Details
LOT 3666
Yaman. Zaydi Imams (Rassids), al-Nasir AR Sudaysi. AH 301-322 (AD 913-934).
Sa'da(?) mint. Undated. Legend in four lines across field; part of Qur'an around / Kalima in three lines across field; mint formula around. Cf. SICA 10, 198-203; cf. Album 1068; ICV 1083. Very Fine. Edge chipped.(0.38gr, 15mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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