399, Lot: 661. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Ghaznavids. Nasir al-Dawla Sebuktigin. AH 366-387 / AD 977-997. AV Dinar (25mm, 4.75 g, 2h). Citing the Samanid Nuh II ibn Mansur as overlord. Herat mint. Dated AH 386 (AD 996/7). Album 1596; ICV 1696. Near VF, areas of deposits and weak stike. Rare.

From the William F. Spengler Collection.