Samanids, Mansur I AV Dinar. Herat mint, AH 368 = AD 979. First part of kalima in three lines, "al-wali" above, " Muhammad" below; mint and date formula in inner margin; Qur'an XXX, 4-5 in outer margin / Continuation of kalima, citing the Abbasid caliph al-Muti' in three lines across field, "li-llah" above, "al-Mansur bin Nuh" below; Qur'an IX, 33 around. Album 1464. 4.47g, 27mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
From the Professor Shir Mohammad Collection.