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Auction 40  13-15 May 2021
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Lot 266

Starting price: 220 USD
Price realized: 500 USD
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ABBASID: al-Mu'tamid, 870-892, AR dirham (2.68g), al-Muwaffaqiya, AH270, A-240.6, citing the heir Sa'id b. Makhlad as dhu'l-wizaratayn, "possessor of the two vizierates", full mint and date, slightly bent, nearly VF, RR. Al-Muwaffaqiya was a military camp set up by the Abbasid army for their defeat of the Zanj Rebellion in southern Iraq. Normal Abbasid gold and silver were struck there in AH268-270, but the camp was abandoned after the defeat of the Zanj, which occurred early in 271.

Estimate: 260-350 USD
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