Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1919. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $635. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Fatimids. al-Mustansir billah. AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094. AV Dinar (4.19 g, 6h). Misr (Cairo) mint. Dated AH 440 (AD 1048/9). Kalima in four lines across field; “’Ali” above; “Umayyad Second Symbol” (Quran IX:33) in outer margin / Continuation of Kalima and name ant titles of al-Mustansir in four lines across field; “ma’ad” above, mint formula and AH date in outer margin. Nicol 2121. EF, flan a little wavy.