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Unknown Æ Uncertain Sogdian mint, Eastern Sogdiana
| Issuer | Uncertain Sogdian mint |
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| Year | 601-801 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Confronted busts occupying the central field: a female bust facing left and a male bust facing right, rendered in the schematic provincial style characteristic of Eastern Sogdian coinage. The two effigies are depicted in close juxtaposition, their features crudely but distinctly differentiated. A dotted border or beaded rim encircles the design, consistent with Sogdian bronze coinage conventions of the 7th–9th centuries. |
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| Obverse script | Sogdian |
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| Reverse description | Central field dominated by a bold tamgha device in the form of the runic letter Ash, a dynastic or civic ownership symbol rendered with confident incised lines. The tamgha is surrounded by a crude Sogdian cursive legend arranged around the periphery of the field. A dotted or beaded border frames the design, typical of the debased coinage of Eastern Sogdian autonomous mints of the early medieval period. |
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