Fals - Ahmad b. Muhammad

The Saffarids of Sistan clung to power through most of the 10th century as a diminished vassal force, nominally subordinate first to the Samanids and later acknowledging Abbasid suzerainty in name while maintaining local administrative control. Ahmad b. Muhammad ruled this rump state for four decades — an unusually long tenure for a dynasty that had already passed its apex. Bronze fals of this period were the everyday currency of the eastern Iranian world, circulating in markets from Zaranj to Bust while silver dirhams moved through longer-distance trade networks.

The Zeno reference 203136 places this among a small documented group; the A#1413A classification reflects a type that surface rarely in Western collections.