ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Samanids. Nuh II ibn Mansur, AH 365-387 / AD 976-997. Dinar (Gold, 23 mm, 4.39 g), Nishapur, AH 372 = 982/3. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Tāʾiʿ lillah (AH 363-381 / AD 974-991) and governor Husam al-Dawla on the reverse. ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him’ in Arabic); inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Naysābūr sana ithnān wa sabʿīn wa thalātha miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Nishapur in the year 372’ in Arabic); outer margin, ‘li-llāh al-amr min qabl wa min baʿd wa yawmaʾidhin yafraḥu al-muʾminūn bi naṣr Allāh’ (‘To Allah belongs the command before and after, and on that day the believers will rejoice with the help of Allah’ in Arabic; Qurʾān 30: 4-5). Rev. ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / al-Ṭāʾiʿ lillāh / Nūḥ ibn Manṣūr / al-wālī Ḥusām / al-Dawla’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Taʾiʿ lillah. Nuh son of Mansur. Governor Husam al-Dawla’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih wa law kariha al-mushrikūn’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions, even though the unbelievers may dislike it’ in Arabic). Album 1468. Zeno-140628 ( this coin ). Struck from somewhat worn dies, otherwise, good fine.

From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Heritate Europe 54, 22 May 2017, 6311.