Shahada spread on both sides, date and mint in fields, dated to 376 AH (986 CE). 25mm, 2.20 grams. Bukhara mint. Cf. Zeno 56389.

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.