Islamic Coins
Lot 1918 Session 7 (11.30am Thursday) Islamic Coins
Estimate $200
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GHAZNAVID, Mahmud b.Sebuktegin, (388-421 A.H.; A.D. 998-1030), gold dinar, Herat mint, year 395 (A.D. 1005), (A.1607). Very fine, bent and weak in places.
Coins were minted in Herat from 389-421. The gold alloy is generally rather good until about 408 and became increasingly pale thereafter.
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