Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Amin, AH 193-198 / AD 809-813. Dirham (Silver, 24 mm, 2.71 g, 8 h), citing the heir al-Ma'mun as 'al-Imam' and as ibn Amir al-Mu'minin ('son of the Commander of the Faithful' in Kufic). Also citing al-Fadl, the vizier of the Caliph, Samarqand, AH 195 = AH 810/1. SICA III, 861 (al-Ma'mun). Light scratches, otherwise, about extremely fine.


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

This type was formerly assigned to al-Ma'mun.