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DOI article:Bartczak, Andrzej: Dirhams in the collection of the auxiliary science and archive department, institute of history, Jagiellonian University
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NOTAE JVUMISMATICAE
ZAPISKI MMIZMATYIM
KRAKÓW 1997
ANDRZEJ BARTCZAK
Jagiellonian University
Cracow
DIRHAMS IN THE COLLECTION OL THE AUXILIARY
SCIENCE AND ARCHIVE DEPARTMENT, INSTITUTE
OF HISTORY, JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY
The collection of the Auxiliary Historical Science and Archive Depart-
ment at the Institute of History, Jagiellonian University, contains a small
coin set comprising five kufi dirhams. In its inventory record, the set is
labeled as a „hoard from Byelorussia (Minsk Province?)” and is used by
the Department’s faculty in teaching.
The origin of the set is not clear. One significant question is, first of all,
whether we are dealing with a hoard. If that is the case, the ensuing
question is whether it is a complete find or a part that was saved from
being dispersed or lost. Remaining doubts concern the circumstances in
which it was gathered and the exact location where it was unearthed.
It seems possible that coins in the set were acquired prior to 1939 by
the distinguished historian and heraldic expert Professor Władysław Sem-
kowicz as a result of his contacts with private collectors. Professor Semko-
wicz is known to have maintained contacts with, among others, Adam
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NOTAE JVUMISMATICAE
ZAPISKI MMIZMATYIM
KRAKÓW 1997
ANDRZEJ BARTCZAK
Jagiellonian University
Cracow
DIRHAMS IN THE COLLECTION OL THE AUXILIARY
SCIENCE AND ARCHIVE DEPARTMENT, INSTITUTE
OF HISTORY, JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY
The collection of the Auxiliary Historical Science and Archive Depart-
ment at the Institute of History, Jagiellonian University, contains a small
coin set comprising five kufi dirhams. In its inventory record, the set is
labeled as a „hoard from Byelorussia (Minsk Province?)” and is used by
the Department’s faculty in teaching.
The origin of the set is not clear. One significant question is, first of all,
whether we are dealing with a hoard. If that is the case, the ensuing
question is whether it is a complete find or a part that was saved from
being dispersed or lost. Remaining doubts concern the circumstances in
which it was gathered and the exact location where it was unearthed.
It seems possible that coins in the set were acquired prior to 1939 by
the distinguished historian and heraldic expert Professor Władysław Sem-
kowicz as a result of his contacts with private collectors. Professor Semko-
wicz is known to have maintained contacts with, among others, Adam
165