Watch List notes:

TARAFID AMIRS OF 'ATHAR, AL-FARAJ AL-TARAFI (fl. 381-392h), Dinar, 'Athar (3)91h. 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: 2.71g. REFERENCES: Diler p.844; Album F1070 RRR. CONDITION: Very fine to good very fine and extremely rare. NOTE: Three coins of al-Faraj al-Tarafi were offered for sale at Sotheby's (29 September 1988, lots 168-170), with the governor's name incorrectly read as al-Qasim b. al-Taraf. Unfortunately, this led Diler to reports that two varieties of dinar were struck at 'Athar in the year 391h: one naming al-Faraj (as here) and the other al-Qasim. The illustrations in the Sotheby's catalogue confirm that all three pieces were in fact coins of al-Faraj al-Tarafi, and Album correctly omits the spurious al-Qasim from his Checklist.

Estimate: £1,200-1500