The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

122 NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE.
Bukhara Coins.
No. 5. Impure silver, varying from 44 to 50 grains. 1
Obverse. King's head, in outline, following the old
forms on the coins of Varahran Chobin (No. 1 supra).
The execution of the die is coarse, but the outline is free
and bold. There are two varieties of the crown, the one,
with the half-moon and ball, is usually associated with the
coins of Muhammad and Al-Mahdi, while the simple orb
or globe is more frequently, but not exclusively, combined
with the Jy~ Sunniy variety.
Legend *)C^^))^SC)^)^ reading downwards
from the top of the crown. Transcript
in Hebrew
2
INTJYIPI TOima, in Persian letters .
jUJ^J* }p Some
of the better examples continue the lower curve of the
final u y and embody the outlying dot with that letter
thus fully authorizing the reading of Khudddd.
Legend, in Kufic, reading to the left, from the other side
of the top of the crown. Variously, 1st J^s^*, 2nd e^*^,
3rd