ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Ghaznavids. Yamin al-Dawla Abu'l-Qasim Mahmud, AH 384-387 / AD 994-997 as Samanid governor in western Khorasan. Dinar (Gold, 25 mm, 4.25 g, 9 h), citing Mahmud as 'al-Wali Sayf al-Dawla' and the Samanid ruler Mansur II as overlord, Nishapur, AH 384 = AD 994/5. Album A1602. Good very fine.