Islamic Coins

Sale 60    21–23 Apr 1999   Wentworth Hotel   Sydney

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Lot 2420       Islamic Coins

Estimate $100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $130

UMAYYAD CALIPHATE, Hisham, (A.H. 105-125) (A.D. 724-743), silver anonymous dirham, Wasit mint (on Euphrates river), A.H. 124 = A.D. 741-2, (A.137, cf.M.61, BMC 206, W. 576). Full flan, uncirculated, probably the finest example known.

Ex. T.V. Holland Collection and with a ticket from early 1970's for Å“22.50.

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