ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Qarakhanids (United). Nasr ibn 'Ali, circa AH 383-403 / AD 993-1012. Fals (Bronze, 28 mm, 4.15 g), Ferghana, AH 386 = 996/7. Within a central dotted circle, ‘khān’ (‘Khan’ in Arabic); around, ‘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 Farghāna sana sitt wa thamānīn wa thalātha miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This fals was struck in Ferghana in the year 386’ in Arabic). Rev. Citing his title Tungha-Tegin Abuʾl-Hasan, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / Naṣr ibn ʿAlī / al-ʿādil’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Nasr son of Ali, the Just’ in Arabic); in the margin, ‘mimmā amara bihī al-amīr Tunghā-Tikīn Abuʾl-Ḥasan mawlā amīr al-muʾminīn’ (‘From that ordered by Amir Tungha-Tegin Abuʾl-Hasan, vassal of the Commander of the Believers’ in Arabic). Album 3303. Rare. Edge slightly chipped, otherwise, very fine.