Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Uncertain period, temp. al-Saffah to al-Amin. AH 132-199 = AD 749-813. Fals (Bronze, 12 mm, 1.87 g), Walila (Volubilis in Morocco), without date, struck circa AH 153-173 = circa AH 770-780. Album E281. An extremely rare mint for the Abbasids. Struck on a short flan and with light deposits, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Soler y Llach E-Auction 1106, 18 December 2018, 133 and Soler y Llach E-Auction 1103, 12 July 2018, 197.