Watch List notes:

Fatimid, al-Qa'im (322-334h), dinar, al-Qayrawan 335h (sic), 4.21g (Nicol 148), fine to good fine, rare. During the reign of al-Qa'im a rebellion against the Fatimids broke out in North Africa, led by Abu Yazid al-Nukkari. Al-Nukkari took control of Qayrawan in 333h and struck coins in this and the following year. Al-Qa'im died during 334h and it was his successor, al-Mansur, who led the campaign which defeated al-Nukkari. The present coin shows that pro-Fatimid forces had regained control of Qayrawan by 335h, but al-Mansur himself appears to have struck no coins there in his own name, possibly because he had already begun work on the foundation of a new Fatimid capital named after him: al-Mansuriya. (£500-700)