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Auction 41  19 Jan 2020
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Lot 55

Estimate: 500 USD
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Islamic Coins, Crusader, gold dinar copying a Fatimid dinar in the name of the Caliph al-Amir (495-524h/AD.1101-1130), purporting to have been struck in al-Qahira dated xx8h, obv. inner circle: al-Imam/al-Mansur; inner margin: abu-'Ali al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah amir al-mu'minin ('abu-'Ali the one who commands the fulfilment of God's decrees, Commander of the Faithful'); outer margin: bism Allah al-rahman al-rahim duriba hadha'l-dinar bi'l-Qahira sana x88 ('in the name of God the Merciful the Compassionate, this dinar was struck in al-Qahira year xx8'); wt: 3.81gms. (Malloy, A. G., Preston, I.F. and Seltman, A. J, ed. Allen G. Berman, Coins of the Crusader States, New York 1994, p. 116 no. 3. Extremely fine. Malloy classifies this coin as a dinar struck at 'Akka (Acre) in imitation of those of the Fatimid Caliph al-Amir, second phase circa AD.1148-1159 (583h), extremely fine and rare

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