Watch List notes:

ABBASID, AL-MU'TAMID (256-279h), Dinar, Qarqisiya 264h. OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | al-Mufawwad illa-'llah. WEIGHT: 3.95g. REFERENCE: Bernardi 175Hk = Sotheby's auction, May 2001, lot 1003, same dies. CONDITION: Small flan crack, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare. NOTE: Qarqisiya, formerly the ancient Circesium on the Euphrates, is one of the rarest mints for Abbasid gold.

Estimate: £7,000-10000