Samanids, Ismail bin Ahmad AV Dinar. Samarqand mint, AH 288 = AD 898. First part of kalima in three lines; mint and date formula in inner margin; Qur'an XXX, 4-5 in outer margin / Continuation of kalima in three lines, citing the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tadid billah and Ismail bin Ahmad below; Qur'an IX, 33 around. Album 1442; Bernardi 233Qe. 4.22g, 23mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine; possibly previously mounted(?).