Normal arabic inscriptions on both sides, including Kalima, date (332 AH / 943 AD) and mint (Ferghana). Mint of Ferghana. 22mm, 2.10 grams. Album 1457; cf. Zeno 29695.

Malik, cited on this coin along with the Samanid ruler Nuh II, is Malik ibn Shakartegin, the local ruler at Farghana.

The Samanids were a native dynasty in Central Asia and Greater Khorasan, named after its founder Saman Khuda who converted to Sunni Islam despite being from Zoroastrian theocratic nobility.