Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Saffarids. Khalaf ibn Ahmad, third reign, AH 370-393 / AD 981-1003. Dirham (Silver, 25 mm, 4.48 g, 8 h), citing Khalaf ibn Ahmad as Wali al-Dawla Abu Ahmad, Sijistan, AH 386 = AD 996. Album 1421. Struck from slightly worn dies and with light deposits, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the Dr. David Majer Collection of Islamic coins, ex Album E-Auction 9, 12 April 2001, 34.