SAMANID: Malik b. Shakartegin, 924-955, AE fals (2.77g), Ferghana, AH331, A-E1477, Zeno-, the name Malik appears after the mint name in the obverse marginal mint/date formula, the Samanid overlord Nuh II is cited both below the reverse field and in the reverse margin, VF, RR. The engraver did not leave enough space for the last word of the date, "thalath mi'a" (300), so it was added in minuscule letters above "bism" of "bism Allah", the first phrase of the mint/date formula.

Estimate: USD 100 - 150