ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Samanids. Nasr I ibn Ahmad, AH 250-279 / AD 864-892. Fals (Bronze, 36 mm, 3.63 g, 11 h), struck by Ahmad ibn al-Hasan ibn Nasr, fl. AH 260-270 / AD 874-884, Khujanda, date off flan. In a dotted circle, ‘lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū’ (‘There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him’ in Arabic); mint and date formula around. Rev. In a dotted circle, ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / Aḥmad ibn a/l-Ḥasan ibn / Naṣr’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Ahmad, son of al-Hasan, son of Nasr’ in Arabic). Album B1442. Extremely rare. Areas of weakness and with some scratches and deposits, otherwise, very fine.