399, Lot: 669. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Ghaznavids. Mu'izz al-Dawla Khusrau Shah. AH 552-555 / AD 1157-1160. Pale AV Dinar (25mm, 3.31 g, 12h). Possibly Ghazna mint. Struck circa AH 548 (AD 1153/4). Album 1658; ICV 1739. Fine, toned, areas of weakness, a few edge cracks. Rare.

From the Collection of William F. Spengler.