Samanids Multiple Silver Dirham Coin, Issued In The Name Of Nuh II B. Nasr (331 To 343 After Hijri, Diameter 46 mm, Central Asia Numismatics
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Dimensions, Diameter 46mm, Weight 10.09 grams. All measurements are approximate. Earlier Samanids Multiple AR Silver Dirham Coin, Issued In The Name Of Nuh II B. Nasr (331 To 343 After Hijri), But Actually Mint After His Death In 343 Hijri Equivalent To 954 AD, Gregorian. Samarkand Uzbekistan Mint. Obverse: Standard Legend With Kalima In Center, "Yakfi Allah" (God Is Enough) Above, Legend Around. Reverse: Additional Legends In Center And Around.
The Samanids Were A Dynasty From Central Asia From 817 To 999 AD. While They Were Effectively Independent, For A Long Time They Officially Claimed Allegiance To The Caliphate In Baghdad And Continued To Send Annual Tribute. They Were Major Proponents Of Advanced Literature And Culture, And Their Capital City Of Bukhara (In What Is Now Uzbekistan) Was Perhaps The Second Greatest In The Muslim World At The Time, Behind Only Baghdad. Nuh III (Or Nuh II, See Footnote) Took The Throne In 976 AD, When The Fortunes Of The Samanid Empire Were Already On The Decline. Effective Power Had Shifted To The Turkic-Born Military Caste, Leaving The Emir Little More Than A Figurehead. One Such Commander Had Seized Ghazni And Established The Ghaznavid Dynasty, Which Would Chip Away At Samanid Territory. The Karakhanids Were Also Expanding At The Expense Of The Samanids. Nuh Was Unable To Reverse This Decline, And In 992 AD The Karakhanids Briefly Captured The Samanid Capital Of Bukhara. Nuh Died In 997, And Two Years Later The Karakhanids Again Captured Bukhara, This Time For Good, Ending The Samanids.
The Samanids Issued A Large Amount Of Coinage In Copper, Silver, And Gold, But Are Best Known For Their Silver Output, Both Standard Dirhams And The Large Multiple Dirhams Such As This Specimen.
The Multiple Dirhams Are Usually Weakly Struck (Such As This Coin), While Other Samanid Coins Are Usually Reasonably Carefully Struck, Indicating The Haste In Converting Raw Silver Into Trade Coinage.
Footnote: The Ruler Who Issued This Coin Is Called Nuh II In Most Sources, But Nuh III In Album's Checklist (And Therefore By Most Coin Dealers). One Of The Four Brothers Who Founded The Samanid Dynasty Was Named Nuh, But He Is Not Given A Number By Most Historians.
Samanids Multiple Silver Dirham Coin, Issued In The Name Of Nuh II B. Nasr (331 To 343 After Hijri, Diameter 46 mm, Central Asia Numismatics
$180.00
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$180.00
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