Rare AE fals, citing officials Ja'far bin Mohamed bin al-Ash'ath and Amir Mas'ada bin Bujayr, 172 AH/788 AD, Samarqand, Abbasid Caliphate

Arabic inscriptions spread on both sides: Kalima, date and mint around, citing the officials Ja'far bin Mohamed and Mas'ada bin Bujayr. Dated to 172 AH = 788 AD, mint of Samarqand. 22mm, 4.21 grams. Album 320; cf. Zeno 74992; SNAT XVa
p. 62, #574 (Yahya), Shamma p. 334 #4 where he read the name as Masa'da b. Zuhayr, Lowick 845 also read it as Yahya.

Rare type.

Scarce Central Asian Abbasid issue, struck at the fringes of the Abbasid Empire.