Dulafids. Ahmad b. 'Abd al-'Aziz. AH 265-280 / AD 879-893. AV Dinar (22.1mm, 4.31 g, 8h). Hamadhan mint. Dated AH 278 (AD 891/2). VF.

Islamic Auction 4 – Session 1
Lot: 181. Estimated: $ 1 500

Pre-Mongol Iran, Gold

Sold For $ 1 600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Dulafids. Ahmad b. 'Abd al-'Aziz. AH 265-280 / AD 879-893. AV Dinar (22.1mm, 4.31 g, 8h). Hamadhan mint. Dated AH 278 (AD 891/2). Reverse field: al-Mu‘tamid ‘ala-’llah / al-Mu‘tadid billah in bottom two lines. Vardanyan 20 var. (without bakh below reverse field); Bernardi —; Album 1397. VF. Excessively rare and apparently an unpublished variety.

This type of Dulafid dinar, which names both the caliph and his heir in the reverse field, was completely unknown to Bernardi.

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