1 Drachm - Turgar Bukhar Khudat; late type; Samarqand

Features

Issuer	Bukhar Khudat dynasty (Bukhara Sogd)
Governor	Turgar (731-738)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	731-738
Value	1 Drachm
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	2.86 g
Diameter	26 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 198772
References	Zeimal# – Evgenii Vladislavovich Zeimal; 1994. “The Circulation of Coins in Central Asia during the Early Medieval Period (Fifth-Eighth Centuries AD)”, Bulletin of the Asia Institute, Volume 8: The Archaeology and Art of Central Asia Studies From the Former Soviet Union, pages 245-267.

Obverse

Popiersie zwrócone w prawo z zakreśloną kropką powyżej, wszystkie z legendą Pehlevi z tyłu i legendą Sogdian z przodu. Automatically translated

Script: sogdyjski

Lettering:
mzdysn bgy r'mstl
twk'r

Reverse

(en) Figure with head of Ahura Mazda facing left within altar with attendants on either side.

Edge

Zwykły Automatically translated

Comments

(en) The prototype for these coins is a Sasanian drachm of King Varhran V.

Turgar used the title Ikhshid from 738 to 750, and because this piece does not bare the title, this coin was likely issued in from 731 to 738, when he was Governor of Kabudan.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (731-738)

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