Shahada spread on both sides, date and mint in fields. 3xx AH (980s CE), 25mm, 2.31 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.