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ALID OF TABARISTAN: al-Hassan b. Zayd, 864-884, AV dinar (4.1g), Nishapur, AH262, VF-EF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Islamic Coins - Iran - The Early Period Start Price:8,000.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 - 13,000.00 USD
ALID OF TABARISTAN: al-Hassan b. Zayd, 864-884, AV dinar (4.1g), Nishapur, AH262, VF-EF
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This item SOLD at 2022 May 12 @ 16:48UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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ALID OF TABARISTAN: al-Hassan b. Zayd, 864-884, AV dinar (4.1g), Nishapur, AH262, A-T1523, with the 'Alid phrase al-da'i illa al-haqq, "advocate for the truth", and Qur'an verses 33:33 in the obverse margin, 22:39 in the reverse margin, lovely strike, VF-EF, RRRR. This is the second known specimen of the Nishapur AH262 gold dinar, the first sold in the Islamic Coin Auction #2 in 2000 (lot 524), when the city of Nishapur was in confrontation between Sunni and Shi'ite supporters, falling to the Sunni rulers by 268 (after an hiatus in coinage 263-267).