Ghaznavids, Mahmud bin Sebuktekin, as king, AV Dinar. Nishapur mint, AH 413 = AD 1023. Kalima in three lines across field, citing the caliph al-Qadir billah below; mint and date formula in inner margin; Qur'an XXX, 4-5 in outer margin / Continuation of kalima, al-Qadir billah, amir al-dawla, amir al-milla in four lines; Qur'an IX, 33 around. Album 1606. 4.53g, 25mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
From the Arethusa collection;
Ex Professor Shir Mohammad Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XVIII, 29 September 2019, lot 1328.