Watch List notes:

*Qarmatid, al-Hasan b. Ahmad (fl. 361-364h), dinar, Filastin 361h, obv., citing al-Sadat al-ru'asa, rev., citing the Abbasid caliph al-Muti' and the Qarmatid al-Hasan b. Ahmad, 2.42g (Vardanyan 11, same obverse die), light crease and small edge knock, almost very fine and very rare The Qarmatids were a radical Isma'ili group, originally based in Arabia, who briefly expanded into Syria and Palestine after the fall of the Ikhshidids. Although they opposed the Abbasids they nevertheless continued to cite the Abbasid caliph on their coinage, along with the council of six or seven elders known as 'the chief sayyids' (al-sadat al-ru'asa) who governed the Qarmatid state.

Estimate: £6000 - 8000