Watch List notes:

UMAYYAD: Ibrahim, 744, AV dinar (4.14g), NM (Dimashq), AH127, A-T140, bold strike, minor adjustment on the edge, EF-AU, RRR. The year AH127 is the second rarest of the Umayyad dinars, with only year 77 rarer. Although there had been some rumpling of anti-Umayyad opposition for several decades, and some further rebellious incidents in the early AH120s, it was not until the disputes over the Umayyad succession after the death of Hisham in 125 (743 AD) that the opposition reached a critical level. The pro-Abbasid branches of the opposition were one of many groups, including Sunni, Shi'ite and Kharijite groups, as well as anti-Arab uprisings throughout the east, and in parts of the newly conquered North Africa and Spain. By the end of 126, nearly all the Umayyad lands were scourged with rebellions. Interestingly, Umayyad gold continued to be struck in massive quantities until 125, the all subsequent years at least scarce (131 is somewhat common, 132 is of course very rare, but 127 is extremely rare). Nonetheless, the production of silver dirhams at Wasit continued unabatedly through 131 (132 is extremely rare). We know that the Umayyad administration fled from Damascus (Dimashq) to Harran in northern Syria (now just across the border in modern Turkey) at some point about the middle of 128. Silver dirhams of Damascus dated 126 are slightly scarce, but Damascus dirhams dated 127 and 131 are common, whereas 128, 129, 130, and especially 132 are all extremely rare. Perhaps there was some emergency need in Damascus for silver dirhams in 127, or there was no accessible source of gold in Damascus during that year. Nonetheless, gold dinars of 127, presumably struck at the Damascus mint, are inexplicably of great rarity!

Estimate: 12,000-15,000 USD