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Chach, 7th century, SK 213

Started by Figleaf, March 17, 2022, 02:07:21 PM

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Figleaf

A variant of the coin shown here, with a different headdress. The Bactrian legend is read as Satachari tudun, Chach's ruler. Photo taken with the whiskey glass method; the colour is way too bright, but the details are clear.

Peter

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An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.

Tirant

I've had to read your other post to know where is this coin from, but seems that i can forgive myself for never hearing about Chach ;D The numismathic world is bigger than it seems and there's still too much to learn!!

The portrait can be seen clearly, and same for the legends, even though i can't read bactrian. Overall, a very nice piece!

Figleaf

Thank you Tirant. For people like us, who enjoys learning, WoC is paradise. It never stops here.

You didn't mention the Tamgha (reverse centre), a geometrical, often symmetric dynastic mark. Asians didn't use European style heraldry, but some European countries used Asian style used Tamghas e.g. Lithuania and Ukraine.

This coin was issued when the Visigoths were having fun in Spain. For a simplistic overview of an earlier dynasty of rulers, covering the same area -and a lot more - for a while have a look here

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.

Quant.Geek

These coins are absolutely wonderful.  I also have been adding these types of coins myself.  Its just that I want to transcribe the Sogdian script on these coins properly (or at least to the best ability one can do as the interpretations do change) before I will post it here. TFS!
A gallery of my coins can been seen at FORVM Ancient Coins