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Unknown Æ - Wanwan Kangju, 1st period, left-facing tamgha
| Issuer | Kangju Kingdom |
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| Year | 201-601 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Central device consisting of a left-facing tamgha of Kangju with a dot at its centre, serving as the dynastic emblem of the Chach rulers. The tamgha is encircled by a Sogdian legend arranged around the periphery of the coin, identifying the issuing ruler. The design is characteristic of the Wanwan series of Kangju coinage from the 1st period. |
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| Reverse lettering | c`c`n n`p`c wnwn xwb (Translation: Ruler Wanwan of the Chachian people) |
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The Kangju were a nomadic confederation occupying the middle Syr Darya region whose political history remains poorly reconstructed — Chinese sources from the Han dynasty mention them as a power capable of fielding tens of thousands of cavalry, yet their coinage is so understudied that basic attribution questions remain open. The "Wanwan" designation in the Shagalov and Kuznetsov typology reflects a localized issuing center rather than a dynastic name, and the left-facing tamgha variant distinguishes this from related issues in ways that may encode clan or administrative divisions we cannot yet fully read.