1 Cash - Turgar Samarqand; with hole; without crescent

Features

Issuer Kingdom of Samarqand (Samarqand Sogd)
King Turgar (738-755)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 738-755
Value 1 Cash
Currency Cash (621-755)
Composition Bronze
Weight 2.98 g
Diameter 21 mm
Shape Round with a square hole
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
197503
References Smirnova# 474
Olga Ivanovna Smirnova; 1981. Сводный каталог согдийских монет : бронза = Catalogue of Sogdian Coins : Bronze. Nauka, Moscow, Russia.

Obverse

Sogdian legend surrouning the hole.

Script: Sogdian

Lettering: twk'r MLK'

Translation: Ikhshid Turgar

Reverse

Tamgha of Samarqand to the left of the hole with an additional tamgha to the right.

Edge

Smooth.

Mint

Samarqand, modern-day Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Comments

The type without the crescent is the earlier type from this ruler.

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