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, 7.54 g, 3 h), first series, citing Mas'ud III as 'Sana al-Milla Malik al-Islam Zahir al-Imam', Ghazna, AH 492 = AD 1098/9. Album 1647. A particularly heavy example. Struck on an irregular flan and with areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.


From the Dr. David Majer Collection of Islamic coins, formed over the past two decades, ex Album 38, 24 September 2020, 462.