Samanids. Yahya b. Ahmad. Rebel, AH 315-319 / AD 927-931. AV Dinar (22.8mm, 3.86 g, 3h). Samarqand mint. Dated AH 302 (sic, AD 914/5). Good VF.

Islamic Auction 4 – Session 1
Lot: 183. Estimated: $ 1 500

Pre-Mongol Iran, Gold

Sold For $ 1 900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Samanids. Yahya b. Ahmad. Rebel, AH 315-319 / AD 927-931. AV Dinar (22.8mm, 3.86 g, 3h). Samarqand mint. Dated AH 302 (sic, AD 914/5). Reverse field: Yahya ibn Ahmad in bottom line. Album 1453; Sotheby’s April 1983. Good VF. Extremely rare.

The date on this coin is obviously impossible, and it most likely explained by the reuse of obsolete obverse dies at Samarqand during Yahya b. Ahmad’s rebellion. Dirhams naming Yahya b. Ahmad are also known from Samarqand bearing the even earlier date of AH 290 (Stephen Album Rare Coins (16 September 2021), lot 406).

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