Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tamid, AH 256-279 / AD 870-892. Dirham (Silver, 24 mm, 2.60 g, 1 h), citing the caliph al-Mu'tamid and the heir apparent al-Mufawwid as Ja'far, Surra man Ra'a, AH 257 = AD 870/1. SICA IV, 482. Rare. Somewhat crystallized and with a minor edge crack, otherwise, very fine.


Ex Leu Web Auction 16, 22-24 May 2021, 4473.