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<p>[QUOTE="willieboyd2, post: 7559072, member: 4910"]Both the Ottoman and Samanid coins are neat and have interesting histories.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a Samanid multiple dirham coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_samanid_dirhammultiple_kurat_nuh2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Samanid Multiple Dirham Nuh II Kurat (No date)</p><p>Silver, 44 mm, 11.17 gm</p><p>Ruler: This coin was minted under the rule of Emir Nuh II whose reign was AH 365 to 387 (AD 976-997).</p><p>Mint: Kurat, located near Fayzabad, Badakhshan province, northeast Afghanistan</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins, called multiple dirhams, were minted in the 10th century AD in northeast Afghanistan in an area located on the north slopes of the Hindu Kush mountains where a lot of silver was discovered and mined.</p><p><br /></p><p>A situation developed similar to the 1850's when the US mints began minting larger size gold coins to accommodate the gold coming from California.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ultimate customer for these coins were the Scandinavian Vikings via Russian trading posts, and large hoards of Samanid dirhams have been found in Sweden and Norway.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="willieboyd2, post: 7559072, member: 4910"]Both the Ottoman and Samanid coins are neat and have interesting histories. I also have a Samanid multiple dirham coin. [IMG]https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_samanid_dirhammultiple_kurat_nuh2.jpg[/IMG] Samanid Multiple Dirham Nuh II Kurat (No date) Silver, 44 mm, 11.17 gm Ruler: This coin was minted under the rule of Emir Nuh II whose reign was AH 365 to 387 (AD 976-997). Mint: Kurat, located near Fayzabad, Badakhshan province, northeast Afghanistan These coins, called multiple dirhams, were minted in the 10th century AD in northeast Afghanistan in an area located on the north slopes of the Hindu Kush mountains where a lot of silver was discovered and mined. A situation developed similar to the 1850's when the US mints began minting larger size gold coins to accommodate the gold coming from California. The ultimate customer for these coins were the Scandinavian Vikings via Russian trading posts, and large hoards of Samanid dirhams have been found in Sweden and Norway. :)[/QUOTE]
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