ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tamid, AH 256-279 / AD 870-892. Dinar (Gold, 21 mm, 4.00 g, 11 h), citing the caliph as al-Mu'tamid billah and the heit apparent Ja'far (future al-Muffawid), Madinat al-Salam, AH 259 = AD 872/3. Bernardi 173Jh. Struck from worn dies and slightly clipped, otherwise, very fine.