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Auction: 14012 - The "Khalifa" Collection of Islamic Coins
Lot: 52

(x) Abbasid, al-Ma'mun, Dirham, 1.57g, Samarqand, AH202, double obverse margin, rev. naming heir al-Rida, with governor's name beneath (A.224), good very fine, rare

'Ali bin Musa al-Rida, a Shi'ite Imam, was named as heir as part of a failed attempt to reconcile the Sunni and Shi'ite branches of Islam.

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Sold for
£360

Sale 14012 Notices
This is a souvenir copy made in Iran, probably Mashhad, as described in the Stephen Album's Checklist footnote to A-224.