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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2196025, member: 19463&quot;]I prefer the Snow Leopard theory based on what species lives nearby.&nbsp; No proof.&nbsp; The theory that it was a heraldic animal for the town or ruler strikes me as reasonable.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]427291[/ATTACH] Tarnavch? is one reading of the bottom legend with ruler above.&nbsp; Experts in this script are not always in step with each other.&nbsp; There are coins with more clear legends than mine but they are still in Sogdian which is not even &#039;Greek to me&#039;. This catalogs Shagalov/Kuznetsov Group 6, Type 8, Version 2.&nbsp; They show three nice specimens which are #246, 247 and 248 so you will see some dealers applying those numbers but there is no difference in the scripts made by S&amp;K so I think this is for those who prefer catalog numbers that read easier than 6/8/2.&nbsp; There is a heavier and less crude 6/8/1 and an even worse, legendless 6/8/3.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is also listed as #54 in The Ancient Coins of Central Asia by E. Rtveladze which is a 1987 book I was proud to own long before S&amp;K came out.&nbsp; I felt proud being able to figure out the three languages used in this little book (Russian, English and Uzbeck).&nbsp; Amazon has a couple in their used listings but the prices are many times what I would pay even though I enjoyed the book back when I first got it. </p><p><br /></p><p>If any of you believe these coins look cast - they are.&nbsp; S&amp;K call it moulding technique as opposed to coining technique which they use for struck coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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