Watch List notes:

SAMANID, NUH B. NASR (331-343h), Dinar, Qumm 333h. OBVERSE: In field: star | Muhammad rasul Allah | al-Mustakfi billah | Nuh b. Nasr | two annulets. REVERSE: In field: Qur'an 112 (without incipit), in three lines. WEIGHT: 3.59g. REFERENCE: Bernardi type 349 (this mint not recorded). CONDITION: Some deposit, good fine and extremely rare, apparently unpublished. NOTE: This unusual Samanid type with the Sura al-Ikhlas on the reverse is known from several mints, mostly dated 333h. The present coin appears to be the first of this type known from the rare Samanid mint of Qumm.

Estimate: £1,000-1500