Lot 359 ABBASID: al-Saffah, 749-754, AR dirham (2.89g), Dimashq, AH135
ABBASID: al-Saffah, 749-754, AR dirham (2.89g), Dimashq, AH135, A-211, superb strike, perfectly centered, perhaps finest known, lovely Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated, RR. Dirham al-Saffah struck at Damascus (Dimashq) retain the Umayyad style of the Damascus dirham, whereas all other mints of al-Saffah use the eastern standard, as on the Wasit dirhams of the late Umayyads.
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