Normal arabic inscriptions on both sides, including Kalima, date (336 AH / 947 AD) and mint (Bukhara). Mint of Bukhara. 24mm, 2.41 grams. Album 1457.

Rare.

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.