ISLAMIC, Caucasus (Pre-Seljuq). Shaddadid. Manuchihr ibn Shawur I, AH 464-512 / AD 1072-1118. Fals (Bronze, 22 mm, 2.73 g), citing Manuchihr ibn Shawur I and the Seljuq overlord Malik Shah, without mint (struck in Western Armenia), without date. Album 1492R. Zeno-123258 ( this coin ). Extremely rare. Very fine.

From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Album 34, 23 May 2019, 708.

The Shaddadids were a Muslim dynasty who ruled in Armenia and Arran from 951-circa 1174. This coin was possibly struck in Ani, a city granted to the Shaddadis by the Seljuks.