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'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mutawakkil. AH 232-247 / AD 847-861. AV Dinar (16.3mm, 4.23 g, 6h). Samarqand mint. Dated AH 247 (AD 861/2). Citing the heir al-Mu'tazz. Bernardi 158Qe; Album 229.3. Minor marks. Near VF.
It seems that dinars issued during AH 247, the final year of al-Mutawakkil's reign, were struck on narrower, thicker flans approximately 16mm in diameter. Similar small-flan dinars were issued under his successor, al-Muntasir, but the practice appears to have been abandoned soon afterwards. No explanation has been advanced for this curious phenomenon.
It seems that dinars issued during AH 247, the final year of al-Mutawakkil's reign, were struck on narrower, thicker flans approximately 16mm in diameter. Similar small-flan dinars were issued under his successor, al-Muntasir, but the practice appears to have been abandoned soon afterwards. No explanation has been advanced for this curious phenomenon.