Morton & Eden

Auction 103  –  24 October 2019

Morton & Eden, Auction 103

Important Coins of the Islamic World

Part 1: Th, 24.10.2019, from 1:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Th, 24.10.2019, from 3:30 PM CEST
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Description

DULAFID, AHMAD B. ‘ABD AL-‘AZIZ (265-280h) Donative double-dirham with gilded border, Mah al-Basra 272h Obverse: below field: al-Nasir li-din Allah | al-Muwaffaq billah | Ahmad b. ‘Abd al-‘Aziz Reverse: below field: Dhu’l-wizaratayn Weight: 5.25g Reference: cf Vardanyan 7 (a standard dirham of this mint and date). Traces of mounting, otherwise very fine to good very fine and excessively rare. ‘Abd al-‘Aziz was still loyal to the Abbasid caliph when this handsome donative coin was produced, and the legends accordingly acknowledge al-Muwaffaq with his title al-Nasir li-din Allah, which he received after suppressing the Zanj rebellion in 270h. For an Abbasid donative double-dirham struck at Surra man ra’a in 245h, also with gilding, see Sotheby’s, 25 May 2000, lot 377 (where illustrated on front cover).

Estimate: GBP 1000 - 1200

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Price realized 1'400 GBP
Starting price 800 GBP
Estimate 1'000 GBP
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