★ Scarce; a great ruler ★

SAMANID: Nasr II b. Ahmad (914-943), AE fals, dated AH 305. Samarqand, 2.98g, 24.5mm.
Album-1452(S), scarcer mint.
(File marks are standard for the series.)
Under Nasr II, the Samanid dynasty based in Bukhara reached the height of its power, and Bukhara and Samarqand became two of the world’s greatest cultural centres.