Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1918. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008. Sold For $635. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Fatimids. al-Mustansir billah. AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094. AV Dinar (4.10 g, 7h). Misr (Cairo) mint. Dated AH 438 (AD 1046/7). Kalima in four lines across field; “’Ali” above; “Umayyad Second Symbol” (Quran IX:33) in outer margin / Continuation of Kalima and name and titles of al-Mustansir in four lines across field; “ma’ad” above, mint formula and AH date in outer margin. Nicol 2117. Superb EF.