Watch List notes:

RIYAHID OR JAMI'ID, AL-RASHID B. RAFI' (fl. 517-551h) Dinar, Qabis 534h Obverse: In field: al-amir al-Rashid | ibn Rafi' Weight: 3.91g Reference: Album 477 RRR Die faults visible on obverse, otherwise very fine and of the highest rarity. Ex Peus auction 414, 23 April 2015, lot 381 Al-Rashid b. Rafi' was an Arab governor based at Qabis (Gabès in present-day Tunisia). His name was read as Rashid b. al-Rashid by Hazard, who also corrected the reading of the mint-name from the earlier suggeston of Qadis (Cadiz). The present coin appears to be the earliest known dinar struck by al-Rashid, for whom Album recorded dinars struck between 537h and 551h, and seems to be unique.

(2500-3000 GBP)