Lot 2296

Description

Mamluk Sultan, al-Nasir Nasir abu al-Sa`adat al din Faraj, first reign, (A.H. 801-808) (A.D. 1399-1405), gold heavy dinar, (10.62 grams), Al Qahira mint (Cairo, Egypt), A.H. [804] = A.D. 1401-1402, obv. & rev. six lines of legend with various symbols in the field, (A.977, cf.Balog 616, the dies differ from those listed in Balog, but are the same dies as other known dated examples, cf.Noble Numismatics sale 51 [lot 4233 from same dies]). Good very fine and rare for this date.