ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Rashid, AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. Dinar (Gold, 18 mm, 4.15 g, 1 h), citing Ja'far ibn Yahya Barmaki, without mint, struck in Misr, AH 184 = AD 800/1. Bernardi 69. Light scratches and the flan somewhat wavy, otherwise, about very fine.

From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Leipziger Münzhandlung Höhn 84, 23 October 2015, 1505.

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.