EARLY ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Dirham (24mm, 2.41 g, 5h). Dasht-i-Maysan mint. Dated AH 81 (AD 700/1). Klat 320; SICA 2 –; Walker, Arab-Byzantine –; Shams Eshragh –; Album 126; ICV 265; Zeno –; Morton & Eden 79, lot 40. Deeply toned. VF. Extremely rare, only one specimen recorded for this year by Klat (in the Qatar Council for Culture, Art and Heritage), and two specimens in CoinArchives, including this coin.

Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA VIII (24 November 2014), lot 230.