Classical Numismatic Group > Islamic Auction 5Auction date: 18 April 2024
Lot number: 125

Price realized: 1,700 USD   (Approx. 1,596 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


Fatimids. temp. al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah. AH 322-334 / AD 934-946. AV Dinar (19.8mm, 4.09 g, 10h). Without mint-name (struck at Sijilmasa). Dated AH 326 (AD 938/9). Struck in the name of al-Mahdi. Cf. Nicol 138 (dated AH 327). Minor edge marks. Good VF. Extremely rare, this date not recorded by Nicol.

Coins struck at Sijilmasa during the regin of al-Qa'im, continued to cite his predecessor, al-Mahdi, until AH 333 (Nicol 136-142). This date was not known to Nicol, although two or three examples have come to light since his Corpus was published in 2006.

Estimate: 1500 USD