Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1926. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Samanids. Ahmad II ibn Ismail. AH 295-301 / AD 907-914. AV Dinar (4.14 g, 10h). Nishapur mint. Dated AH 296 (AD 908/9. Kalima in three lines across field; tamgha above; al-Quran 30:3-4 in outer margin; mint formula and AH date in inner margin; pellet above mint name / Continuation of Kalima and name and title of Ahmad II ibn Ismail in four lines across field; “l’illah” above; Second Symbol in outer margin. Album 1445. VF, toned, flan somewhat wavy.