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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 2606019, member: 74834&quot;]I&#039;m very happy with my last coin of this year, an AE Samanid fals of the 10th century that came in today. The Samanid dynasty that reigned in what now is Uzbekistan had a lot of trade with the Vikings in the period 850-950, but this coin is from the downturn of the dynasty. Around the year 1000 AD, their lands were conquered by the Qarakhanids and the Ghaznavids. A rather bloody era, I&#039;m glad I didn&#039;t live there and then - but Central-Asian copper coinage of about 1000 AD is, to me, one of the most attractive of the islamic world.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see an intricate six-pointed star at one side and four lines of text in a textual circle at the other side. I can&#039;t tell you (yet) what&#039;s what, but the reverse central text starts with &#039;Mohammad rasul&#039;, easily recognizable because of the <i>oIo</i> at the beginning (=right side of the line), &#039;m-h-m&#039;.</p><p>Struck in Balkh in 368 AD = 978/79 AD. 25.5 mm, 2.33 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]569668[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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