Normal arabic inscriptions on both sides, including Kalima, date (333 AH / 944 AD) and mint (Bukhara). Mint of Bukhara. 19mm, 1.74 grams. Album 1457.

Also naming the heir, Abd al-Malik bin Nuh. Rare.

The Samanids were a native dynasty in Central Asia and Greater Khorasan, named after its founder Saman Khuda who converted to Sunni Islam despite being from Zoroastrian theocratic nobility.