Specimen record
sam-006
Sam-006 Samanid Dynasty, Mansur I ibn Nuh (AH 350-365 / AD 961-976). Silver multiple dirham (12.30 gm, 44.50 mm). Album 1465+1465A (mule).
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sam-006
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This specimen
- Inventory no.
- sam-006
- Weight
- 12.30 gm
- Diameter
- 44.50 mm
Type (catalogue)
- Dynasty
- Samanid Dynasty
- Ruler
- Mansur I ibn Nuh
- Reign
- AD 961–976
- Metal
- Silver
- Denomination
- Multiple Dirham
- References
- Album 1465+1465A (mule)
Obverse
‘Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / Manṣūr’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Mansur’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth’ in Arabic).
Reverse
‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / Manṣūr / ibn Nūḥ’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Mansur son of Nuh’ in Arabic); in the inner margin, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth’ in Arabic); in the outer margin, ‘billāh – yathiq’ (‘In Allah he trusts’ in Arabic).
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