ABBASID, AL-MU'TAMID (256-279h)
Dinar, Fars 273h
OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | al-nasir li-din Allah
REVERSE: In field: lillah | Muhammad | rasul | Allah | al-Mu'tamid 'ala-'llah | Ahmad b. al-Muwaffaq billah
WEIGHT: 4.00g
REFERENCES: Bernardi – (this arrangement of legends unrecorded, but see SICA 4, 726 for a dirham of this type);
cf Baldwin's Islamic Coin Auction 19, April 2012, lot 59, same dies
CONDITION: Extremely fine and of the highest rarity
Estimate: £5000 - 7000