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Auction 8  24-25 November 2014
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Lot 244

Starting price: 5000 CHF
Price realized: 11 000 CHF
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LE MONDE ARABE
THE UMAYYAD DYNASTY, AH 41-132 (661-750). AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF UMAYYAD COINAGE.
A VERY RARE PATTERN. Hisham, AH 105-125 (724-743).
Dirham AH 108 (726-27), al-Mubaraka. Inscription centrale sur trois lignes, entourée d'une légende circulaire. Le tout entouré de deux cercles de grènetis et d'un cercle cordonné / Inscription centrale sur quatre lignes entourée d'une légende circulaire. Le tout entouré d'un cercle de grènetis et d'un cercle de globules. 2,87g. A 137 ; Klat 571a ; Shams Eshragh -.

Type intéressant. Très bel exemplaire.



A type not found in Shams Eshragh, who does however mention two dirhams from this workshop dating from AH 108. The addition of a twisted circle around the border of the obverse is an innovation of the al-Mubaraka mint. It is only found on some coins from AH 107 and 108, suggesting that it was a short-lived essai that probably conflicted too visibly with the Umayyad authorities' desire for unification.
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