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№ 792

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10 March 2021

Hammer Price:
£55

Artuqid of Hisn Kayfa and Amid, Nasir al-din Mahmud, Æ Dirham, al-Hisn 610h, obv. double-headed eagle, 12.67g/6h (SS 15; A 1823.1; ICV 1187). Weak area on either side, otherwise about very fine, scarce £100-£120

Provenance: DNW Auction 147, 12-14 June 2018, lot 1394.

This is the earliest Islamic coin to bear a date in numerals