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Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1

Lot nuber 95

'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muttaqi. AH 329-333 / AD 940-944. AV Donative Dinar (23.8mm, 4.77 g, 6h). Medallic type with broad margins. Madinat al-Salam mint. Dated AH 333 (AD 944/5). Good VF, traces of past mounting on edge, centres slightly softly struck.


Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1
Lot: 95.
 Estimated: $ 15 000

‘Abbasid Caliphate, Gold

Sold For $ 15 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muttaqi. AH 329-333 / AD 940-944. AV Donative Dinar (23.8mm, 4.77 g, 6h). Medallic type with broad margins. Madinat al-Salam mint. Dated AH 333 (AD 944/5). Obverse field: citing Abu Mansur bin / amir al-mu’minin in fourth and fifth lines / Reverse field: ibriz below name of caliph. Cf. Bernardi 308Jh (a standard dinar, without broad margins, and without ibriz below reverse field); cf. Morton & Eden auction 14 (25-26 May 2005), lot 581 (a medallic donative of al-Basra with similar legends, dated AH 330). Good VF, traces of past mounting on edge, centres slightly softly struck. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished and believed unique.




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