Indian & Islamic Coins

Sale 82    25–27 Jul 2006   Dallas Brooks Centre   Melbourne

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Lot 4202    Session 14 (4.30pm Thursday)    Indian & Islamic Coins

Estimate $500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $500

MURABITIDS, (Almoravids), 'Ali b. Yusuf, (A.H. 500-537) (A.D. 1106-1142), gold dinar, (4.030 grams), Nul Lamtah mint (a caravan depot on the Wadi Nun in southern Morocco), struck in fine gold, A.H. 535 = A.D. 1140-1141, (A.466, Hazard 389). Has been mounted on the edge, otherwise good very fine and rare.

Ex Steve Album with his packet ($375US) and Noble Numismatics Sale 74 (lot 5077). The Almoravids were members of a religious movement among the Berbers of North Africa which overran Morocco and struck coins, struck coins in gold and silver. Their capital was Marrakesh but the empire soon extended to Spain after the Spanish conquests in the AH 480's (1090's). Some of their coins show exquisite calligraphic art (as in this example). The coins were struck at mints in both North Africa and Spain. The issue of these gold dinars have fine caligraphy and are sought after by collectors.

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