216, Lot: 510. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Saffarids. Ahmad ibn Muhammad (Abu Ja'far). AH 311-352 / AD 923-963. AV Fractional Dinar (1.12 g, 11h). Sijistan mint. Dated AH 342 (AD 953/4). “Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah” in Arabic in three lines; “Umayyad Second Symbol” (Quran 9.33) in outer margin / Names of Abbasid caliph al-Muti’a and Ahmad ibn Muhammad in three lines; mint formula and AH date in outer margin. Album 1411; Zeno 51469 (this coin). Near EF.