ID Help Needed: Buyid (Iran) Dirham, Khusrafiruz Bin Rukn Ad-Dawla, AH 379

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Numisma Pillar of the Community United States 4963 Posts	Posted 03/30/2021 5:51 pm I believe I posted this in 2018 and didn't get very far with it. I have now managed to figure out the basics, but there doesn't seem to be much more information online. I'm hoping someone here might have Treadwell's book on Buyid coinage. The date appears to be of 379 (AD 989/990), but I can't read the mint. Note the similarities to this coin: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces155332.html I haven't been able to find another coin with the horned helmet/animal skull over the Shahada on the obverse. Mine also has an extra line of text on the reverse and is 54% heavier (6.296 g) than the dirham I linked to- I wonder if it's a double dirham or just a crude planchet? Report this Post to the Staff

Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 03/30/2021 8:08 pm The central legends on your coin seem virtually identical to the Zeno coin linked below, attributed as Amul, 379. Note the similar weight as well. I think the horned something-or-other is better described as a floral scroll. Unfortunately, I sold my copy of Treadwell during a cash crunch last year and haven't replaced it. The obverse center I read as similar to the Numista coin except that the 'Abbasid caliph al-Tai' is cited on the reverse rather than the obverse. The reverse center I read as follows, citing al-Tai' and overlord Fakhr al-Dawla: lillah Muhammad rassul Allah al-Tai' lillah al-amir al-sayyid Fakhr al-Dawla wa falak al-umma bin Rukn al-Dawla https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=101059 Edited by Kushanshah 03/30/2021 8:33 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Numisma Pillar of the Community United States 4963 Posts	Posted 03/30/2021 9:00 pm That appears to me a match! Thank you. Report this Post to the Staff
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