Morton & Eden Ltd
Auction 69 10 April 2014
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KINGS OF MERTOLA AND SILVES, SIDRAY B. WAZIR (546-552h)
Qirat, Beja, undated
OBVERSE: Archway with Beja below
REVERSE: Hamdin | Ibn Wazir
WEIGHT: 0.34g
REFERENCE: cf Gomes p.65, 01.01 ('two examples known')
CONDITION: Good fine/fine and extremely rare
NOTE: Beja, an extremely rare Islamic mint, is a city in the Alentejo district of Portugal. The reverse of the specimen described by Gomes apparently has a different legend on the reverse although the published illustration, a line drawing, is insufficiently clear for certainty.
Estimate: £1000 - 1500
Qirat, Beja, undated
OBVERSE: Archway with Beja below
REVERSE: Hamdin | Ibn Wazir
WEIGHT: 0.34g
REFERENCE: cf Gomes p.65, 01.01 ('two examples known')
CONDITION: Good fine/fine and extremely rare
NOTE: Beja, an extremely rare Islamic mint, is a city in the Alentejo district of Portugal. The reverse of the specimen described by Gomes apparently has a different legend on the reverse although the published illustration, a line drawing, is insufficiently clear for certainty.
Estimate: £1000 - 1500