ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Rashid, AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. Dinar (Gold, 19 mm, 4.26 g, 1 h), citing Ja'far ibn Yahya Barmaki, without mint, struck in Misr, AH 182 = AD 798/9. Bernardi 69. A minor scrape on the reverse and with light nicks, otherwise, extremely fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.

Ja'far ibn Yahya Barmaki (767-803) was a Persian vizier of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid. He was executed in 803, allegedly for having an affair with al-Rashid's sister, Abbasa.