Watch List notes:

SALGHURID, ABISH BINT SA'D (662-685h). Dinar, Dar al-Mulk Shiraz 673h . OBVERSE: In field: ornament | la ilaha illa Allah | Muhammad | rasul Allah sala Allah | 'alayhi Abish bint | Sa'd. REVERSE: In margin: Duriba hadha al-dinar bi-Dar al-Mulk Shiraz hamahu Allah ta'ala sanat thalath wa saba'in wa sitt mi'at. REVERSE: In field: Qaan | Padshah 'alam | al-'azam | Abaqa khallada Allah | mulkahu. WEIGHT: 11.35g. REFERENCES: cf Diler p.275, 115; cf Sotheby's, 5 October 1989, lot 506, same rev. die; cf BMC IX, 688f [676h?]. CONDITION: Some marginal weakness but good very fine, very rare. Although Diler does not mention it, the extra phrase hamahu Allah ta'ala in the reverse margin of this remarkable type is clearly visible in the Sotheby's catalogue illustration and is fully transcribed by Lane Poole in BMC. It is unfortunate that the unit of the date is not clearer on the illustration of the British Museum specimen, as this coin appears to share an obverse die with the Sotheby's coin, and it is possible that both coins are in fact dated 673h. The exceptional weight of this coin, a feature it shares with the BMC and Sotheby's examples, may support the view that this additional phrase marks it out as being a special issue; a survey of more than 20 other Salghurid dinars of Abish offered in commerce in recent years suggests that regular dinars were generally struck weighing between 3g and 7.5g.
(800-1200 GBP)