ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Qarakhanids (United). al-Husayn ibn Mansur, circa AH 406-407 / AD 1015-1016. Fals (Bronze, 26 mm, 3.21 g, 3 h), Bukhara, AH 407 = 1016. ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-fals bi Bukhārā sana sabʿ wa arbaʿa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This fals was struck in Bukhara in the year 407’ in Arabic). Rev. ‘Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / Sayf al-Dawla / Jaghrī-Tikīn’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Sayf al-Dawla Chaghri-Tegin’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘mimmā amara bihī al-amīr al-sayyid al-Ḥusayn ibn Manṣūr ayyadahū Allāh’ (‘From that ordered by the Amir and the Lord, Husayn ibn Mansur. May Allah help him’ in Arabic). Album 3317E. Zeno-220598 (this coin). Very rare. Holed and cleaned, otherwise, good very fine.


The ruler is cited in the reverse field as 'Sayf al-Dawla Chaghri-Tegin', and by his name and patronymic in the reverse margin.