'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mansur. AH 136-158 / AD 754-775. AV Dinar (18.5mm, 4.24 g, 11h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 144 (AD 761/2). Pellet below b of arba' in date. SICA 3, 31-33; Bernardi 51; Album 212. Edge marks, scratches on reverse. Good VF.
'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mansur. AH 136-158 / AD 754-775. AV Dinar (18.6mm, 4.20 g, 11h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 147 (AD 764/5). Pellet to left of rasul in second line of reverse field. Cf. SICA 3, 42-4 (without pellet); Bernardi 51; Album 212. Faint edge marks. Good VF.
'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mansur. AH 136-158 / AD 754-775. AV Dinar (17.3mm, 3.93 g, 6h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 149 (AD 766/7). Bernardi 51; Album 212. Deposits on obverse. Fine.
'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mansur. AH 136-158 / AD 754-775. AV Dinar (18.7mm, 4.06 g, 1h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 152 (AD 769). Unit of date reads thanatayn. SICA 3, 54-5; Bernardi 51; Album 212. Edge shaved, small scratch below reverse field. Good VF.
'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mansur. AH 136-158 / AD 754-775. AR Dirham (23.1mm, 2.34 g, 4h). Al-Basra mint. Dated AH 140 (AD 757/8). With name 'Abd below reverse field. Lowick 988; SICA 3, 545; Album 213. Buckled flan. Good Fine. Rare. It is exceptional for an 'Abbasid dirham of this period to bear a governor's name, and it is tempting to connect the 'Abd on this coin with the rebel coinage of Ibrahim b. 'Abdallah issued at Basra five years later (Album F214).
'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mansur. AH 136-158 / AD 754-775. Æ Fals (21.7mm, 3.96 g, 6h). Marw mint. Dated AH 155 (AD 771/2). Citing the official Humayd b. Qahtaba. Album A329. Good VF.
'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mansur. AH 136-158 / AD 754-775. Æ Fals (21.9mm, 3.13 g, 4h). Jibal al-Fidda mint. Dated AH 148 (AD 765/6). Struck in the name of the heir al-Mahdi. Cf. Stephen Album Rare Coins 37 (11 June 2020), lot 336 ('unpublished and probably unique'); Lowick -; Shamma -; Album A326 (this date not recorded). Fine. Extremely rare.
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mahdi. AH 158-169 / AD 775-785. AR Dirham (25mm, 2.96 g, 5h). Harunabad (in margin) / Arminiya (in reverse field) mint. Dated AH 169 (AD 785/6). Citing the heir Harun and local official Hasan. Vardanyan 187; Lowick 866; Bonner 2. Obverse staining. Good Fine.
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mahdi. AH 158-169 / AD 775-785. AR Dirham (24.8mm, 2.85 g, 11h). Qasr al-Salam mint. Dated AH 168 (AD 784/5). Lowick 1474; SCC 957; SICA 3, 1153. VF. Rare. The short-lived mint of Qasr al-Salam was only operational for three years under al-Mahdi. Dirhams were struck there in the years AH 167, 168, and 169.
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Hadi. AH 169-170 / AD 785-786. AR Dirham (24.1mm, 2.93 g, 2h). Al-Haruniya mint. Dated AH 170 (AD 786/7). Citing Harun as heir, and the local officials Ibrahim and Jarir. Vardanyan 191; Lowick 880; Bonner 10. Good VF.
'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Rashid. AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. AV Dinar (17.9mm, 4.14 g, 7h). Without mint-name (struck in Egypt). Dated AH 172 (AD 788/9). Citing Musa in fourth line of reverse field. Lowick 16; Bernardi 65; Album 218.7. Minor deposit, scratches in fields both sides, edge scrape. Good Fine.
'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Rashid. AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. AV Dinar (17.1mm, 4.02 g, 6h). Without mint-name (struck in Egypt). Dated AH 173 (AD 789/90). Citing 'Umar in fourth line of reverse field. SICA 3, 1837 (same dies); Bernardi 66; Album 218.8. Clipped. Near VF. The person cited on the reverse of this coin is 'Umar b. Ghaylan, who was governor of Egypt from AH 173-4.