Stephen Album Rare Coins
Auction 43 12-15 May 2022
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FATIMID: Abu Yazid Makhlad, 945-946, AV dinar (4.16g), AH333, al-Qayrawan, A-A694, with the additional phrases rabbunâ Allah and the Kharijite la hukma illa lillah above the obverse and al-'izzatu lillah above the reverse, plus al-haqq al-mubin // khatim al-nabiyyin divided below the obverse and reverse; lovely example, finer than the three pieces recorded on CoinArchives, choice EF, RRR.
According to N.D. Nicol, "Abu Yazid was born about 270/883 and became a Kharijite leads of the Ibadi al-Nukkar sect. He began anti-government agitation during the reign of al-Mahdi, but it was in the final years of the caliphate of al-Qa'im that Abu Yazid began the revolt which almost destroyed the Fatimid regime in its infancy." This took place in AH333-334 (945-946), but the next Fatimid caliph al-Mansur rapidly defeated and captured Abu Yazid, who died in the first month of AH336.
Estimate: 8,000-10,000 USD
According to N.D. Nicol, "Abu Yazid was born about 270/883 and became a Kharijite leads of the Ibadi al-Nukkar sect. He began anti-government agitation during the reign of al-Mahdi, but it was in the final years of the caliphate of al-Qa'im that Abu Yazid began the revolt which almost destroyed the Fatimid regime in its infancy." This took place in AH333-334 (945-946), but the next Fatimid caliph al-Mansur rapidly defeated and captured Abu Yazid, who died in the first month of AH336.
Estimate: 8,000-10,000 USD