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Lot 160 - Auction 12

Abbasid Caliphate, second period - ...
Abbasid Caliphate, second period - ...
Abbasid Caliphate, second period - al-Musta'in billah b. Muhammad b. al-Mu'tasim, AH 248-251 (862-866 CE). Dinar AH 248, Makka (Mecca). ... Read more - Very early gold coinage in Mecca. Extremely rare. Very fine.
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75.000,00 CHF

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Abbasid Caliphate, second period - al-Musta'in billah b. Muhammad b. al-Mu'tasim, AH 248-251 (862-866 CE). Dinar AH 248, Makka (Mecca). Standard abbasid second period dinar legends on both obverse and reverse without citing the name of the heir. 4,08g. Album 233.1 for the type; Bernardi Corpus p.184, 160 Ef; Fr. 12.
Ex NGSA 5 (2 & 3 December 2008) 349.

Grading/Status: Very early gold coinage in Mecca. Extremely rare. Very fine.

Notes
This is the first recorded dinar to have been struck at the mint of the Holy City of Mecca since the year 234AH. Bernardi records only two examples of this exceedingly rare coinage.
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