Please Help Identify Islamic Silver Dirham AH 354, Samanid?

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twood89 Valued Member United States 278 Posts	Posted 02/14/2022 9:06 pm This coin weighs 3.17 grams and is 25 mm in diameter. It looks like a Samanid Dirham, and I can read the date 354 very clearly. However, I am thrown off by the specific type of my coin which has a star on the obverse (as circled in picture). Any help with this attribution would be much appreciated! Report this Post to the Staff

Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 02/15/2022 06:59 am Hint: the mint is once again Shiraz. Report this Post to the Staff
twood89 Valued Member United States 278 Posts	Posted 02/15/2022 07:48 am Thanks! It would then have to be Buwayhid, A-1550.1 or A-1550E. Although, I still couldnt find any coins with a star in the same spot Report this Post to the Staff
twood89 Valued Member United States 278 Posts	Posted 02/15/2022 08:02 am I think I found a match (different year)- https://www.acsearch.info/search.ht...=usd&order=0 Is that correct? Report this Post to the Staff
twood89 Valued Member United States 278 Posts	Posted 02/15/2022 08:05 am The specific link is- https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2573913 Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 02/15/2022 3:12 pm Yes, Album 1550.1, citing Rukn al'Dawla Abu 'Ali on the obverse. The reverse names the 'Abbasid caliph al-Muti' billah and the ruler al-amir al-'adil 'Adud al-Dawla Abu Shuja'. For something as minor as the star, you will need to consult Luke Treadwell's Buyid Coinage (2001). Report this Post to the Staff
twood89 Valued Member United States 278 Posts	Posted 02/15/2022 3:32 pm Thank you! I was able to find a similar star type in that book Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 02/15/2022 3:48 pm Are you looking at Buyid Coinage: A Die Corpus (2001)? I'm surprised you didn't find your specific die pair. Report this Post to the Staff
twood89 Valued Member United States 278 Posts	Posted 02/15/2022 4:36 pm Oh my apologies, I was looking at the "Catalogue of Buyid coins in the National Museum of Iran". It was available on from my college's academic library. Unfortunately the die study book is not accessible there or anywhere else I could find for free Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 02/15/2022 5:02 pm I was excited thinking it might be on jstor! Oh, well. I bought a copy for a cataloguing assignment a couple of years ago but sold it afterward. Very useful if you have enough Buyid coins to justify the cost. It's literally a catalog of all known Buyid dies. Report this Post to the Staff
twood89 Valued Member United States 278 Posts	Posted 02/15/2022 6:05 pm I have around ten Buyid coins, so I will probably not get the book right now but will keep it in mind for when my collection inevitably expands. Thanks again for the help! Report this Post to the Staff
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