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Fals - Nasr II
| Issuer | Samanid dynasty |
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| Year | 942-955 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the Shahada kalima inscription in multiple horizontal lines of Kufic Arabic script, reading lā ilāha illā Allāh Muḥammad rasūl Allāh. The legend is contained within a plain inner circle bordered by a dotted annulus. A marginal circular legend in Kufic script runs around the outer field, with the AH date partially legible at the base. The flan is irregular and slightly scalloped at the rim, typical of hammered copper coinage of the Samanid period. |
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| Mintage | 330 (942) - - 331 (943) - - 332 (944) - - 333 (945) - - 334 (946) - - 335 (946) - - 336 (947) - - 337 (948) - - 338 (949) - - 339 (950) - - 340 (951) - - 341 (952) - - 343 (954) - - 344 (955) - - |
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Nasr II ibn Ahmad ruled the Samanid state through a period of acute religious tension — his apparent sympathy toward Ismaili doctrine so alarmed the Sunni clergy and his own court that he was forced to abdicate in 943, replaced by his son Nuh I. Whether this fals was struck before or after that abdication cannot be determined from the type alone, and the Zeno reference does not resolve it. Copper Samanid issues from this transitional window are poorly documented compared to the dynasty's silver dirhams, which dominated scholarly attention for generations.