Classical Numismatic Group > Islamic Auction 5Auction date: 18 April 2024
Lot number: 73

Price realized: 9,000 USD   (Approx. 8,447 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-932. AV Dinar (23.5mm, 4.71 g, 12h). Amid mint. Dated AH 317 (AD 929/30). Bernardi 242Ha (recorded for the year AH 311 only); Album 245.2. Flan lamination on obverse. Near VF, edge knocks and scattered surface marks. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished and believed unique.

Bernardi records only a single dinar from Amid, now in the British Museum, for the entire twenty-five year duration of al-Muqtadir's reign.

Estimate: 15000 USD