Islamic Coins

Sale 51    3–5 Jul 1996   Dallas Brooks Hall   Melbourne

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Lot 4182       Islamic Coins

Estimate $100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $90

`ALAWI SHARIFS, Moulay Sulayman, (A.H. 1207-1238) (A.D. 1793-1822), gold benduqi (double dinar), Fas mint, not dated, (A.618, KM.41, M.1394). Flat areas, off centred, otherwise fine and rare.

Sulayman revived the traditional ducat weight for the bunduqi a term deriving from the Arabic name for the city of Venice.

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