ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Samanids. Nasr II ibn Ahmad, AH 301-331 / AD 914-943. Dinar (Gold, 24 mm, 4.26 g, 12 h), Nishapur, AH 311 = 923/4. ‘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 Nayshābūr sana aḥada ʿashar wa thalātha miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Nishapur in the year 311’ 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. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Muqtadir billah (AH 295-320 / AD 908-932), ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / al-Muqtadir billāh / Naṣr ibn Aḥmad’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muqtadir billah. Nasr son of Ahmad’ 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 1449. Minor areas of weakness and struck from a slightly corroded obverse die, otherwise, good very fine.