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Auction 382 15 Jan 2023
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Islamic, Samanid, Nuh II ibn Mansur I (AH 367-387 // AD 976-997) AR Multiple (Triple) Dirham, Kurat Badakshan Mint, 14.62g, 2h, struck with much softness, residual lustre, scarcely fine; another, Multiple (Double) Dirham, Madan Mint, 10.99g, 2h, mostly flat with some horn silver, good; and lastly, Ghazanid, Yemin al Daulah Mahmud (AH 388-421 // AD 998-1030), Multiple (Double) Dirham, AH 389 [AD 999/1000], Anderaba Mint, citing Caliph Al Qadir and Governor Balkategin, Koranic invocation, crescent above, sword below, rev. legend including titles, 9.85g, 10h (MWI 766; Album 1608), some minor striking softness, otherwise residually lustrous, very fine or better.
Provenance
The Dr Tony Abramson Collection
ii) By private treaty, April 1976
iii) Leeds City Museum, Autumn 1994 - Spring 1995 Exhibition
By private treaty, May 1994
This last issue continues the Samanid tradition of multiple-weight dirhems, as the newly risen Ghaznavid Dynasty grew up from the Turkish slaves of the Samanids. They would all invariably be used across Continental Europe and Scandinavia as trade silver
Estimate: $140 - $200
Provenance
The Dr Tony Abramson Collection
ii) By private treaty, April 1976
iii) Leeds City Museum, Autumn 1994 - Spring 1995 Exhibition
By private treaty, May 1994
This last issue continues the Samanid tradition of multiple-weight dirhems, as the newly risen Ghaznavid Dynasty grew up from the Turkish slaves of the Samanids. They would all invariably be used across Continental Europe and Scandinavia as trade silver
Estimate: $140 - $200