Watch List notes:

TARAFID AMIRS OF 'ATHAR, AL-FARAJ AL-TARAFI (fl. 381-392h), Dinar, 'Athar '9' (for 389h or 390h). OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa Allah | Muhammad rasul Allah | al-Ta'i lillah. REVERSE: In field: amr bihi al-amir | al-Faraj | al-Tarafi | letter ha. WEIGHT: 2.78g. REFERENCES: SICA 10: -; Album F1070 RRR. CONDITION: Toned, very fine to good very fine and extremely rare. NOTE: It is not uncommon for the dates on Yemeni coins of this period to be truncated – it seems the die engraver simply ran out of space. The dates of al-Faraj al-Tarafi mean that this piece can be securely dated to 389h or 390h.

Estimate: £1,000-1200