ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Ma'mun, AH 199-218 / AD 813-833. Dinar (Gold, 17 mm, 4.20 g, 11 h), citing al-Sari ibn al-Hakam, governor of Egypt and the military commander Tahir ibn al-Husayn, Misr, AH 203 = AD 818/9. 'al-Maghrib' ('the west' in Kufic). Rev. 'Lillah, Tahir' ('For Allah, Tahir' in Kufic) and 'al-Sari'. Bernardi 94De. Graffiti and scratches, otherwise, about very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.