Details
LOT 3675
Abbasid Caliphate. Time of al-Mansur AE Fals. AH 136-158 (AD 754-775).
Al-Yazidiya mint. Dated AH 150 (AD 767/8). Legend in three lines, mint and date in margin; star above and below / Legend in three lines; star above and below, annulets in border. SICA 2, 1628; Shamma p.293; Album 313K. Very Fine. Rare.(2.86gr, 22mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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