Watch List notes:

QARMATID: al-Hasan b. Ahmad, 972-975, AV dinar (3.83g), Dimashq, AH361, A-684, without any additional titles, but referring to the Chief Sayyids al- sâdât al ru'asâ anonymously, superb strike, lovely EF. The Qaramita, or Carmathians, were a radical Isma'ili sect originally centered in eastern Arabia that seized parts of Syria and Palestine following the collapse of the Ikhshidid kingdom in 358/969, but lost to the Fatimids by 368.

Estimate: 5,300-5,500 GBP