★ Struck in a one-year-mint ★

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mutawakkil, AH 232-247 / AD 847-861. Dirham (Silver, 20 mm, 2.84 g, 11 h), citing the caliph al-Mutawakkil ala Allah and the heir apparent al-Mu'tazz, al Madina al-Mutawakkiliya, AH 247 = AD 861/2. SICA IV, 1370. Light scratches, otherwise, about very fine.

From the Tabib Collection, formed over the past 40 years.

This interesting mint operated only for one year.