Islamic Coins

Sale 128    23–25 Nov 2021   Dixson Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 1473    SESSION 6 (9.30AM WEDNESDAY 24TH NOV)    Islamic Coins

Estimate $750
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,100

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Egypt, Burji Mamluk, al-Ashraf Sha'ban II (AH 801-815, AD 1399-1412), gold dinar, 26mm, (10.62 g), al-Qahira (Cairo) mint, dated (8xx AH), within a double dodekalobe (off flan) with legends on both sides each in five lines, (Album 977, cf.Balog 616, Wilkes 1026). Very fine, weak at perimeter, scarce.


Ex Dr. L.J. Sherwin Collection, acquired from Noble Numismatics Sale 56, (lot 2296).

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