Spink > Auction 23050Auction date: 14 December 2023
Lot number: 14

Price realized: 1,050 GBP   (Approx. 1,319 USD / 1,223 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Islamic Gold Coins (2) | Umayyad Caliphate, Abd al-Malik (685-705), AV Dinar, 79h (689-699), Dimashq, three lines and surrounding bands of inscription in Kufic to each side, edge plain, 4.26g, 6h (Fb. 9); additionally, Ottoman Empire, Suleiman I the Magnificent (1520-1566) / 926-974AH, AV Sultani, 926AH, Constantinople, in Arabic: 'Sultan Soliman | ibn Selim Han | Azze Nasruhu Duriba bi | Konstantiniyye | Fi | Sana 926' (translates to \[The] sultan Suleiman [I] | Son of Selim [I], Han. | May his Kingdom perpetuate. | Struck in Constantinople | [Accession in] 926 [AH].\\), inside a circle, the titulature of the sultan followed by the mint and the accession year, rev.. in Arabic: 'Darib al-Nadir | Sahib al-Izz wa al-Nasr | fi al-Barr wa al-Bahr :' (translates to "Striker of the Glittering, | Master of Might and Victorious | of Land and Sea.", 3.48g, 10h (Friedberg 4), both bright but lustrous, one crimped the other with scuffs, a bolder very fine (2).
Kindly donated by André De Clermont
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