Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Ma'mun, AH 199-218 / AD 813-833. Dirham (Silver, 25 mm, 2.72 g, 9 h), citing Dhu'l Riyasatayn (holder of the two ministries) al-Fadl, the vizier of the caliph al-Ma'mun, Samarqand, AH 201 = AD 816/7. Rev. al-Mashriq ('The East' in Kufic) on the obverse. SICA III, -. Cleaning scratches and with a minor graffito on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.


From the Tabib Collection, formed over the past 40 years.