elites continued issuing autonomous copper coinage well into the Abbasid period, often retaining pre-Islamic symbols as civic or dynastic markers. The triskeles tamgha belongs to this category of persistently local identity, a dynastic or clan sign used across Central Asian coinage traditions to assert ownership of an issue rather than a political program.
Attribution remains unresolved. Zeno #347488 is a placeholder acknowledgment that the piece fits a recognizable type without a confirmed mint or ruler.