CNG 84, Lot: 1661. Estimate $1000. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Great Seljuk. Muhammad Alp Arslan. As Governor in Herat, AH 450-455 / AD 1058-1063. AV Dinar (23mm, 3.20 g, 6h). Herat mint. Dated AH 450 (AD 1058/9). Kalima and name of Alp Arslan in four lines; al-Quran 30, 3-4 in outer margin, mint formula and AH date in inner margin / Continuation of Kalima, name of Abbasid caliph and Chagri Beg Da’ud in four lines; tamgha above; continuation of legend in outer margin. Hennequin -; Album K1670. VF.