Fatimid, al-Mahdi (297-322h), dinar, al-Qayrawan 297h, 3.46g (Nicol 23; cf John J. Slocum Collection part III, Sotheby's, 23-24 April 1998, lot 776, same dies), of very coarse style and probably a contemporary imitation, very fine and very rare (£400-600)