Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 14 14 Jan 2018
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Islamic Coins, Umayyad, temp. Hisham, gold dinar, Ifriqiya 114h, wt. 4.26gms. (A.136C; Bernardi 43Ca; Walker P.54), a metal defect on the obverse at 3 o'clock, otherwise good very fine and of the highest rarity
According to Walker's Catalogue of Muhammadan Coins – Volume I: Arab-Byzantine and Post Reform Umayyad (1956), and Bernardi's more recent work Arabic Gold Coins Corus I (2010), only one other example of this date is known. This coin was published by Lavoix and is in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris.
($13000-20000)
According to Walker's Catalogue of Muhammadan Coins – Volume I: Arab-Byzantine and Post Reform Umayyad (1956), and Bernardi's more recent work Arabic Gold Coins Corus I (2010), only one other example of this date is known. This coin was published by Lavoix and is in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris.
($13000-20000)