'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mutawakkil. AH 232-247 / AD 847-861. AV Donative Dinar (23mm, 4.25 g, 11h). Medallion type with broad margins. Surra man ra'a mint. Dated AH 245 (AD 859/60). Obverse field: citing the caliphal heir al-Mu'tazz in fourth line. Bernardi 158Jc (this date not recorded); cf. Morton & Eden 89 (25 October 2017), lot 35 (same obverse die). Scuff on name of al-Mu'tazz in obverse field. VF. Extremely rare.
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