Watch List notes:

Abbasid, al-Muktafi (289-295h), Dirham, Dimashq 291h, citing the vizier Wali al-dawla, 2.84g (W 426). Cracked, cleaned, hornsilver on obverse, otherwise fine and extremely rare, believed to be an unpublished date for dirhams of this mint.

See lot 241 for a Tulunid dirham of this mint dated 290h.