198, Lot: 176. Estimate $200. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOCAL ISSUES, Sogdiana. Ikhshids of Samarkand. Circa AD 950. Æ 24mm (3.76 g). Proto-Qarakhanid issue. Arabic legend around central square / Blank. Federov, ONS Newsletter 178 (2204). Fine, surfaces a little rough. Very rare.

Coins of this type from Semirechye were cast in the style of Chinese cash but feature an Arabic legend (translated “malik aram yinal tegin”) which is very similar to later Qarakhanid titulature.