Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Ghaznavids. 'Ala al-Dawla Abu Sa'd Mas'ud III, AH 492-508 / AD 1099-1115. Dinar (Electrum, 24 mm, 6.23 g, 4 h), first series, citing Mas'ud III as 'Sana al-Milla Malik al-Islam Zahir al-Imam', Ghazna, AH 4[9]2 = AD 1098/9. Album 1647. A particularly heavy example. Struck from somewhat worn dies as usual and with a few marks, otherwise, good very fine.


From the Dr. David Majer Collection of Islamic coins, formed over the past two decades, ex Album 38, 24 September 2020, 2338.