Watch List notes:

Abbasid 1st period, al-Ma'mun (194-218h), dirham, Madinat Tahiriya bi Misr 204h, obv. field, between 2nd and 3rd lines: al-Sari, in exergue: al-Maghrib, rev. field: lillah/ Muhammad rasul Allah/ salla Allah 'aleyhi wa salam/li'l-khalifa al-Mu'mun/Tahir, 22 mm., die axis 9:00. wt. 3.01gms. (Lowick -), about extremely fine and previously unrecorded. The mint name on this coin is disfigured by a large die flaw which makes the reading Madinat al-Tahiriya highly conjectural. The word Misr, however, is clear. Because dirhams from Misr during this period are so rarely encountered, when a new one is found it is capable of quite surprising results. (£400 - 500)