Watch List notes:

FATIMID, AL-MU'IZZ (341-365h) Dinar, al-Mansuriya 342h Weight: 4.11g Reference: Nicol 388 Small edge kink and possibly once mounted, otherwise very fine and rare This rare and attractive type was struck at al-Mansuriya between 341h and 343h, and is notable for the extra, strongly Shi'ite legends in the middle of the three bands of concentric legends on each side. That on the obverse reads muha sunnat Muhammad sayyid al-mursalin wa warith majd al-a'imma al-mahdiyyin, 'Revivifier of the sunna of Muhammad, pre-eminent of the messengers, and heir of the rightly-guided imams,' while the reverse proclaims wa 'Ali bin Abi Talib wasiyy al-rasul wa'l-na'ib al-fadul wa zawj al-zahra al-batal, ''Ali is the nominee of the Prophet and the representative of the most radiant Virgin.'

(800-1200 GBP)