A large silver "multiple dirham" coin from the mint of Mahmud Ghaznavi at Andarba, 389 AH (999 CE)

Source: http://w3.nai.net/~jroberts/gha.htm
(downloaded May 2001)


A gold dinar from the Nishapur mint, 399 AH (1008/9 CE)

Source: http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/sphinx/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=2136&large=1
(downloaded Feb. 2006)

"A Ghaznavid Gold Dinar of Mahmud Ibn Sebuktekin, 388-421 AH/ 998-1030 AD (as autonomous ruler), struck at Nishapur in the year 399 AH (mint and date prefectly legible), struck on a full 25 MM flan of high gold content (coins of the Ghaznavid Mahmud start to be debased only after the year 408 AH) Except for very minor weak areas in the margins the coin grades VF. Inscriptions Yamin Al-Dawla, Wa Amin Al-Millah Abul Qasam."


A gold dinar from Herat, AH 405 (1014/5)

Source: http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/sphinx/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=3081&large=0
(downloaded Mar. 2006)

"A Ghaznavid Gold Dinar of Mahmud Ibn Sebuktekin, 388-421 AH/ 998-1030 AD (as autonomous ruler), struck at Herat YEAR 405 AH , struck on a full 25 MM flan of high gold content. Inscriptions Yamin Al-Dawla, Wa Amin Al-Millah Abul Qasam."


A gold dinar from the mint at Ghazni, 407 AH (1016/7 CE)

Source: http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/sphinx/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=2834&large=1
(downloaded Feb. 2006)

"A Ghaznavid Gold Dinar of Mahmud Ibn Sebuktekin, 388-421 AH/ 998-1030 AD (as autonomous ruler) , struck at GHAZNA in the year 407 AH (mint and date prefectly legible), struck on a full 25 MM flan (coins of the Ghaznavid Mahmud start to be debased only after the year 408 AH). Except for very minor weak areas in the margins the coin grades VF. Inscriptions Yamin Al-Dawla, Wa Amin Al-Millah Abul Qasam."


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