Shahada spread on both sides, date and mint in fields. 375 AH (985 CE), 25mm, 2.53 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.