Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Samanids. Nasr II ibn Ahmad, AH 301-331 / AD 914-943. Dirham (Silver, 28x28 mm, 2.80 g, 9 h), citing the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir billah, Samarqand, AH 306 = AD 918/9. Album 1446. Nicely toned. Struck from somewhat worn dies, otherwise, very fine.


From a Swiss collection of Islamic coins, assembled in the 1970-1980s (with original flip with S. Album's description).