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376, Lot: 682. Estimate $750.
Sold for $700. 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 (22mm, 2.59 g, 7h). Qashan (Kashan) mint. Dated AH 506 (AD 1112/3). Kalima and name of Abbasid caliph al-Mustazhir in four lines; beq above, khalawi to left, fakhr al-din to right; mint formula and AH date in inner margin; Quran 30:3-4 in outer margin / Continuation of Kalima and name and titles of Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad I Tapar in five lines; Chaghri to left, Malik to right; Umayyad “Second Symbol” (Quran 9:33) in outer margin. Hennequin –; Lowick, Seljuq –; cf. Album 1683; cf. ICV 1833. VF, areas of flat strike. Apparently unique and with an unusual spelling of the mint name.


Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 274 (22 February 2012), lot 484; Classical Numismatic Group 85 (15 September 2010), lot 1317.