ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Ghaznavids. Yamin al-Dawla Abu'l-Qasim Mahmud, AH 388-421 / AD 998-1030. Dinar (Gold, 21 mm, 4.00 g), a hybrid issue, Nishapur, AH 404 = AD 1013/4 and AH 405 = AD 104/5. The flan slightly wavy and with nicks, otherwise, very fine.
From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Baldwin's 26, 22 November 2018, 197.
This extremely rare hybrid issue combines an obverse die of Yamin al-dawla abu'l-Qasim Mahmud dated AH 404 with a somewhat blundered obverse die of Nasr bin Sabuktakin dated AH 405.