ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Rashid, AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. Dinar (Gold, 18 mm, 4.05 g, 5 h), citing Ja'far ibn Yahya Barmaki, without mint, struck in Misr, AH 185 = AD 801/2. Bernardi 69. Light scratches, otherwise, good 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.