Watch List notes:

‡ QARMATID, JA'FAR B. AL-FADL (366-367h), Dirham, Filastin 365h. Obverse: In field: al-sadat al-ru'asa | Ishaq Kisra Ja'far. Reverse: In field: al-Ta'i' lillah | al-sayyid al-ra'is. Weight: 2.89g References: cf Vardanyan 25; cf Morton & Eden auction 92, 26 April 2018, lot 79. Gold toning, slightly bent, good fine and rare. Ishaq, Kisra and Ja'far were brothers and played a prominent role in the Qaramatid struggle against the Fatimids. In 365h they forced the Fatimids to lift the seven-month siege of Damascus, defeating another Fatimid army near Ramla later in the year.
(700-1000 GBP)