449, Lot: 704. Estimate $100.
Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tamid. AH 256-279 / AD 870-892. AR Dirham (23mm, 4.13 g, 3h). Citing the heir al-Muwaffaq and the vizier Dhu’l-Wizaratayn. Isbahan (Isfahan) mint. Dated AH 270 (AD 883/4). Album 240.6; Mitchiner,
World 225 corr. (AH date;
this coin illustrated); cf. ICV 417. Darkly toned, area of weak strike, striking fractures. Near VF. Rare.
