ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Rashid, AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. Dirham (Silver, 24 mm, 2.87 g, 10 h), citing the heir apparent Muhammad al-Amin as 'ibn Amir al-Mu'minin' ('son of the Commander of the Faithful' in Kufic), the vizier Ja'far ibn Yahya al-Barmaki and the official Salm, al-Muhammadiya, AH 186 = AH 802. SICA III, 1465. Beautifully toned. The flan slightly wavy, otherwise, good very fine.

From a Swiss collection of Umayyad and Abbasid coins, assembled in the 1970-1980s (with original flip with S. Album’s description).