World Gold Coins
Lot 688 SESSION 3 (2.30PM TUESDAY 26TH JULY) World Gold Coins
Estimate $1,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $750
ISLAMIC, Abbasids, al-Muktafi (AH 289-295, AD 902-908), gold dinar, (3.91 g), Misr (Egypt) mint, AH 292 = AD 904, obv. Kalima in three lines across field; mint and date formula in inner margin, (Qur'an XXX, 4-5 in outer margin), rev. continuation of kalima in three lines across field, "al-Muktafi billah" below (Qur'an IX, 33 around). (A.243.1, Bernardi 226De, Wilkes 425). As struck, extremely fine and rare.
Ex Spink & Son, London c.2000, with their tickets (£135).
A similar example (FDC) of this date was sold by MDC (Monnaies de Collection), Auction 7, 12 June, 2021 (lot 673), it realised 2300 Euros (= US $2785).
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