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LOT 3603
Group of Seven [7] AR Islamic Coins. 12th-13th century AD.
Silver Dirhams of various rulers. Fine to Good Very Fine.(9.29gr total.). [7]
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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