346, Lot: 687. Estimate $250. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Egypt. Fatimids. al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. AH 386-411 / AD 996-1021. Glass Jeton (17mm, 5.92 g, 4h). Uncertain (al-dar[?]) muint. Dated AH 409(?) (AD 1018/19). al-imam/al-ha[[kim]]/bi-amr Allah/al-amr al-muminin in Arabic in two lines / Trace of mint formula and AH date in three lines. Cf. Balog, Fatimid 173 (for type). Intact, attractive green hue, traces of earthen deposits. Rare two-sided type.

Reportedly ex Teddy Kollek Collection.