Watch List notes:

Abbasids, al-Mahdi AR Dirham. Madinat al-Salam mint, AH 162 = AD 778. First part of Kalima in three lines; mint and date formula around / Continuation of Kalima and tasliya in three lines, citing "the Caliph al-Mahdi" below. Album 215.1; SICA III, 1625. 2.95g, 25mm, 9h.

Near Mint State.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 64, 28 November 2019, lot 1025;
Ex inventory of Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd. (New York).