Silver Dirhem, Samanid dynasty

An image of Islamic Coinage. Dirhem. Ahmardibn Ismail (907-14), possibly. Naor ibnAhmad (914-43), possibly. Samarqand mint. Samanid. Silver, struck, weight 0.84 g, 913. Medieval.

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Islamic Coinage. Dirhem. Ahmardibn Ismail (907-14), possibly. Naor ibnAhmad (914-43), possibly. Samarqand mint. Samanid. Silver, struck, weight 0.84 g, 913. Medieval.

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Accession Number: CM.840-2002
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 408.37kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2017:10:27 02:06:44

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10th Century AD coin coinage currency dirhem Early Medieval Fitz_CM fragment Iranian Islamic legal tender Medieval money Samanid Samanid dynasty Samanid Empire Samanids Samarcand Samarkand Samarqand Silver struck

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