Abbasid: al-Hadi (785-786), silver dirham (2.83g), Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad) mint, AH 169 (785-786 CE). Scarce. Short-lived Abbasid caliph. Test marks

Test marks

Rare variety with "bakh bakh" (very good) in obverse margin

Citing heir Abu al-Fadl

This same piece is also published in Trent Jonson's A Numismatic History of the Early Islamic Precious Metal Coinage of North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula

and cuirassed bust / Felicitas standing with caduceus & cornucopiae

Abbasid: al-Hadi (785-786), silver dirham (2.83g), Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad) mint, AH 169 (785-786 CE). Scarce. Short-lived Abbasid caliph. Test marksAbbasid: al Hadi (785 786), silver dirham (2. 83g), Madinat al Salam (Baghdad) mint, AH 169 (785 786 CE). Album 217. 2 (S). Some deposits, otherwise extremely fine. Scarce. Short lived Abbasid caliph.