Central Asia, Soghd, AE unit, Akhurpat King of Kesh

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 (1.85 g)

OBVERSE: bearded head right with Sasanian-style winged crown, Sogdian word prn (“grace”) before face

REVERSE: Sogdian word prn (“grace”) within square, rwbanak hwb aahwrpt (“Akhurpat Hwab of Raghfan”) and triskeles tamgha in the margin

Flan chip, otherwise XF to AU

Design of the REVERSE is different from all other examples published so far

Extremely RARE

References:

Z-329050 (this coin)

sarc.auction (similar coin sold)

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