Watch List notes:

ALID OF TABARISTAN: al-Hassan b. Zayd, 864-884, AV dinar (4.1g), Nishapur, AH262, A-T1523, with the 'Alid phrase al-da'i illa al-haqq, "advocate for the truth", and Qur'an verses 33:33 in the obverse margin, 22:39 in the reverse margin, lovely strike, VF-EF, RRRR. This is the second known specimen of the Nishapur AH262 gold dinar, the first sold in the Islamic Coin Auction #2 in 2000 (lot 524), when the city of Nishapur was in confrontation between Sunni and Shi'ite supporters, falling to the Sunni rulers by 268 (after an hiatus in coinage 263-267).

Estimate: 10,000-13,000 USD