Specimen record
sam-034
Sam-034 Samanid Dynasty, Ismaʿil ibn Ahmad (AH 279-295 / AD 892-907). Silver dirham (2.94 gm, 29.45 mm), al-Shash, AH 293 = AD 905/6. Album 1443.
sam-034
House record
Obverse
‘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 inner margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi al-Shāsh sana thalāth wa tisʿīn wa miʾatayn’ (‘In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in al-Shash in the year 293’ in Arabic); in the outer margin, ‘li-llāh al-amr min qabl wa min baʿd wa yawmaidhin 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).
Reverse
Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Muktafi billah (AH 289-295 / AD 902-908), ‘li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / al-Muktafī billāh / Ismāʿīl ibn Aḥmad’ (‘For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muktafi billah. Ismaʿil 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).
This page is a measured record and authenticity guarantee issued by Silk Road Numismatics (antique dealer permit, Osaka Prefectural Public Safety Commission no. 62232R084401) for this coin. It is not a certificate of a national or local authority, nor an expert opinion of the Japan Numismatic Dealers Association or any other third-party grading service.