Leu Numismatik

Web Auction 12  –  30 - 31 May 2020

Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 12

Celtic, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval and Modern coins

Part 1: Sa, 30.05.2020, from 2:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Su, 31.05.2020, from 2:00 PM CEST
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Description

★ Very rare ★

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mustakfi, AH 333-334 / AD 944-946. Dirham (Silver, 25 mm, 2.79 g, 10 h), citing the caliph al-Mustakfi and the great military leader Tuzun as al-Muzaffar Abu al-Wafa, Antakiya, AH 333 = AD 944/5. SICA IV, -. Very rare. The flan somewhat wavy, otherwise, about very fine.

From the Tabib Collection, formed over the past 40 years.

Tuzun was a Turkish slave-soldier who made an astonishing military career within the Abbasid administration. In 943, after defeating the Hamdanids and driving them out of Madinat al-Salam, Tuzun was named amir al-umara ('The Emir of Emirs' in Arabic) by the caliph.

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