Numismatica Genevensis SA
Auction 8 24-25 November 2014
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LE MONDE ARABE
FATIMIDS OF EGYPT AND AL-MAGHRIB
A NEW MINT IN NORTH AFRICA. al-Mansur, AH 334-341 (946-953).
1/4 Dinar AH 342 (953-54), Madinat Nabl. Frappe posthume. Inscription centrale sur trois lignes, entourée d'une légende circulaire / Inscription centrale sur quatre lignes entourée d'une légende circulaire. 1,06g. A 695 ; Nicol 204 ; Znidarec 3 (cet exemplaire).
Très rare. Très bel exemplaire.
In her article "A New Mint in Ifriqiya" (in "3rd Simone Assemani Symposium on Islamic Coins", pp. 106-113), Jasmina Znidarec reveals the existence of a hitherto unknown mint, Madinat Nabl, in what is now Nabeul in north-eastern Tunisia. This coastal city was the closest one to Sicily, which was then under Fatimid rule. The creation of a mint in the region is explained by this proximity, as well as by the economic importance of the region, which was then famed for farming and the production of wood, a rare material that was vital to shipbuilding.
FATIMIDS OF EGYPT AND AL-MAGHRIB
A NEW MINT IN NORTH AFRICA. al-Mansur, AH 334-341 (946-953).
1/4 Dinar AH 342 (953-54), Madinat Nabl. Frappe posthume. Inscription centrale sur trois lignes, entourée d'une légende circulaire / Inscription centrale sur quatre lignes entourée d'une légende circulaire. 1,06g. A 695 ; Nicol 204 ; Znidarec 3 (cet exemplaire).
Très rare. Très bel exemplaire.
In her article "A New Mint in Ifriqiya" (in "3rd Simone Assemani Symposium on Islamic Coins", pp. 106-113), Jasmina Znidarec reveals the existence of a hitherto unknown mint, Madinat Nabl, in what is now Nabeul in north-eastern Tunisia. This coastal city was the closest one to Sicily, which was then under Fatimid rule. The creation of a mint in the region is explained by this proximity, as well as by the economic importance of the region, which was then famed for farming and the production of wood, a rare material that was vital to shipbuilding.