ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Rashid, AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. Seal (Lead, 18 mm, 4.10 g, 7 h). In the field, ‘ithnā / ʿashar’ (‘twelve’ in Arabic); date around, probably AH 170 = 786/7. Rev. ‘Aḥmad ibn / Ḥamad’ (‘Ahmad, son of Hamad’ in Arabic); illegible inscription around. A very interesting piece. Very fine.


A similar specimen with ‘ithnā ʿashar’ written in one line on the obverse and ‘Aḥmad ibn Ḥamad’ written in one line on the reverse, probably with a different date, was offered in Demos E-Auction 16 (2023), 872.