413, Lot: 611. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Commercial Weights and Jetons. Fatimids. temp. al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah. AH 411-427 / AD 1021-1036. Glass Jeton (21mm, 2.81 g). Contemporary counterfeit?. Blundered Arabic legend / Blank. Cf. Balog,
Fatimid194-5 (for type). Intact, deep blue hue with earthen deposits.
From the Norman Frank Collection.