Ikshids, Tukaspadak

Started by Figleaf, September 25, 2023, 10:48:32 AM

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Figleaf

Happiness is plugging a hole in your collection. Bliss is when you didn't even realise there was a hole ;D I had assumed too quickly that an empty space for a coin in the table in Wikipedia meant there were no issues for that king. Then I found this coin in Smirnova.

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Obverse left is the Tamgha of the Ikshids, looking like a convoluted Y or a long-eared facing rabbit. To the right is the king's personal tamgha. On the reverse is a legend in Bactrian that even the most venerable Smirnova hasn't deciphered, but Wiki says it is twkʾspʾδk MLKA (Tukaspadak king).

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