ABBASID, AL-MU'TAMID (256-279h)
Dinar, al-Rafiqa 259h
OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | Ja'far
WEIGHT: 4.70g
REFERENCE: Bernardi 173Hn (date not listed)
CONDITION: Some marginal weakness, very fine or better and of the highest rarity
NOTE: This previously unrecorded dinar is the earliest known gold coin from al-Rafiqa.
Estimate: £3000 - 4000