Classical Numismatic Group - Islamic Auction 4, Lot 44
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (25mm, 2.40 g, 1h). Revolutionary Period Issue. Talabarak or Tanbarak (?) mint. Dated AH 133 (AD 750/1). Obverse margin: ◉ la ◉ hukm ◉ illah ◉ lillah. Klat 198; Wurtzel 32; al- 'Ajlan -. Broken and glued, minor edge losses, some staining and corrosion. Near Fine. Very rare.
This very rare issue represents the only appearance of this mint-name in the coinage record. Once tentatively read as Bayburd, Album has more recently proposed that the mint s...