Details
LOT 4106
Abbasid Caliphate AV Dinar. Time of Al-Mansur, AH 136-158 (AD 754-775). Dated AH 151 (AD 768). Unnamed mint.
Kalima in three lines; Quran IX, 33 around / Continuation of kalima in three lines; date formula around. Bernardi 51; Album 212. Good Very Fine.(4.23gr, 19mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK market circa 2015.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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