Mint, denomination, date

Samarqand, fals, 144

Diameter, weight, material

18 mm, 2.79 grams, AE

Region

Transoxiana

Country

The ‘Abbasid caliphate

Hierarchy

al-Mansur — Caliph, ‘Abbasids
al-Mahdi — Heir, ‘Abbasids
al-Ash‘ath b. Yahya — Amir, dynasty unknown

References

Nastich-2013, 14

Obverse

Field

 

Margin

 

Reverse

Field

a Soghdian tamgha 

Margin

[امر به الاشعث بن يحيى فى ولية المهدى [الامير محمد بن امير المؤمنين