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Dirham - Nasr II b. Ahmad al-Shash mint
| Issuer | Samanid dynasty |
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| Year | 914-943 |
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| Value | 1 Dirham (0.7) |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the Shahada inscription arranged in three horizontal lines of bold Kufic Arabic script, reading: 'There is no God but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.' The legends are contained within a single circular border composed of small, regularly spaced denticles or pellets running along the inner rim. The overall design is aniconic and purely epigraphic, consistent with Abbasid-influenced Samanid coinage of the 10th century. The flan is irregularly shaped, characteristic of hand-hammered production, with some weakness of strike visible at the margins. |
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| Obverse lettering | ﻻ ﺍﻟﻪ ﺍﻻ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺭﺳﻮﻝ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ (Translation: There is no God but Allah, Mohammed is the Messenger of Allah) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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