Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1126
'Abbasid Caliphate
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'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Rashid. AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. AV Dinar (18.8mm, 4.26 g, 12h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 187 (AD 802/3). Citing Khalid in fourth line of obverse field. Bernardi 70; Album 218.12. Slightly wavy flan, graffiti, minor edge marks. Near VF. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al-Katib.It is thought that the name Khalid on this coin refers to an ancestor of the Barmakids, who served as vizier and also governor of Mosul and Tabaristan.
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