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190, Lot: 253. Estimate $150.
Sold for $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Samanids. Nuh I ibn Nasr. AH 331-343 / AD 943-954. AV Dinar (26mm, 3.81 g). al-Muhammadiya mint. Dated 326 AH (AD 937). Kalima in three lines across field; floral design above; Quran 30:4-5 in outer margin, mint formula and AH date in inner margin / Continuation of Kalima across field; “li-’illah” flanked by tendrils(?) above; Umayyad “Second Symbol” in outer margin. Album 1454; cf. Miles, The numismatic history of Rayy ANSNS 2, 167. Near VF, areas of weak strike, flan crack.