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Seljuqs, Kerman. Ahmad Qawurd (Qara Arslan). AH 440-465 / AD 1048-1073. AV Dinar (24.7mm, 3.86 g, 12h). Bardasir (?) mint. Dated AH 452 (AD 1060/1). Cf. Alptekin 218 (dated AH 453); Album 1697.2. VF.
If the mint-name on this coin is indeed Bardasir (as seems likely), it is slightly blundered. It seems that the die-engraver may have omitted the first two letters of 'Bardasir', possibly in the mistaken belief that these were an erroneous repetition of the final two letters of 'al-dinar'.
If the mint-name on this coin is indeed Bardasir (as seems likely), it is slightly blundered. It seems that the die-engraver may have omitted the first two letters of 'Bardasir', possibly in the mistaken belief that these were an erroneous repetition of the final two letters of 'al-dinar'.