Fatimids. al-Mustansir billah. AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094. AV Quarter-Dinar (12.4mm, 0.99 g, 12h). Qal‘at Kirkant mint. Dated AH 468 (AD 1075/6). EF, with fully clear mint and date.

Islamic Auction 4 – Session 1
Lot: 153. Estimated: $ 5 000

Fatimids, Gold

Sold For $ 4 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Fatimids. al-Mustansir billah. AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094. AV Quarter-Dinar (12.4mm, 0.99 g, 12h). Qal‘at Kirkant mint. Dated AH 468 (AD 1075/6). Nicol 2086. Irregular flan. EF, with fully clear mint and date. Extremely rare.

Bought Spink (London); offered with their dealer’s ticket.

This is the only known Fatimid issue from the Sicilian mint of Agrigento. Having been driven out of Sicily by the Normans four years previously, in AH 468 the Fatimids made a short-lived and unsuccessful attempt to retake some of their former territories there. This coin demonstrates that the Fatimids must have briefly retaken Agrigento and held the town long enough to strike coins there.

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