Details
LOT 4107
Abbasid Caliphate AV Dinar. Time of Al-Mansur, AH 136-158 (AD 754-775). Dated AH 154 (AD 770/1). Unnamed mint.
Kalima in three lines; Quran IX, 33 around / Continuation of kalima in three lines; date formula around. Album 212; Bernardi 51. Good Very Fine.(4.25gr, 18mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK market circa 2015.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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