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1 Dirham - Sharaf al-Dawla Abu'l-Fawaris Shirdhil Kerman

Issuer Kerman, Buyids of
Year 973
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Weight 4.31 g
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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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Reverse script Arabic
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Edge Plain.
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