The tamgha of that sort appears on the coins of the Tatars from around 1270AD and they exist in different varieties until 1325AD, after which date they disappear from the coins.
The closest version of the tamgha corresponding to that on the above coins is found on the dirhams of 707AH (1307 AD), copper falus after 706 AH, minted at Qrim by Toqtu Khan (1291-1312 AD) and on copper falus of Ozbeg Khan also minted at Qrim with dates before 725 AH (1325 AD).
Obverse: in the center - the tamgha of the Batu family; to the left and right, fragments of a Latin legend of 4-6 letters.
The dating of examined coins was based on the absence or presence of a legend with titles of the Toqtu khan (690-713AH) and the presence of a complex tamgha on all Solkhat's coins made of tamgha variants of the Batu Family as well as a three-leg tamgha, determined as the Nogay's tamgha.
Reverse: At center, a complex tamgha, consisting the tamgha of the Batu family and a tamgha of the Nogay.
Reverse: At the center a complex tamgha, consisting of the tamgha of the Batu family in several variants of the image and the tamgha of the Nogay.
Since the coin inscriptions were no longer legible because of their low minting quality and fair condition, I could provide nothing but general conclusions about the approximate time and dynastic affiliation of the emission, as well as its definite relation to local monetary circulation.
According to his words, at least three coins of that hoard ought to be kindred to my specimen, for they bore the same trident-like tamgha together with the first common sign, also placed either on one side or separately.
In the field: tamgha [1] with six «pearls» around the central dash and two symmetrical knotted vignettes on both sides.
The tamghas were simple motifs, that of Salor Khian, founder of the Salor tribe, being a hook-like form ;for Mahmud Kashgari in the 11th century, this same tamgha had become a slightly more complex arrow-head form with an extra extension.
It is interesting that the reciprocated hook forms in the four corners of this motif have been interpreted as residual representations of birds and the motif within the Chodor ertman gul certainly seems to have an avian on gin.
However, firm evidence for the development of the gul from the tamgha does not exist because such apparently simple motifs as the latter have become lost in the complexity of the modern gul.
A tamgha, or tamga (Modern Turkish: damga) is an abstract seal or device used by Eurasian nomadic peoples and by cultures influenced by them.
Only the Ottoman ghazi state (later to become the Ottoman Empire) kept their Tamgha, and this was highly stylized, so much so that the bow was stylized down eventually to a crescent moon.
Ironically the conquest of the Ak Koyunlu by the Ottoman Empire was a sort of Manzikert II, as the Ottomans had thrown away virtually all of their traditions and had become thouroughly Byzantine in their institutions.
The section on Mongol script also continues to identify tamghas on coins. Both the tamgha and Mongol script sections of the book contain relevant historical notes.
Those sources are silent on various topics and seals and tamghas of the Khans is one such topic.
Nyamaa Badarch has put in a lot of effort in compiling a research focused on the Tamghas and Seals of the Great Khan and his posterity and corroborated this research by numismatic evidence.
This coin depicts the god Vajrapani, Buddha's protector, as Herakles, assimilated through Gandharan art via the Parthian representation of Verethragna as Herakles (see Errington and Cribbs, eds., The Crossroads of Asia: Transformation in Image and Symbol in the Art of Ancient Afghanistan and Pakistan, pg.
Unlike other issues depicting Vajrapani as Herakles, on this coin the deity wears the lion's skin rather than holds it.
Also, the tamgha on this piece is that of Kanishka, thus suggesting an early issue of Huvishka."
A little information about the history of the word "gerb" (seal): the word "gerb" comes from the German word "erbo," meaning a sign for kings and rulers of the inheritance of a state, empire, realm, etc.
As recorded inthe testimony of the famous twelfth century historian Rashididdin Hamadoni's book "Chosen Histories," Oghuz Khan divided up his realm into small states and gave them to his sons as kingdoms.
The rulers of these states also had their own "tamgha" (seals).
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Crowned bust on clouds right; tamgha behind / Siva standing facing; tamgha to left and Nandipada symbol to right.
Instituted in 1958, the civil awards are made up of five orders: Order of Pakistan, Order of Shuja'at; Order of Imtiaz; Order of Quaid-i-Azam; and Order of Khidmat.
There are four categories within each order: Nishan, Hilal, Sitara, and Tamgha.
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King in Kushan dress, standing facing, head left, hand over altar at left, trident in left field, tamgha and club in right field
Siva with four arms standing facing, nimbate, head left, holding trident without shaft, thunderbolt, diadem and one hand is empty, four-pronged tamgha in left field
Vado (wind god) with halo standing facing with two arms and hands empty, tamgha in left field
Shiva with four arms, left (Cribb series Va/G6 [Shiva with halo holding trident, thunderbolt, antelope, tilted water pot (sprinkling), and elephant goad); tamgha in left field.
God Pharro (with very Iranian hairstyle) holding fire in right hand, trident (?) in left.
Shiva with two arms holding trident (Cribb series I/A7); tamgha and legend.
