'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tamid. AH 256-279 / AD 870-892. AV Dinar (25mm, 4.09 g, 11h). Al-Basra mint. Dated AH 271 (AD 884/5). VF.

Islamic Auction 7 - Session One
Lot: 86.
Closing Date: Oct 24 2024 11:00 GMT

‘Abbasid Caliphate, Gold

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'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tamid. AH 256-279 / AD 870-892. AV Dinar (25mm, 4.09 g, 11h). Al-Basra mint. Dated AH 271 (AD 884/5). In fourth and fifth lines of obverse field: al-Muwaffaq billah / al-Nasir li-din Allah / In sixth line of reverse field: Dhu‘l-Wizaratayn (laqab of the vizier Sa‘id b. Makhlad). Bernardi 179Je; Kazan 164; Album 239.6. Traces of mounting at 12h on obverse. VF. Very rare, only three specimens recorded by Bernardi.


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