Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Uncertain period, temp. al-Saffah to al-Amin. AH 132-199 = AD 749-813. Fals (Bronze, 19 mm, 3.28 g), citing 'la Ilah Illa Allah Ni'ma al-Qâdir Allah' ('How marvelous is the power of Allah' in Kufic), without mint, casted in al-Saghaniyan, circa AH 127-158 = AD 745-775. Album A334. Very rare. Minor corrosion, otherwise, fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Album 28, 18 May 2017, 403.

This interesting cast was produced either during the Abbasid revolution or shortly thereafter.