Islamic Coins
Lot 2095 Islamic Coins
Estimate $300
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ISLAMIC, Abbasid Caliphs, al-Mutawakkil, (A.H. 232-247) (A.D. 847-861), gold dinar, Misr mint (Cairo, Egypt), A.H. 245, = A.D. 859-860, with additional field inscriptions, on the obverse al-Muqtadir billah' (powerful through Allah) and the reverse 'li-Ilah' (to Allah) and 'al-Mutawakkil billah' the name of the caliph, (A.229, cf.M.211). Weak in places, slightly crinkled, otherwise very fine and rare.
A similar specimen was in our sale 45 of year 237, (lot 4023).
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