A mon­u­ment to the 10th-cen­­tu­ry founder of the Samanid dynasty. This stat­ue com­mem­o­rates the one for whom the cur­ren­cy is named. Appar­ent­ly, the crown is 10 kilo­grams of Tajik gold. Beware: the police at the bot­tom may ask for mon­ey if you take pho­tos, so stand far back and use your zoom! (And don’t encour­age this bad behav­iour.)