'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tamid. AH 256-279 / AD 870-892. AV Dinar (20.9mm, 4.17 g, 11h). Al-Ahwaz mint. Dated AH 265 (AD 878/9). Near VF.

Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1
Lot: 60. Estimated: $ 5 000

‘Abbasid Caliphate, Gold

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'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tamid. AH 256-279 / AD 870-892. AV Dinar (20.9mm, 4.17 g, 11h). Al-Ahwaz mint. Dated AH 265 (AD 878/9). Obverse margin: triplet of pellets above sittin in date
Obverse field: citing al-Muwaffaq billah in fourth line. Cf. Bernardi 177Nd (this date not recorded); Album 239.5. Old test mark on edge. Near VF. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished and believed unique.




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