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LOT 3677
Abbasids. Time of al-Rashid AR Dirham. AH 170-193 (AD 786-809).
Al-Muhammadiyah mint. Legend in three lines and in margin / Legend in four lines and in margin. Album 219.9. Near Very Fine.(2.74gr, 25mm, 9h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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