★ Struck in the last year of Al-Mutawakkil ★

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mutawakkil, AH 232-247 / AD 847-861. Dirham (Silver, 21 mm, 2.67 g, 1 h), citing the caliph al-Mutawakkil ala Allah and the heir apparent al-Mu'tazz, Dimashq, AH 247 = AD 861. SICA IV, 325. Rare. Heavily scratched, otherwise, about very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.

This rare dirham dates to the last year of al-Mutawakkil; it was struck just months before his assasination, which led to a period of civil unrest known today as the 'Anarchy at Samarra'.