Islamic Coins
Lot 1459 SESSION 6 (9.30AM WEDNESDAY 24TH NOV) Islamic Coins
Estimate $400
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SOLD $1,100
ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Egypt, Tulunids, Khumarawayh b. Ahmad, (AH 270-282, AD 884-896), gold dinar, 22mm, (4.18 g), Misr (Egypt) mint, dated 275 AH (888-889 AD), obv. Kalima in three lines then citing the heir-apparent al-Mufawwidh below, rev. continuation of Kalima in three lines, citing the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tamid billah and Khumarawayh bin Ahmad below; Qur'an IX, 33 in outer margin, (Album 664.1, cf.Bernardi 193, Grabar 29, Wilkes 782). Good very fine, scarce.
Ex Dr. L.J. Sherwin Collection, acquired from Spink & Son, Numismatic Circular, April 1997 (item 1958).
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