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Samanids. Nasr II ibn Ahmad. AH 301-331 / AD 914-943. AV Dinar (26.3mm, 3.67g, 4h). Madinat Amul mint. Dated AH 330 / AD 941/2. Obverse field: lahu al-mulk wa lahu al-hamd / wa huwa 'ala kull shay qadir. Reverse field: al-Radi billah (sic) / Nasr b. Ahmad. Bernardi 302La RR; Stern, Amul 14. Good Fine. Rare.
It appears that the Samanids did not in fact control Amul in the year this coin was stuck, and Stern suggests that it was struck by the rebellious Wushmgir, who 'displayed on his coins his fictitious allegiance to the Samanids while besieged by their armies' (Stern, p. 223). The additional legend in the obverse field, from Qur'an lxiv, 1, is also found on Samanid dinars struck at Amul, al-Muhammadiya and Hamadan dated AH 327.
It appears that the Samanids did not in fact control Amul in the year this coin was stuck, and Stern suggests that it was struck by the rebellious Wushmgir, who 'displayed on his coins his fictitious allegiance to the Samanids while besieged by their armies' (Stern, p. 223). The additional legend in the obverse field, from Qur'an lxiv, 1, is also found on Samanid dinars struck at Amul, al-Muhammadiya and Hamadan dated AH 327.