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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2176190, member: 26302&quot;]Here is a little rarity. I know I don&#039;t post a ton of new purchases, but rest assured I am buying regularly. I know I ramble on about Sogdian coins, and their scarceness. This coin, from the far eastern Sogdian city of Ustrushana, makes most of my other Sogdian pieces look downright common as sand.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]420854[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you ever run across an Ustrushana coin, (there are only a few types), you can tell by the Y shaped tamgha on the reverse. This one is attributed to King Rakhanch, 6th-7th century AD. After these were made, the Chinese invaded and the coins switched over to cash style coins, and continued until becoming Islamic.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here is a link to one of the best websites of Sogdian coins, about coins of Ustrushana:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.sogdcoins.narod.ru/english/ustrushana/coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sogdcoins.narod.ru/english/ustrushana/coins.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sogdcoins.narod.ru/english/ustrushana/coins.html</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A couple of years ago I posted some antiquities I got from the area. This is only the second Ustrushana coin I have ever seen for sale, so of course I had to go for it. As you can see from the link, there are more coins from this region, all very rare, so I am guessing my hunt for the rest will last my lifetime. Good. That is what its all about, right? The hunt.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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