Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tasim, AH 218-227 / AD 833-842. Dirham (Silver, 25 mm, 2.92 g), citing the caliph al-Mu'tasim billah, Madinat al-Salam, AH 226 = AD 840/1. SICA III, 868. Struck from slightly worn dies, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Album 25, 19 May 2016, 291.