Details
LOT 4117
Abbasids. Time of al-Rashid AR Dirham. Dated AH 181 (AD 797). Madinat al-Salam mint.
Kalima in three lines; mint and date formula around / Continuation of kalima, citing the heir apparent Muhammad al-Amin as 'ibn Amir al-Mu'minin' ('son of the Commander of the Faithful') in three lines and the vizier Ja'far ibn Yahya al-Barmaki below. Album 219.9b; Lowick 1333. Near Extremely Fine.(2.96gr, 25mm, 9h.).
Provenance
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 88, 9 September 2021, lot 1574.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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