SAMANID, Yahya bin Asad (AH 204-247/AD 819-861), AE fals, AH 233, al-Shash. Citing the Tahirid Tahir II b. `Abd Allah. Ref.: SNAT XVb, 193; Album, A1441. 2,63g. Very Rare. Cleaned.
Fine - Very Fine
Yahya b. Asad was governor of al-Shash and he clearly placed his name on the reverse field, while the name of the Tahirid governor of Khorasan is mentioned in the marginal legend of the obverse.