Central Asia. Southern Soghd. Akhurpat King of Kesh (720s – 737AD)
Sogdiana was a major political and cultural region of Central Asia, particularly during the early medieval period (5th–8th centuries CE). The city of Kesh (modern-day Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan) was an important Sogdian center, and Akhurpat is known as one of its rulers, attested through coinage and inscriptions
Political Context: Sogdiana was a collection of city-states under varying degrees of control by larger empires such as the Hephtalites, Western Turks, and early Islamic Caliphates. Akhurpat may have been a local ruler under one of these powers
AE unit (1.92 g)
OBVERSE: bust of the bearded king in winged crown of Sassanian type. Soghdian legend in front of his face
REVERSE: Sogdian legend and triskeles-shaped tamgha
Choice VF. RARE
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