864 AD - 892 AD

Nasr I ibn Ahmad   Samarqand    250 AH - 279 AH
Samanid

 AE 25
 SHH 7290

7290 Nasr I ibn Ahmad Samarqand Samanid AE

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Reverse

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Provenance
 3-25 g   25.2-25.4 mm   0.75 eqmm   tmax 1.0 mm   rh 0.15 mm   4:00 o'clock   VF
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 8.1, rev. 8.0 MS/m
Central inscription in three lines within linear circular frame; inscription around.
Central inscription in five lines, the amir's name in the last line, in circular frame of dots;
inscription around with the amir's name repeated.
Dated 272 AH. Material brass.
No centering; irregulat blank preparation grooves on obverse and reverse..
Album 1441; SNAT XVa 691;  Zeno 128375
Ex Busso Peus 11E/271, 23.1.2021; ex USA collection;
ex F. Manelis, Staten Island, 7.2005