★ Of Eastern style ★

Abbasid Caliphate. No mint AH 202.
Fals AE

22 mm, 2,41 g

Legend in three lines / Legend in three lines and in margins (legend includes the word 'adil').

extremely fine

A-338Q. (R). According to Album: for the sake of convenience, this type consolidates unattributed examples that cannot comfortably be assigned to groups #X281, 281, 295, 300 or 308. At least 100 local governors, prefects, etc., are known, many also well-known from historical documents. The general region can usually be established for these issues, by style or archaeology, but the specific ruling localities of these officials are frequently unknown.

Fantastic example, perfect strike and well-centered. truly one of the finest known. From the Tareq Hani collection.