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KESH COINS OF THE TIMURID PERIOD FROM THE “YANGI SANGANAK” HOARD DISCOVERED IN PARKENT
Dilmurod Normurodov , Tair Gyul ,Abstract
The article presents a description and analysis of eight copper coins minted in Kesh during the Timurid period, identified as part of a hoard discovered in 2021 in the Yangi Sanganak mahalla of Parkent district, Tashkent region. The hoard is currently preserved in the State Museum of the History of the Timurids of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The described coins are divided into two types. On the obverse of both types, an Arabic inscription reads “zarb Kesh” (“struck in Kesh”). On the reverse of Type I coins, the legend “adl shirmard” appears, serving as a guarantee of the authenticity of the monetary unit and emphasizing the power of the ruler. On Type II coins, the year of minting is written out in words in Hijri dating as “nine hundred and one”. The obverse and reverse of both types are decorated along the circumference with a dotted ornament, a border line, and a stylized vegetal motif in the form of a leafy branch. It has been recorded that some of the coins bear two types of countermarks. These countermarks were applied during the Shaybanid period in order to compensate for the shortage of currency in commercial circulation by reusing Timurid coins. These finds also serve as evidence that Kesh coins were in circulation within the territory of the Tashkent oasis during the specified period.
Keywords
Samarkand, Bukhara, Hisar, Kesh, “Yangi Sanganak”, Timurids, Shaybanids, Hijri, treasury, coin, minting (coinage), emission.
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