Watch List notes:

ABBASID, AL-MU'TAMID (279-289h). Dinar, al-Basra 278h. OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | al-Mu'tadid billah. REVERSE: In field: lillah | Muhammad | rasul | Allah | al-Mu 'tamid 'ala'-llah. WEIGHT: 4.77g. REFERENCES: Bernardi type 187 (date note listed). CONDITION: Good very fine and extremely rare, apparently unpublished. These legends mark out this type as the latest gold issue of al-Mu'tamid, acknowledging his heir al-Mu'tadid on the obverse. This appears to be the first published example from the mint of al-Basra.
(2500-3000 GBP)