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Samanids. Nasr II ibn Ahmad. AH 301-331 / AD 914-943. AV Dinar (26.3mm, 3.67g, 4h). Madinat Amul mint. Dated AH 330 / AD 941/2.
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CNG Islamic Auction 1
Live bidding began May 25, 2022 at 10:00 AM EDT
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Samanids. Nasr II ibn Ahmad. AH 301-331 / AD 914-943. AV Dinar (26.3mm, 3.67g, 4h). Madinat Amul mint. Dated AH 330 / AD 941/2. Obverse field: lahu al-mulk wa lahu al-hamd / wa huwa ‘ala kull shay qadir. Reverse field: al-Radi billah (sic) / Nasr b. Ahmad. Bernardi 302La RR; Stern, Amul 14. Good Fine. Rare.
It appears that the Samanids did not in fact control Amul in the year this coin was stuck, and Stern suggests that it was struck by the rebellious Wushmgir, who ‘displayed on his coins his fictitious allegiance to the Samanids while besieged by their armies’ (Stern, p. 223). The additional legend in the obverse field, from Qur’an lxiv, 1, is also found on Samanid dinars struck at Amul, al-Muhammadiya and Hamadan dated AH 327.
The final winners of all CNG Islamic Auction 1 lots will be determined at the live online sale that will be held on 25 May 2022, beginning at 10:00 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and the stable previous version of Mozilla Firefox and Chrome.
It appears that the Samanids did not in fact control Amul in the year this coin was stuck, and Stern suggests that it was struck by the rebellious Wushmgir, who ‘displayed on his coins his fictitious allegiance to the Samanids while besieged by their armies’ (Stern, p. 223). The additional legend in the obverse field, from Qur’an lxiv, 1, is also found on Samanid dinars struck at Amul, al-Muhammadiya and Hamadan dated AH 327.
The final winners of all CNG Islamic Auction 1 lots will be determined at the live online sale that will be held on 25 May 2022, beginning at 10:00 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and the stable previous version of Mozilla Firefox and Chrome.
