ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Samanids. Nuh II ibn Mansur, AH 365-387 / AD 976-997. Multiple Dirham (Silver, 42 mm, 7.67 g, 5 h), Warwaliz. ‘ʿadl / lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū’ (‘Justice. There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him’ in Arabic); ‘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) in the inner margin; ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Warwālīz’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Warwaliz’ in Arabic). Rev. ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / Nūḥ ibn / Manṣūr’ (‘To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Nuh ibn Mansur’ in Arabic); ‘Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth’ in Arabic) in the margin. Album -. Extremely rare. Some minor weakness, otherwise, good very fine.