'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tadid. AH 279-289 / AD 892-902. AV Dinar (23.2mm, 4.11 g, 11h). Amid mint. Dated AH 288 (AD 900/01). Near VF, buckled flan.

Islamic Auction 7 - Session One
Lot: 95.
Closing Date: Oct 24 2024 11:00 GMT

‘Abbasid Caliphate, Gold

Estimate: $ 10 000

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'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tadid. AH 279-289 / AD 892-902. AV Dinar (23.2mm, 4.11 g, 11h). Amid mint. Dated AH 288 (AD 900/01). Cf. CNG Islamic Auction 3 (27 April 2023) lot 108 (dated AH 289); Bernardi type 211 (not recorded for this mint); Album 241. Near VF, buckled flan. Excessively rare.

Amid is one of the rarest mints for ‘Abbasid gold. This coin was struck in the first recorded year when dinars were issued there.

Amid was besieged and captured by al-Mu‘tadid’s forces in AH 286, and the caliph himself remained in the city for a few weeks thereafter. Having taken the city, one of al-Mu’tadid’s first actions was to order the destruction of Amid’s defensive walls, which suggests that he may not then have envisaged holding the city permanently. However, it appears that only a portion of the wall was damaged, and in the event Amid remained an ‘Abbasid city until the advent of the Hamdanids.

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