Watch List notes:

ABBASID, AL-MU'TAMID (256-279h). Donative dinar with broad margins, Surra man ra'a 271h. OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | al-Mufawwad ala-'llah. REVERSE: In field: lillah | Muhammad | rasul | Allah | al-Mu'tamid 'ala-'llah | Dhu'l-Wizaratayn. WEIGHT: 4.15g. REFERENCE: cf Bernardi 176Jc for a standard dinar of this mint and date. CONDITION: Extremely fine and of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished. Neither Ilisch nor Bernardi records any donative gold for the reign of al-Mu'tamid. This coin may have been issued in the aftermath of the final victory over the Zanj.
(10000-15000 GBP)