BUWAYHID, ABU KALIJAR (415-440h). Donative dirham, al-Basra 433h. Obverse: In margins: Qur’an xxx, 3-4 (outer); mint and date (inner); In field: la ilaha illa Allah | Muhammad rasul Allah | al-Qa’im bi-amr Allah | Shahanshah. Reverse: In margins: Qur’an ix, 33 (outer); al-malik al-mu‘azzam ‘Imad Din Allah wa Ghiyath ‘Ibad Allah wa yamin khalifat Allah Abu Kalijar (inner); In field: Qur’an cxii, 1-4 (Surah al-Ikhlas). Weight: 3.41g. Edge chip (but legends still fully legible), good very fine and of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished
Estimate: GBP 700 - 1000
Price realized | 1'500 GBP |
Starting price | 560 GBP |
Estimate | 700 GBP |