Watch List notes:

ABBASID, AL-MU'TAMID (256-279h). Donative dinar with broad margins, Madinat al-Salam 276h. OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | al-Nasir li-din Allah | al-Muwaffaq billah; In outer border: al-quwwa – lillah – jami'a. REVERSE: In field: Muhammad | rasul | Allah | al-Mu'tamid 'ala-'llah | Ahmad bin al-Muwaffaq billah; In outer border: al-quwwa – lillah – jami'a. WEIGHT: 3.95g. REFERENCE: cf Bernardi type 186 for a standard dinar with similar legends. CONDITION: Extremely fine and of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished. The legends on this beautiful and unpublished dinar are similar to those on regular coins struck at Baghdad in this and the following year (see the next lot), but with al-quwwa – lillah – jami'a placed in the outer border rather than in the field.
(10000-15000 GBP)