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Auction 8 24-25 November 2014
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FATIMIDS OF EGYPT AND AL-MAGHRIB
al-Mansur, AH 334-341 (946-953).
1/4 Dinar AH 338 (949-50), al-Mahdiyah. Inscription centrale sur quatre lignes, entourée d'un cercle vide et d'une légende circulaire / Inscription centrale sur trois lignes, entourée d'un cercle vide et d'une légende circulaire. 1,05g. A 695 ; Nicol 243.
Très beau.
The coinage of Ismail al-Mansur is among the most attractive and rare in the Fatimid series. His short reign was spent in putting down rebellions in Qayrawan and Sicily. This coin comes from the port town of al-Mahdiya on the western coast of Tunisia, named after al-Mahdi, the first Fatimid caliph.
FATIMIDS OF EGYPT AND AL-MAGHRIB
al-Mansur, AH 334-341 (946-953).
1/4 Dinar AH 338 (949-50), al-Mahdiyah. Inscription centrale sur quatre lignes, entourée d'un cercle vide et d'une légende circulaire / Inscription centrale sur trois lignes, entourée d'un cercle vide et d'une légende circulaire. 1,05g. A 695 ; Nicol 243.
Très beau.
The coinage of Ismail al-Mansur is among the most attractive and rare in the Fatimid series. His short reign was spent in putting down rebellions in Qayrawan and Sicily. This coin comes from the port town of al-Mahdiya on the western coast of Tunisia, named after al-Mahdi, the first Fatimid caliph.