Details
LOT 3676
Abbasid Caliphate, Al-Muqtadir AR Dirham. AH 295-320 (AD 908-932).
Legend in five lines and in margins / Legend in five lines and in margin. Album 246; ICV 431. Very Fine. Edge chipped.(2.20gr, 26mm, 2h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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