Horse walking right, crescent above / Sogdian legend twn cpyw γγn pny ("Coin of Jabghu Kagan Tun") around a complex tamgha. 19mm, 1.64 grams. Rare. Shagalov/Kuznetsov #74-76 (type 8, var.1). 

The Chach Kingdom, centered on the region of modern-day Tashkent in present-day Uzbekistan, was an important Central Asian polity from roughly the 3rd to the 8th centuries AD. Positioned along key Silk Road routes, it prospered as a hub of trade linking China, Persia, and Byzantium. The rulers of Chach developed a distinctive local culture influenced by Iranian, Turkic, and Sogdian traditions, and they issued bronze coinage often inspired by Byzantine designs, featuring stylized busts, crosses, and tamgha-like symbols. The kingdom maintained relative autonomy until the Arab conquests of the early 8th century, after which it was gradually absorbed into the expanding Islamic world.