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IDRISID: Idris II, 791-828, AR dirham (2.35g), Wargha (Warqa), AH196, XF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Islamic Coins - Spain & North Africa Start Price:260.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 450.00 USD
IDRISID: Idris II, 791-828, AR dirham (2.35g), Wargha (Warqa), AH196, XF
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This item SOLD at 2025 Jan 23 @ 11:21UTC-08:00 : PST/AKDT
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IDRISID: Idris II, 791-828, AR dirham (2.35g), Wargha (Warqa), AH196, A-420, remarkable type, citing the official 'Abbas in the obverse center, and with the reverse marginal legend mimma amara bihi al-mahdi idris (without his patronymic) followed by part of the Qur'an verse 17:81; unpublished and unique, XF, RRRR. This the first known Idrisid dinar on which Idris II takes the title al-Mahdi, and the only known dirham of Wargha struck before the currency reform of AH197.