- Portici, Campania, Italy
Arturo Annucci
University of Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Department Member
- PhD student in Islamic Numismatics (University of Naples “L’Orientale”). Since the MA, he has been focusing on the co... morePhD student in Islamic Numismatics (University of Naples “L’Orientale”). Since the MA, he has been focusing on the coinage of the Eastern Iranian territories, studying also at the Münzkabinett and the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Vienna). As a numismatist, he is part of international and national projects and archaeological missions.edit
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https://shahimaterialculture.univie.ac.at/sourcebook/ From the beginning of the 9th century (c. 822 CE), the Hindu Śāhi dynasty took control of part of the Indo-Iranian borderlands replacing the Turk Śāhi and extending their power from... more
https://shahimaterialculture.univie.ac.at/sourcebook/
From the beginning of the 9th century (c. 822 CE), the Hindu Śāhi dynasty took control of part of the Indo-Iranian borderlands replacing the Turk Śāhi and extending their power from Kābulistān to Gandhāra (Rahman 1993, 1998; Inaba 2018: 137). Throughout their reign, the Hindu Śāhi rulers represented the main political counterpart to the Abbasid Caliphate in the area. Hindu Śāhi coinage offers insight into the economic policy of the areas under the control of the dynasty and constitutes a turning point in the monetary history of the regions, also affecting the subsequent coin issues, including the Islamic ones. For these reasons, the necessity to deepen the study of Hindu Śāhi coinage was recognized. The main issues are in silver and belong to the "bull and horseman" type: on the obverse, the bull Nandi below a legend in Proto-Śāradā script (usually Śrī + name or title + Deva); on the reverse, a knight holding a spear.
From the beginning of the 9th century (c. 822 CE), the Hindu Śāhi dynasty took control of part of the Indo-Iranian borderlands replacing the Turk Śāhi and extending their power from Kābulistān to Gandhāra (Rahman 1993, 1998; Inaba 2018: 137). Throughout their reign, the Hindu Śāhi rulers represented the main political counterpart to the Abbasid Caliphate in the area. Hindu Śāhi coinage offers insight into the economic policy of the areas under the control of the dynasty and constitutes a turning point in the monetary history of the regions, also affecting the subsequent coin issues, including the Islamic ones. For these reasons, the necessity to deepen the study of Hindu Śāhi coinage was recognized. The main issues are in silver and belong to the "bull and horseman" type: on the obverse, the bull Nandi below a legend in Proto-Śāradā script (usually Śrī + name or title + Deva); on the reverse, a knight holding a spear.