Summary

Silver dirham (fragment) of Nasr II bin Ahmad, Samanid, minted at Tashkent , 920 - 921 (308 AH)

Accession Number

H.C9705

Other references

None

Original description

Silver dirham (fragment) of Nasr II bin Ahmad, Samanid, minted at Tashkent , 920 - 921 (308 AH). This fragment is slightly smaller than when photographed for SCBI: a piece has been broken off - hence the weight variation.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

Nasr II bin Ahmad

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Skaill, Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1859

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Agent

Image

None