864 AD - 892 AD

Nasr I ibn Ahmad   Samarqand    250 AH - 279 AH
Samanid

 AE 26
 SHH 7291

7291 Nasr I ibn Ahmad Samarqand Samanid AE

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Reverse

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Provenance
 3.84 g   25.3-25.7 mm   0.85 eqmm   tmax 1.1 mm   rh 0.10 mm   8:00 o'clock   VF
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 10.9, rev. 10.8 MS/m
Central inscription in three lines,ornaments below, within circular frame of dots;
inscription around.
Central inscription in five lines, the amir's name in the last line, in circular frame of dots;
no inscription around; border of dots.
Dated 253 AH.
No centering; traces of irregular blank preparation grooves on obverse and reverse.
Album 1441; Markov 11; SNAT XVb 205;  Zeno 249679
Ex Busso Peus 11E/271, 23.1.2021; ex USA collection;
ex F. Manelis, Staten Island, 7.2005