Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Samanids. Nuh II ibn Mansur, AH 365-387 / AD 976-997. Multiple Dirham (Silver, 43 mm, 7.87 g), citing 'bismallah, Duriba Hadha al-Dirham bi-Warwarliz' in Kufic, Walwaliz (in Tajikistan), without date. Album 1469.1 var. (without date). Unpublished save for its previous auction appearance. Light areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Album 28, 18 May 2017, 560.

Walwaliz was a city located in the valley of Aq Saray, north of the Oxus river.