Lot 3596
Sale 83 · Important Australian & World Coins & Banknotes
Description
Abbasid Caliphate, al-Rashid, (A.H. 170-193) (A.D. 786-809), gold dinar, no mint name but struck at Bagdad, A.H. 173 = A.D. 789, type, another A.H. 178 = A.D. 794 (A.218). Nearly fine one bent. (2)
Al-Rashid was the caliph about whom the `Thousand and One Nights' was composed, memorialised in the ballet Scheherezade.
- Estimate
- $300
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $210