Samid Amirs of Multan, Amir Fahad (930 or 950 CE onwards), Silver Bilingual Damma

[sarwar khan]

Details about the coin

Amir :- Amir Fahad (930 or 950 CE onwards), 
Denomination :- Silver Bilingual Dammam (Manhari Dirham)

Weight :- 0.52 gms,
Diameter :- 9.54 mm

Obverse: Sri Samara / miyaka,
Reverse: Three dot motif surrounded by Shri Ta Pa with Lillah Fahad
(transl. For Allah (struck by) Fahad) in Kufic below. 
Refer :-  Fishman & Todd: M78-E19,


Foot note :- These bilingual coins of Fahad carry his local biruda (royal title) :Shri Samaramiyaka / Samaramiyanka referring to the protagonist of the famous Jaina mahakaha Samaraicca Kaha (transl. the story of Samaraicca) of Acharya Shri Haribhadrasuri (fl. 788-829 CE). The title Samaramiyaka which is in Prakrit has been translated to Samaraditya in Sanskrit. This is the only issue in the entire Multani bilingual series where the royal title is in Prakrit and based on a major religious text of Jainism,

Listed as RR in the Fishman and Todd

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[THCoins]

Reading your background story and looking at the coin it seemed familiar.
With some searching i found your recent posting here.
Looks like the same coin ? but the contrast between legend and background of the coin in your new photo is a lot clearer, so good reason to give some attention to this rare type again !

[sarwar khan]

Reading your background story and looking at the coin it seemed familiar.
With some searching i found your recent posting here.
Looks like the same coin ? but the contrast between legend and background of the coin in your new photo is a lot clearer, so good reason to give some attention to this rare type again !

THCoins Yes it's same coin but I forgot and re-post in WOC.
 I little bit cleaned the coin and result is good

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