Watch List notes:

ABBASID, AL-MU'TADID (279-289h), Dinar, Samarqand 281h. REVERSE: lillah | Muhammad | rasul | Allah | al-Mu'tadid billah | letter sin. WEIGHT: 3.66g. REFERENCES: Bernardi 211Qe, this piece. CONDITION: Edge clip, otherwise very fine and extremely rare. PROVENANCE: Ex Stephen Album Rare Coins auction 7, 5 December 2009, lot 120. NOTE: This is the last purely Abbasid dinar from the famous city of Samarqand, which also struck gold issues naming the Samanid ruler Isma'il b. Ahmad in this year (see Bernardi 220Qe).

Estimate: £1,500-2000