Lot 42
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San'a' 171, rev., field: al-Ghitr/Muhammad rasul/Allah salah allahu 'alayhi/wa salam li'l-Khalifa Harun/if (Lowick Abbasids 530; cf SICA 209), slightly clipped, very fine and of the highest rarity

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San'a' 171, rev., field: al-Ghitr/Muhammad rasul/Allah salah allahu 'alayhi/wa salam li'l-Khalifa Harun/if (Lowick Abbasids 530; cf SICA 209), slightly clipped, very fine and of the highest rarity
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Lot Essay

This is the earliest recorded date for an Abbasid Dirham from San'a'. These coins were struck on a local light-weight standard approximately half that of the canonical dirham