Triton XV, Lot: 1661. Estimate $2000. Sold for $22500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. Second reign, AH 296-317 / AD 908-929. AV Dinar (25mm, 4.33 g, 2h). Citing Abu al-’Abbas as heir. Tabariya mint. Dated AH 311 (AD 923/4). Kalima and name of Abu al-’Abbas as “son of the amir al-muminin”, triple pellets above; al-Quran Sura 30:3-4 in outer margin, mint and date formula in inner margin / Continuation of Kalima and name of Caliph, “li–’llah” above; Umayyad “Second Symbol” in outer margin. AGC 242Gi; Album 245. EF, double struck reverse. Extremely rare mint.