Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muktafi, AH 289-295 / AD 902-908. Dinar (Gold, 20 mm, 2.20 g, 12 h), citing the caliph al-Muktafi and the vizier Wali al-Dawla, al-Masisa, AH 291 = AD 903/4. A-243.2. Bernardi -, cf. 228 (for type). An unpublished type for the mint al-Masisa. Holed and clipped, and the flan somewhat wavy, otherwise, fine.


Al-Masisa, the ancient city of Mopsos-Mopsuestia in Cilicia, was located at the northern frontier of the Abbasid empire.