Islamic Coins
Lot 3860 Session 12 (11.30am Thursday) Islamic Coins
Estimate $600
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IKHSHIDIDS, Abu'l-Qasim, (A.H. 334-349) (A.D. 946-961), gold dinar, Misr Mint (Cairo, Egypt), A.H. 340 = A.D. 951-952, with additional field inscriptions, (A.676, cf.M.537). Extremely fine and very scarce.
The Ilkshidids were a Central Asian dynasty that flourished in Egypt and Syria from A.H. 323-358 (A.D. 935-969). They issued mostly gold coins of fine quality but poor silver.
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