ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mansur, AH 136-158 / AD 754-775. Fals (Bronze, 22 mm, 3.58 g), al-Saghaniyan, AH 153 = 770. Eight-pointed star with a dot in the middle, all within a dotted circle; in the margin, ‘bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā bi al-Ṣaghāniyān sana thalāth wa khamsīn wa miʾa’ (‘In the name of Allah. This was struck in al-Saghaniyan in the year 153’ in Arabic). Rev. Within a dotted circle, ‘Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh’ (‘Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); illegible margin, probably containing the name of an official. Album A334. Extremely rare. Very fine.