ABBASID, AL-MU'TAMID (256-279h)
Dinar, al-Rahba 266h
OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | al-Muwaffaq billah
REVERSE: In field: lillah | Muhammad | rasul | Allah | al-Mu'tamid 'ala-'llah
WEIGHT: 3.72g
REFERENCE: Bernardi 177Hm (date not listed)
CONDITION: Pin marks in fields, otherwise good very fine and of the highest rarity
NOTE: This unpublished coin is the earliest known dinar from the very rare mint of al-Rahba by three years.
Estimate: £6000 - 8000