Watch List notes:

Abbasids, al-Mu'tasim (AH 218-227 / AD 833-842) AR Dirham. Fars mint, AH 219 = AD 834. First part of kalima in three lines across field; mint and date formula in inner margin; Qur'an XXX, 3-4 in outer margin / Continuation of kalima in three lines across, "al-Mu'tasim" below. Album 226; SICA IV, 683. 2.96g, 27mm, 9h.

Good Very Fine; weakly struck as common for this type. Scarce.

From the collection of a retired Oxford academic.