ABBASID, AL-MU‘TAZZ (251-255h) Dinar, Wasit 253h Obverse: without name of heir Weight: 3.46g Reference: cf Bernardi type 162 (for which Wasit is not recorded) Damaged, with about one-sixth of coin missing (but not affecting mint and date), otherwise good fine and of the highest rarity. Although damaged, this unpublished coin appears to be the earliest known Abbasid dinar from the important mint of Wasit.

Estimate: GBP 500 - 1000