Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Saffarids. Khalaf ibn Ahmad (?), third reign, AH 370-393 / AD 981-1003. Dirham (Silver, 26 mm, 3.00 g), citing the Abbasid caliph al-Ta'i' lillah (AH 363-381) as overlord and probably Khalaf ibn Ahmad as Wali al-Dawla ('Friend of the Dynasty' in Kufic), Sirjan in western Kirman, AH 381 = AD 991/2. Album 1421. Apparently unique and unpublished save for its previous auction appearance. Some areas of weakness and with light corrosion, otherwise, good very fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex St. James 37, 27 June 2016, 304.