Normal arabic inscriptions on both sides, including Kalima, mint and date (338 AH = 949 AD). Naming Khut-Tegin, presumably the local governor or official. Mint of Bukhara. 23.5mm, 3.54 grams. Album 1457; Zeno 234082.

Very rare issue with Khut-Tegin, probably the rarest of the prolific issues of Nuh II. High quality.

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.