104, Lot: 235. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC DYNASTIES. Ayyubids. al-Aziz Imad ed-Din Abu al-Fath Utman ibn Yusuf, as Ruler of Egypt. AH 589-592 (1193-1195 AD). AV Dinar (20mm, 4.47 gm). al-Qahira (Cairo) mint. Dated AH 589 (1193 AD). "al-Imam/Ahmad" in two lines across field; "abu'l-Abbas al-nair ed-Din Allah amir al-muminin" in inner margin; "Bismillah er-Rahman er-Rahim struck was this dinar in al-Qahira in the year [nine] and eighty and five hundred" in outer margin / "Uthman/ bin Yusuf" in two lines across field; "alin al-Malik ghaya al-Aziz" in inner margin; Kalima and Quran 9:33 in outer margin. Balog 184; Kazan 644; Album 794. Good VF, slight double-striking on obverse.
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection..