Unknown Æ - Unkown Ruler Nakhshab

Features

Issuer Principality of Nakhshab (Southern Sogdiana)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 675-710
Composition Bronze
Weight 2.35 g
Diameter 20 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
198048
References Smirnova# 1452
Olga Ivanovna Smirnova; 1981. Сводный каталог согдийских монет : бронза = Catalogue of Sogdian Coins : Bronze. Nauka, Moscow, Russia.

Obverse

Bust with long hair facing forward.

Reverse

Horse walking right with surrounded by Sogdian legend.

Script: Sogdian

Lettering: xwb pryswdr

Translation: Ruler [...]

Edge

Smooth.

Mint

Nakhshab, modern-day Qarshi, Uzbekistan

Comments

The exact meaning of pryswdr needs confirmations. It may a name similar to Bariskdar; however, with Ashkant being named on the reverse of similar coins, it may be some title or title description.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (675-710) 

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