★ A rare dirham of Ahmad ibn 'Ali ★

ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Su'lukids. Ahmad ibn 'Ali, circa AH 304-311 / AD 917-923. Dirham (Silver, 26 mm, 3.00 g, 7 h), citing the Su'lukid ruler Ahmad ibn 'Ali and the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir, al-Muhammadiya, AH 310 = AD 922/3. Album 1482. Rare. Areas of weakness and slightly double struck, otherwise, about extremely fine.

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