ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Rashid, AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. Dirham (Silver, 25 mm, 2.93 g, 9 h), citing the heir apparent Muhammad al-Amin as 'ibn Amir al-Mu'minin' ('son of the Commander of the Faithful' in Kufic) and the vizier Ja'far ibn Yahya al-Barmaki in' ('son of the Commander of the Faithful' in Kufic) , al-Muhammadiya, AH 181 = AD 797/8. SICA III, 1411. Some light marks, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the Tabib Collection, formed over the past 40 years.

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.