Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Samanids. Isma'il I ibn Ahmad, AH 279-295 / AD 892-907. Dirham (Silver, 29 mm, 2.65 g, 1 h), citing Isma'il ib Ahmad and the Abbasid caliph al-Muktafi billah, Andaraba, AH 293 = AD 905/6. Album 1443. Struck from slightly worn dies and the obverse somewhat corroded, otherwise, good very fine.


From the Dr. David Majer Collection of Islamic coins, formed over the past two decades.