278, Lot: 512. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Great Seljuk. Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad I Tapar. AH 491-511 / AD 1105-1118. AV Dinar (26mm, 5.12 g, 1h). Madinat al Salam (Baghdad) mint. Dated AH 507 (AD 1113/4). Kalima and name and title of al-Mustazhir in four lines; al-imam” above; al-Quran Sura 9:33 in outer margin; mint formula and AH date in inner margin / Continuation of Kalima,, “blessings be upon him”, and “ghiyath al-dunya wa’l-din muhammad in four lines; “l’llah” above; “Abu Mansur” down left field”, “umdat al-din” up right; al-Quran Sura 30:4-5 in outer margin. Jafar S.MS.507; Hennequin 133; Album 1683. VF, crimped flan.