Names
“Writings on a coin”, “A coin with Turkic writings”
Location
The coin was found by archeological expedition in Dornod aimag of Mongolia.
It is stored in laboratory of Archeology Institute of Mongolia (?) 242.
Specification
There are two Chinese hieroglyphs on obverse of the coin. And there is old Turkic writing of 21 symbols on reverse. It was written with a sharp needle with depth of 4-5 mm.
Size
Coin sizes: circle length is 2.5 cm, quadrangular hole size is 1х1 cm, thickness is 0.1 cm.
Researches
The coin was found by Mongolian archeologist N.Ser-Odzhav243 in 1961. G.Klyashtornyi244, S.Harzhaubay245 examined the old Turkic writing.
Transcription and translation of S.Klyashtornyi
Qumaš baqšy qutluγ bolzun - Да будет благословен Кумаш-бакши!
Transcription and translation of S.Kharzhaubay
Altun edis edigin altid. taqiγ olur - «Самые лучшие драгоценные вещи имеются в золотой сокровищнице кагана/троне/!»