CNG 90, Lot: 2000. Estimate $750. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Egypt & Syria (Pre-Fatimid). Ikhshidids. Abu'l-Qasim Unujur. AH 334-349 / AD 946-960. AV Dinar (23mm, 4.23 g, 3h). Filastin (al-Ramla) mint. Dated AH 335 (AD 946/7). Kalima and name of Abu'l-Qasim Unujur across field; al-Quran Sura 30:3-4 in outer margin; mint and date formula in inner margin / Continuation of Kalima, “salla Allah ‘alayhi”, and name of Abbasid Caliph across field; “l’llah” above; Umayyad “Second Symbol” in outer margin. Bacharach 68; Balog,
Tables –; SICA 6, 154 var. (pellets flanking “l’llah”); Lavoix –; Album 676. Near EF, a little wavy.