Adharbayjan - 256 AH

ABBASID, AL-MU'TAMID (256-279h). Dinar, Adharbayjan 258h. Obverse: In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | Ja'far. Reverse: In field: lillah | Muhammad | rasul | Allah | al-Mu'tamid 'ala-'llah. Weight: 4.18g. Reference: cf Bernardi type 173 (unrecorded for this mint). Edge smoothed and made round, otherwise very fine and of the highest rarity, apparently an unpublished date for this extremely rare Abbasid gold mint. Adharbayjan is one of the rarest mints for Abbasid gold d...

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