Samanids. 'Abd al-Malik I b. Nuh. AH 343-350 / AD 954-961. AV Dinar (24.4mm, 4.03 g, 11h). Harat mint. Dated AH 344 (AD 955/6). Near VF, ex-mount.

Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1
Lot: 166. Estimated: $ 750

Pre-Mongol Iran, Gold

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

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Samanids. 'Abd al-Malik I b. Nuh. AH 343-350 / AD 954-961. AV Dinar (24.4mm, 4.03 g, 11h). Harat mint. Dated AH 344 (AD 955/6). Reverse field: citing the deceased ‘Abbasid caliph al-Mustakfi billah and the Samanid ‘Abd al-Malik b. Nuh. Cf. Morton & Eden 79 (21 April 2016), lot 174 (dated AH 346 and citing al-Muti‘);Album 1460. Near VF, ex-mount. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished and believed unique.

The earliest dinar from Harat known to Diler was dated AH 347 (p. 1304, note 20369). An example dated AH 346 has since appeared at auction, but the coin offered here appears to be the earliest known Samanid dinar from the important mint of Harat by two years.



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