132, Lot: 270. Estimate $200. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC DYNASTIES. Burji Mamluks of Egypt and Syria. Al-Zahir Sayf al-din Barquq. First reign, 1382-1389. AV Dinar (26mm, 6.82 g, 5h). Halab (Aleppo) mint. Dated 788 AH (1386). Kalima and Quran 9:33 / "Struck in Halab/The Sultan, the King, al-Zahir/ Sword of the World and the Faith/abu'l-Said, may his victory be glorious, Barquq/May Allah perpetuate his reign"; all within dodekalobe; pellet in each external angle. Balog 548 (same reverse die); Album 972; MWI 480. Good VF, areas of flat strike.
Ex Jean Elsen 33 (19 February 1994), lot 541.