Lot 1483

Sale 128 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals

Description

Islamic, Arabia, Sulayhids, local imitation, (c.1000-1050 A.D.), base gold dinar, 22mm, (2.06 g), local imitation, (Album 1075.3, see CNG eSale 361 [lot 62]. Good fine.

Ex Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection from Jean Elsen, list 225 (item 477) 17 July 2003.
Album (p. 120) notes: These imitations may have been struck across the Red Sea in what is now Ethiopia or Eritrea, though most known specimens are said to have Yemeni rather than African provenance.

Estimate
$100
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$180

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