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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 2765462, member: 84744&quot;]I think [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] is right about why these aren&#039;t popular, but that also means [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] is right that it is &quot;a great place for specialists to do work of real value to the hobby&quot;... and for others to engage in amateurish speculation <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (see below). I have 5 from Chach:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Wanwan&quot; - 2nd-4th c.(?)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]636566[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Tarnavch (7th-8th c.?)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]636567[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Nirtanak (7th-8th c.?)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]636568[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Nirt&quot;? (7th-8th c.?) The tamgha on this one resembles those of Farankat and &quot;Unknown principality III&quot; on zeno.ru.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]636569[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Unknown ruler, 7th-8th c.? On Zeno, this tamgha is attributed to the city of Kabarna.&nbsp; The horseman is suggestive of steppe nomads, and is quite reminiscent of some later Seljuk issues.&nbsp; Could this be Gökturk?&nbsp; (Amateurish speculation.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]636570[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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