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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 4212722, member: 74834&quot;]I must say, this thread has presented some mighty interesting coins in the last few days, many from the areas that are close to my numismatic heart, like the Qarakhanids, Samanids and other Central Asian dynasties and periods. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Samanids issued some models of harmony in their day (the 9th and 10th century AD), like this copper fals of the year 280 AH = 893/894 AD. Large, thin coins closely following Abbassid examples. (By the way, a handy calendar converter for the Christian and Islamic calendars might be found <a href="http://search.zeno.ru/ah_to_ad.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://search.zeno.ru/ah_to_ad.php" rel="nofollow">here at Zeno</a>, the great Oriental Coins Database.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1079520[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>AE fals Samanids, Ismail b. Ahmad (892-907), Samarqand, 280H = 893 AD. 25 mm, 4.51 gr.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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