Lot description:
Umayyad, temp. Sulayman (AH 96?99 / 715?717 AD), silver Dirham, AH 97 / 715/6 AD, al?Madinat al-Atiqa, 2.95g (Klat 579). Very Fine, slightly wavy flan. Extremely rare mint, one year type. Al?Madinat al?'Atiqa, meaning 'the ancient city', was the name given by the Umayyads to the ancient Sasanian city of Ctesiphon. It is geographically the closest Umayyad dirham mint to the great Abbasid foundation of Madinat al?Salam. Only three examples known on Coin Archives. The mint was active only in one year, AH 97.
Estimate: 2000 - 2500 GBP | |