Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Great Seljuk. Mahmud ibn Muhammad, AH 549-557 / AD 1154-1162. Dinar (Gold, 23 mm, 3.60 g), citing the Abbasid caliph al-Muktafi billah, Nishapur, possibly AH 552 = AD 1157/8. Album F1688. Zeno-197645 (this coin). Very rare. Pierced three times and with a few light scratches, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Heritage Europe 58, 15 May 2018, 6309.