Shahada spread on both sides, date and mint in fields. 354 AH (965 CE), 23mm, 1.67 grams. Bukhara mint. Album 1467.

The Samanid Empire (also known as the Samanian Empire, Samanid dynasty, Samanid amirate, or simply as the Samanids) was a Sunni Muslim empire. The empire was centered in Khorasan and Transoxiana; at its greatest extent encompassing much of Central Asia, from 819 to 999.