Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Ma'mun, AH 199-218 / AD 813-833. Dinar (Gold, 18 mm, 3.81 g, 11 h), citing Dhu'l Riyasatayn (holder of the two ministries) al-Fadl, the vizier of the caliph al-Ma'mun and al-Sari ibn al-Hakam, the governor of Egypt, without mint, struck in Misr, AH 202 = AD 817/8. Bernardi 93. Rare. Numerous scratches, otherwise, very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.