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MONETARY HISTORY OF KIEV IN THE PRE-MONGOL PERIOD 413other'' coins in this group. Presumably, most of these coins were Samanid.Karger, Kiev, pp. 118-20; Korzukhina, Klady, p. 83, no. 12; Markov,Topografiia, p. 13, no. 68, and p. 14, no. 74; Tolochko, Drevnii Kiev, p. 164,no. 3.5. Kiev. 1854. During the planning of a square in the old city (now PloshchaHeroiv Perekopu), five coins from various times were found. One of these wasapparently a Samanid dirham.Karger, Kiev, p. 120; Markov, Topografiia, p. 14, no. 75; Tolochko, DrevniiKiev, pp. 164-65, no. 4.6. Kiev. 1863. A coin-treasure hoard in a clay pot was found in the Podil section ofthe city on October 27, during the digging of a grave in the Iordan (St. Demeter)Church. The monetary part of the hoard consisted of 191 or 192 dirhamsdating between 892/93 and 935/36. Eight or nine of the dirhams were piercedand two had tabs. One dirham was sent to the Hermitage and the rest werepreserved in the Coin Cabinet of Kiev University. After the 1917 revolution,the latter were transferred to the Kiev Historical Museum.I. Samanid (in)*82 al-Shash, 895/96, 898/99-900, 901/02-908/09, 910/11-912/13, 914/15,920/21 -924/25, 927/28-933, 934/35, 935/36, indeterminable years76 Samarqand, 898/99, 900, 905/06-909/10, 911/12, 913/14-916/17,918/19-930/31,932/33,933/34-935/363 Naysabur, 986/87, 922/23-931/32, year indeterminable4 Balkh, 904/05, 914/15, 927/28, 928/29 (?)7 Andarabah, 910/11, 904/05 and 915/16 (?), 916/17, 917/18, 920/211 Pendjikhir(?), 911/12 [This appears to be a misreading of the mint name byMarkov.]1 Marw, 913/14II. Tahirid (I)1 Faris, 905/06III. Imitations (\2)12 Samanid prototype of dirhams of Nasr ibn Ahmad struck in Samarqand.There has been no full publication of this hoard. The above list isbased primarily upon Markov's account. The difference in the figuresfor the total number of coins may lie in the dirham of 911/12 sent tothe Hermitage. The dirham attributed to 986/87 is apparently intrusiveor a misreading.Karger, Kiev, pp. 120-21; Korzukhina, Klady, p. 84, no. 14, says 192coins total and dates the most recent to 935/36; Markov, Topografiia,p. 12, no. 67, says 191 coins total and dates the most recent to 986/87;Tolochko, Drevnii Kiev, p. 165, no. 5.7. Kiev. 1879. On the former lands of Marr in the Podil section of the city (now55-59 Frunze Street) was found an'Abbasid dirham struck in al-Kufah, 759/60,with a tab attached. The coin was part of a necklace from a grave. Theaccounts of Karger and Kotliar also report that an Abbasid dirham struck in al-Kufah in 759/60 was found in Kiev during 1876 in grave 125 located on theformer lands of Marr. It is not clear if this is the same coin.* Markov says 178 but only lists 174.