Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Ghaznavids. Jalal al-Dawla Abu Ahmad Muhammed, first reign, AH 421 / AD 1030-1031. Dinar (Electrum, 23 mm, 3.29 g, 6 h), ciing Muhammad as 'Jalal al-Dawla wa Jamal al-Milla abu Ahmad Muhammad ibn Mahmud', Ghazna, AH 421 = AD 1030. Album 1616. An extremely rare variety citing the caliph al-Qadir instead of his father's kunya 'Abu'l-Qasim' in the inner field of the reverse. The flan somewhat wavy and with a minor flan fault on the edge, otherwise, good very fine.


From the Dr. David Majer Collection of Islamic coins, formed over the past two decades, ex Album 34, 23 May 2019, 776.