ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Radi, AH 322-329 / AD 934-940. Half Dirham (Silver, 14 mm, 1.57 g, 11 h), donative issue, without mint name, AH 32[...]. Album - (Cf. 255C for dirham). Of great interest and aparently unpublished as a half dirham. Holed and somewhat rough, otherwise, very fine.


The frequent piercing of the very rare Abbasid donative dirhams and half dirhams strongly indicates that they were usually worn as pendants by their recipients.