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CNG 90, Lot: 2004. Estimate $750.
Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Egypt & Syria (Pre-Fatimid). Ikhshidids. Abu'l-Fawaris Ahmad. AH 357-358 / AD 968-969. AV Dinar (24mm, 4.48 g, 2h). Filastin (al-Ramla) mint. Dated AH 358 (AD 968/9). Kalima and name of regent, al-Hasan bin ‘Ubayd Allah, across field; pellet below; al-Quran Sura 30:3-4 in outer margin; mint and date formula in inner margin / Continuation of Kalima and names of Abbasid Caliph and Abu'l-Fawaris Ahmad across field; above, “l’llah” flanked by pellets; “tghj” below; Umayyad “Second Symbol” in outer margin. Bacharach 107; Balog, Tables –; SICA 6 216 var. (no pellet on obv.); Lavoix 63; Album 682. EF.