Watch List notes:

ABBASID, AL-MUKTAFI (289-295h), Dinar, Mah al-Kufa 291h. OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | wali al-dawla. REVERSE: In field: three pellets positioned to left, right and between the two l's of lillah. WEIGHT: 3.51g. REFERENCES: Bernardi 228Mr (one example listed) = Munzel, K., 'Beiträge zur islamischen Numismatik I', JNG 1972, pp.103-111, coin 12 = Sotheby's auction, 23 April 1998, lot 44. CONDITION: Some marginal weakness, very fine and extremely rare. NOTE: The Munzel specimen is struck from different dies and also does not have the three pellets in the reverse field observed on the present piece.

Estimate: £2,500-3500