Mint, denomination, date

Samarqand, dirham, 279

Diameter, weight, material

27 mm, 2.95 grams, AR

Region

Transoxiana

Country

The ‘Abbasid caliphate

Hierarchy

al-Mu‘tamid — Caliph, ‘Abbasids
al-Mu‘tadid — Heir to the caliphate, ‘Abbasids

References

Tiesenhausen-1873, p. 87

Obverse

Field

المعتضد بالله 

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Reverse

Field

المعتمد على الله س 

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