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Islamic Coin Auction 27 10 December 2014
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ISLAMIC COINS, UMAYYAD, Anonymous, temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, al-Niq 89h, 2.82g (Klat 649). Good very fine and very rare.
This is another enigmatic Umayyad mintname. The only known date for "al-Niq", 89h identifies it as one of the northern campaign mints and its Arabic spelling almost certainly conceals its real name. In his Checklist, Album plausibly suggests that it may well be the district of Alvank – Albania in the Caucasus, and obviously not the modern Albania in South East Europe.
Estimate: £6000-8000
This is another enigmatic Umayyad mintname. The only known date for "al-Niq", 89h identifies it as one of the northern campaign mints and its Arabic spelling almost certainly conceals its real name. In his Checklist, Album plausibly suggests that it may well be the district of Alvank – Albania in the Caucasus, and obviously not the modern Albania in South East Europe.
Estimate: £6000-8000