ISLAMIC KINGDOMS. Merinid. Almohade Caliphs of North Africa. AV Dinar, ND (ca. 1130-1269). Mohammad I Ibn Yahya (AH 647-675 (1249-77)). CHOICE EXTREMELY FINE.
2.42 gms. cf.Mitch-432; cf.Fr-30. Hafsids of Tunis. Struck under the rule of the Merinid Dynasty which stretched from modern-day Tunisia west to Morocco. They were eventually defeated in their attempt to gain a European foothold at the Straits of Gibraltar. Bright lustrous surfaces. A SCARCE and exotic Arabian Empire issue. CHOICE EXTREMELY FINE.
Estimate: $400.00- $600.00