'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Saffah. AH 132-136 / AD 749-754. AR Dirham (25mm, 2.53 g, 5h). Dimashq mint. Dated AH 135 (AD 752/3). SCC 834; Album 211. Cleaned, some deposit, small flan crack in centre. VF.
While a common dirham mint for the Umayyads, whose capital it was, ‘Abbasid dirhams from Damascus are rare.
