Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 171
Pre-Mongol Iran
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Buwayhids (Buyids). Rukn al-Dawla Abu 'Ali al-Hasan. AH 338-366 / AD 949-977. AR Portrait Dirham (33mm, 5.69 g, 12h). Al-Muhammadiya mint. Dated AH 351 (AD 962/3). Obverse field: la ilaha illa Allah / wahdahu la sharik lahu / Muhammad rasul Allah / al-Muti' lillah / Rukn al-Dawla / Abu 'Ali Buwayh Obverse margin: bismillah duriba hadha al-dirham bi'l-Muhammadiya sanat ihda wa khamsin wa thalath miat hijra nabi salla Allah 'alayhi / Reverse: Facing Sasanian-style bust, Pahlawi XVARRAH APZWT / SHAHANSHAH to left and right.. Miles, G.C., 'A Portrait of the Buyid Prince Rukn al-Dawlah,' ANS Museum Notes 11 (1964), pp. 283-293. Good Fine, repaired, traces of past mounting. Extremely rare.
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