307, Lot: 393. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate (Arab-Bukharan coinage). Al-Amin. As governor of Khorasan, AH 180-186 / AD 796-801. AR Drachm (25mm, 2.67 g, 7h). Crowned bust right; bism Allah Muhammad rasul Allah muhammadiyya mimma amara bihi al-amin ‘ala [yaday] sulayman lillah around / Crude fire altar flanked by attendants. Treadwell Type 10; Walker 344-50; Album 96. VF.

Al-Amin later served as Caliph from AH 193-198.