Morton & Eden Ltd
Auction 69 10 April 2014
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ABBASID, TEMP. AL-RASHID (170-193h)
Dinar, no mint-name, 170h
REVERSE: In field: Muhammad | rasul | Allah | Khalid
WEIGHT: 4.14g
REFERENCE: cf Bernardi 70 (known only for 187h)
CONDITION: Fine to good fine and apparently unpublished
NOTE: The identity of the Khalid mentioned here is uncertain. The name is also found on dinars of al-Rashid dated 187h where, according to Bernardi, it refers to Khalid al-Barmaki (86-165h). Bernardi does not suggest why Khalid al-Barmaki should have been posthumously honoured in such a way, although the issue in 187h would in fact have coincided with the centenary of Khalid's birth. If Bernardi is correct, however, it might have represented a mark of respect from Khalid's grandson, Ja 'far, who was then Harun al-Rashid's vizier. It may then be significant that Ja'far's father Yahya, who preceded him in this post, was appointed in 170h - the year the present coin was struck.
Estimate: £2000 - 3000
Dinar, no mint-name, 170h
REVERSE: In field: Muhammad | rasul | Allah | Khalid
WEIGHT: 4.14g
REFERENCE: cf Bernardi 70 (known only for 187h)
CONDITION: Fine to good fine and apparently unpublished
NOTE: The identity of the Khalid mentioned here is uncertain. The name is also found on dinars of al-Rashid dated 187h where, according to Bernardi, it refers to Khalid al-Barmaki (86-165h). Bernardi does not suggest why Khalid al-Barmaki should have been posthumously honoured in such a way, although the issue in 187h would in fact have coincided with the centenary of Khalid's birth. If Bernardi is correct, however, it might have represented a mark of respect from Khalid's grandson, Ja 'far, who was then Harun al-Rashid's vizier. It may then be significant that Ja'far's father Yahya, who preceded him in this post, was appointed in 170h - the year the present coin was struck.
Estimate: £2000 - 3000