Details
LOT 4108
Abbasid Caliphate AV Dinar. Time of al-Mahdi, AH 158-169 (AD 775-785). Dated AH 164 (AD 780/1). Unnamed (Madinat al-Salam [Baghdad]?) mint.
Kalima in three lines; Qur'an IX, 33 in outer margin / Continuation of kalima in three lines; date formula in outer margin. AGC I 51; Album 214. Good Very Fine.(4.24gr, 19mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK market circa 2015.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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