CNG 106, Lot: 935. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tamid. AH 256-279 / AD 870-892. AV Dinar (24mm, 3.94 g, 12h). Citing the heir al-Mufawwid ‘Ala Allah vizier Sa’id ibn Makhlad dhu’l-wizaratayn (holder of the two offices). Nisibin mint. Dated AH 272 (AD 885/6). AGC I 176Hg; Album 239.3; ICV 416. Near EF, areas of toning, some weakness of strike. Extremely rare.