94, Lot: 227. Estimate $150. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES. Ummayids of Spain. Abu'l-Walid Hisham II al-Mu'ayyad billah. First reign, 976-1009. AV Dinar (23mm, 3.18 gm). al-Andalus (Cordoba) mint. Dated AH 396 (1006/7 AD). Kalima in three lines across field; symbol above; "Muhammad" below; "Bismillah struck was this dinar in al-Andalus in the year three hundred and ninety and six" around / "The Imam Hisham/amir el-muminin/al-Mu'ayyad billah" across field in three lines; symbol above; "Amr" below; Quran 9:33 around. Cf. Kazan 222; Album 353.1; MWI -. VF, wavy flan.

Ex Jean Elsen 35 (2 July 1994), lot 419.