Fatimid, Maad al-Muizz li-Din Allah (AH 341-365 / AD 953-975) AV Dinar. Al-Mansuriya, AH 346 = AD 958. Bull's eye type. Name and titles on middle and inner margins; mint and date formula in outer margin / Qur'an IX,33 in outer margin, Quranic formula on middle and inner circles. Nicol 399; Album 697.1. 4.03g, 22mm.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare, the second example on CoinArchives of this date.
From the collection of a Student.
This type features a broad central circle without the usual pellet in the centre on both sides, unique to this year for the mint of al-Mansuriya; for another example sold see Stephen Album 30, lot 363 (hammered for $2600).