This collection of coins and notes begins with an exceptionally rare and valuable pre-Islamic coin discovered in the desert 'kalas' (cities) of Khorezm. It bears the face of the last Khan to have his portrait minted onto a coin, Khan Askarjavar, while on the reverse side is a picture of a mounted horseman. Khan Askarjavar was made a puppet Khan by the Arab conquerors in 712 AD. However, he was not a popular choice with the people and was promptly assassinated in a revolt as soon as the Arabs had their backs turned. Upon their return the Arabs suppressed this rebellion with a wide-scale massacre and placed the Khan's son Askajanmuk on the throne.
The other coins include a jar of silver currency dating from Mohammed Rakhim II (Feruz) Khan's reign which was discovered buried in one of the 'mahallahs' (neighbourhoods) of the Ichan Kala in 1985. There is also a sample of the 150 Timurid coins uncovered near the Amu Darya river along with some of the silk bank notes in use until Soviet times.
This exhibit also includes two pieces of second century statues. The first is of a Khorezm woman and was found near Khombus Tepe - a popular site for ceramic making which is now stranded in the desert after the Oxus river was altered in order to irrigate new regions. The other statue is of the crowned Zoroastrian god of harvest and water, Annakhita.