Normal arabic inscriptions on both sides, including Kalima, date (336 AH / 947 AD) and mint (Bukhara), names "Khazmi" below the second part of the Kalima on the reverse. Mint of Bukhara. 24mm, 2.74 grams. Album 1457; Cf. Zeno 135292

Rare type, also rare date for Khazmi (coins naming him dated to 338 and 339 AH are more common).

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.