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1 Dirham - Sharaf al-Dawla Abu'l-Fawaris Shirdhil Kerman
| Issuer | Kerman, Buyids of |
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| Year | 973 |
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| Value | 1 Dirham (0.7) |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by multiple horizontal lines of Kufic Arabic legend arranged in concentric tiers, bearing religious formulae typical of Buyid coinage. An inner marginal band frames the central inscription area, itself enclosed by an outer circular legend running along the periphery of the flan. The inscriptions are executed in a bold, angular Kufic script characteristic of tenth-century Iranian silver coinage. The flan is irregular and slightly ragged at the edges, consistent with hand-hammered production. No figural imagery is present, the entire design being epigraphic in nature. |
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| Mintage | 362 (973) |
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Sharaf al-Dawla's hold on Kerman was contested and brief within the larger Buyid confederation, a fragmented Shi'a dynasty that never fully resolved its own internal succession disputes. This dirham dates to a period when the Buyids controlled much of Iran and Iraq while nominally acknowledging the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad — a political fiction both parties found convenient. Kerman itself was a secondary seat, and dirhams struck there under Buyid amirs are considerably scarcer than issues from the main mints at Shiraz or Ray.