★ Ukkurt-Chamuk, not Urk Wartramuka ★

LOCAL ISSUES, Sogdiana. Ikhshids of Samarkand. Ukkurt-Chamuk, 675-696. Cash (Bronze, 27 mm, 5.60 g). Around a central square, ‘ʾwkkwrt cmʾwk MLKʾ’, i.e. ‘Ukkurt-Čamūk xutāw’ (‘King Ukkurt-Chamuk’ in Sogdian). Rev. The Y-shaped tamgha of Samarqand and the triskelion clan tamgha on the sides of the square. Lurje 191. Smirnova 657. Extremely rare without the central hole. Some weakness and deposits, otherwise, very fine.

From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Album 25, 19 May 2016, 79.

The name of the ruler is wrongly read as ‘Urk Wartramuka’ in Album and Zeno (167069).