Numismatic Auction #22

PAIKEND: Anonymous, ca. 700-710, AE cash (1.51g), Zeno-20199, Bukhara tamgha at top / Chinese yuan below / Sogdian text to left & right / cross-symbol left & right of square hole, strong VF, RRR. Alexandr Naymark has read the Sogdian text as prn / kind, "city of glory", and suggested that this was a local issue under a Christian ruler, in opposition to the kings of Bukhara (see Zeno-30858 for this comment).