Watch List notes:

FIRUZANID, AL-HASAN B. FIRUZAN (330-356h), Dinar, Sari 341h. OBVERSE: In field: letter fa | la ilaha illa Allah | wahdahu la sharik lahu | al-Muti' lillah | al-Hasan Firuzan (sic); Inborder: four pairs of annulets. REVERSE: In field: lillah | Muhammad | rasul Allah | Rukn al-dawla | Abu 'Ali Buwayh | unread word; Inborder: four pairs of annulets. WEIGHT: 4.76g. REFERENCE: Album P1524 RRR; cf Baldwin's Islamic Coin Auction 14, 8 July 2008, lot 349, same reverse die. CONDITION: Very fine to good very fine and extremely rare. NOTE: Al-Hasan b. Firuzan was a cousin of Makan b. Kaki, alongside whom he served with the 'Alids of Tabaristan. After a colourful career during which his fortunes were closedly tied to those of the Ziyarid ruler Washmgir, he ended up as a supporter of the Buwayhids, whom he acknowledges on the present coin. Album read the mint-name on this type as Biyar, but the Baldwin's cataloguer suggested Sari which seems preferable since it is known that al-Hasan b. Firuzan was appointed governor of the city of Sari in 323.

Estimate: £1,500-2000