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Islamic Dynasties
Abbasid. temp. al-Mahdi (AH 158-169 / AD 775-795) gold Dinar AH 162 (AD 778/9) XF (light surface hairlines), No mint (likely al-Kufa), A-214, Bernardi-52 (R). 18mm. 4.15gm. Very refined quality for the usual sloppiness of al-Mahdi's dinars, carefully engraved on an ever so slightly out-of-round flan with even some traces of the original dotted border present--a trait almost never encountered. Elusive as a variety, the group of three pellets attributed to al-Kufa (the pre-Madinat al-Salam Abbasid capital) by Bernardi.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 400-600 USD
Abbasid. temp. al-Mahdi (AH 158-169 / AD 775-795) gold Dinar AH 162 (AD 778/9) XF (light surface hairlines), No mint (likely al-Kufa), A-214, Bernardi-52 (R). 18mm. 4.15gm. Very refined quality for the usual sloppiness of al-Mahdi's dinars, carefully engraved on an ever so slightly out-of-round flan with even some traces of the original dotted border present--a trait almost never encountered. Elusive as a variety, the group of three pellets attributed to al-Kufa (the pre-Madinat al-Salam Abbasid capital) by Bernardi.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 400-600 USD