View source for Iran-Buwayhid AH445 1 dinar

[[Image: IRN-BUW_445AH_1dinar_Khusrafiruz_SA-lot420-AB1585-18May2013-USD360.jpg|550px|thumb|Stephen Album sale 16, lot 420]]
The Buwayhids, also known as the Buyids, were of Kurdish Shi’ite origin. The founders were three brothers who rose an army against the Abbasids and eventually gained control of all Abbasid territory except for the capital of the caliphate in Baghdad, which was left to provide symbolic titular authority to the Abbasid caliph. During the mid-11th century, the Buwayhids weakened due to pressure from the Ghaznavids and Seljuqs, with the last Buwayhid ruler deposed in Rayy (Tehran) in 1029 AD.

The specimen shown was lot 420 in Steve Album sale 16 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2013), where it sold for US$360. The catalog description reads<sup>[1]</sup>: "BUWAYHID: Khusrafiruz, 1048-1055, AV dinar, al-Ahwaz, AH445, nice strike, minor weakness in the centers, ruler's name given as shahanshah al-rahim abu nasr, nearly EF, R."

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 4.08 g, gold.

''Catalog reference:'' A-B1585.

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
* Album, Stephen. ''Checklist of Islamic Coins.''  Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen. ''Stephen Album Rare Coins - Auction 16''. Santa Rosa, 2013, Stephen Album Rare Coins.
* Mitchiner, Michael. ''Oriental Coins and their Values - The World of Islam''. London, 2000. Hawkins Publications. 

''Link to:''
* [[Iraq-Buwayhid AH358 1 dirham]]
* [[Iraq-Buwayhid AH337 1 dinar]]
* [[Iraq-Buwayhid AH358 1 dinar]]
* return to coins of [[Iran]]

[[Category:Coinage of the Buwayhids]][[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 16]]