FATIMID, AL-MU'IZZ (341-365h), Half dirham, Madinat Barqa 347h. WEIGHT: 1.39g. REFERENCE: cf Nicol 265 [dated 348h]. CONDITION: Holed and with flan split, otherwise almost very fine and extremely rare, apparently unpublished. NOTE: This appears to be the earliest known Fatimid dirham from the extremely rare mint of Barqa, the classical mint of Barce in Cyrenaica.
Estimate: £700-1000