| Roma Numismatics Ltd. > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 2257 Price realized: 1,500 GBP (Approx. 1,897 USD / 1,748 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Carolingians, uncertain king AV Solidus/Mancusus. Late 8th-9th century. Uncertain mint, imitating an Abbasid issue of Caliph Harun al-Rashid, dated AH 174 = AD 887, citing the governor Da'ud. Kalima in three lines across field; Quran IX, 33 around / Continuation of kalima in three lines across field, Da'ud below; date formula around. Cf. Ilisch Group I; cf. MEC I, p. 330; cf. (for the prototype) Album 218.9. 3.54g, 17mm, 9h. Very Fine; slightly wavy planchet, some surface marks. Extremely Rare, possibly unique. These kind of imitations were minted in northern Europe and Italy in order to facilitate international trade. They spread throughout Europe between the 9th and 11th centuries, imitating the originals in design, minting techniques and epigraphic style, often with spelling mistakes and omissions, such as the word Mi'at to indicate the hundreds in this issue, which is not written in the correct form, perhaps looking more like the word two-hundred. Estimate: 400 GBP |  |
