Saffarids. Ahmad b. Muhammad (Abu Ja'far). AH 311-352 / AD 923-963. AV Dinar (22.1mm, 4.06 g, 5h). Sijistan mint. Dated AH 334 (AD 945/6). Good VF.

CNG Islamic Auction 3
Lot: 218. Estimated: $ 2 000

Pre-Mongol Iran, Gold

Sold For $ 3 625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Saffarids. Ahmad b. Muhammad (Abu Ja'far). AH 311-352 / AD 923-963. AV Dinar (22.1mm, 4.06 g, 5h). Sijistan mint. Dated AH 334 (AD 945/6). Obverse field: citing the ‘Abbasid caliph al-Mustakfi in the fourth and fifth lines / Reverse field: Surat al-Ikhlas in four lines, below which Ahmad bin Muhammad / Khalaf . Lloyd, Fourth Century Gold Coinage of Sistan 21 (same dies); Album A1411. Good VF. Excessively rare, apparently the second published example.


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