Morton & Eden Ltd
Auction 69 10 April 2014
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ABBASID, AL-MUTAWAKKIL (232-247h)
Donative dinar with broad margins, Surra man Ra'a 239h
OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | Abu 'Abdallah
WEIGHT: 3.86g
REFERENCE: cf Bernardi 157Jc (date not listed)
CONDITION: Mount removed from margin, otherwise very fine and extremely rare
NOTE: Struck from specially prepared dies, with broad margins around the inscriptions, al-Mutawakkil's donative dinars of Surra man Ra'a are among the earliest examples of Abbasid presentation coins.
Estimate: £4000 - 6000
Donative dinar with broad margins, Surra man Ra'a 239h
OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | Abu 'Abdallah
WEIGHT: 3.86g
REFERENCE: cf Bernardi 157Jc (date not listed)
CONDITION: Mount removed from margin, otherwise very fine and extremely rare
NOTE: Struck from specially prepared dies, with broad margins around the inscriptions, al-Mutawakkil's donative dinars of Surra man Ra'a are among the earliest examples of Abbasid presentation coins.
Estimate: £4000 - 6000