Islamic Coins
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Lot 4037 Islamic Coins
Estimate $500
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SOLD $900
AL-MUSTA'SIM, (A.H. 640-656) (A.D. 1242-1258), multiple gold dinar (9.87 grams), with caliph's name, Madinat al Salam mint (Baghdad mint), A.H. 641 = A.D. 1243-1244, with additional field inscriptions, (cf.A.275, BMC 504, Lavoix 1319, cf.M.266-7). Holed, but with large full flans, otherwise extremely fine and rare.
ex Goodman Auctions. July 6, 1981. This is the last of the Abbasid Rulers. The denomination is uncertain and is often noted as a heavy dinar, they were apparently not struck with regular values but were rather of the nature of ingots of variable weight and valued in proportion to weight, they had a usual weight range of 6.5 to 9.5 grams.
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