CNG 90, Lot: 2002. Estimate $750. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Egypt & Syria (Pre-Fatimid). Ikhshidids. Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali. AH 349-355 / AD 960-966. AV Dinar (23mm, 3.01 g, 1h). Filastin (al-Ramla) mint. Dated AH 351 (AD 962/3). Kalima and name of Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali across field; Arabic letter “t” below; al-Quran Sura 30:3-4 in outer margin; mint and date formula in inner margin / Continuation of Kalima, “salla Allah ‘alayhi wa alihi, and name of Abbasid Caliph across field; “l’llah” above; Umayyad “Second Symbol” in outer margin. Bacharach 97; Balog, Tables 351 Palestine; SICA 6, 202-3; Lavoix 58; Album 678. EF, a little wavy.