Samanids
Nasr I ibn Ahmad, 250-279 H./864-892 AD. Fals 271 and 272 H., both Samarqand, with the amir's name both below the rev. field and in the rev. marginal legend. 4,41 g and 3,26 g, brass. SNAT XVa 690 and 691. 2 pieces The first with a dark patina, the second without Both very fine or better
Acqu. "bivarsar", Brooklyn, February 2012; F. Manelis, Staten Island, July 2005.