Ancients. SEMIRECHE: Qarluq branch, 8th century, AE cash (2.47g), cf. Zeno-120731, Sogdian text for the Qarluq branch of the Arslanids of Semireche ( pny bgy xralwy xagan ) // rulers name, tentatively read as either Kobak or Pobak, plus two tamghas, VF, R. Most known pieces have come from the region of Shish-Tyube in the Chu Valley of Kyrgyzstan.