ABBASID, AL-MUQTADIR (295-320h) Dinar, Barda‘a 319h. Obverse: In field: pellet and bar | la ilaha illa Allah | wahdahu la sharik lahu | Abu’l- ‘Abbas bin | Amir al-mu’minin | pellet. Reverse: In field: two pellets either side of lillah | horizontal bar below Muhammad | two horizontal bars below rasul | vertical and horizontal bar beneath al-Muqtadir billah. Weight: 4.39g References: Bernardi 242Kf RRR; Vardanyan 2013, 99 (slightly different arrangement of pellets and bars in fields). Weakly struck in parts but very fine to good very fine for issue and extremely rare. Barda‘a is an extremely rare mint for Abbasid gold. The arrangement of the shahada in two lines rather than three is characteristic of gold dinars from mints in the Caucasus during al-Muqtadir’s reign.
Tax: AMS