Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Saffarids. Ya'qub ibn al-Layth, AH 247-265 / AD 861-879. Dirham (Silver, 22 mm, 2.74 g, 11 h), citing Ya'qub ibn al-Layth as 'Ya'qub' (in Kufic) and the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tamid billah, Banjhir, AH 260 = AD 873/4. Album 1401.1. Minor areas of weakness and with light corrosion, otherwise, very fine.


From the Dr. David Majer Collection of Islamic coins, formed over the past two decades.