435

WAJIHID: 'Umar b. Yusuf, 952-961, AV dinar, 'Umân (Oman), AH344, bold VF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Islamic Coins - Arabian Peninsula Start Price:8,500.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD
WAJIHID: 'Umar b. Yusuf, 952-961, AV dinar, 'Umân (Oman), AH344, bold VF
CURRENT BID
9,500.00USD+ applicable fees & taxes.
ENTER YOUR MAXIMUM ABSENTEE BID[?]
You must bid at least
10,000.00USD
USD
10,000.00 x 1 unit = 10,000.00USDApplicable fees & taxes are added at checkout.
[?]Live Online Auction Starts In 2026 Sep 17 @ 09:00 (UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST)
SPENDING LIMITS - If you need a higher spending limit please email us at payments@stevealbum.com

BUYER'S PREMIUM - The Buyer's Premium is $20 per lot or 20% of the hammer price, whichever amount is greater.
WAJIHID: 'Umar b. Yusuf, 952-961, AV dinar, 'Umân (Oman), AH344, A-A1163, with the Sunni kalima divided between obverse and reverse: ruler's name below, mint/date formula in inner margin, Qur'an 30::3-4 in outer margin // caliph al-muti' lillah / wajîh below, Qur'an 9:33 in the margin; unpublished and of the highest rarity (probably unique); gold mount added, bold VF, RRRR

Darley-Doran cited no coins in any metal dated 344 (on his page 132), and cited the existence of gold dinars of 'Umar b. Yusuf dated 345, 347 and 350. The only gold dinar of 'Umar b. Yusuf listed on CoinArchives is dated 341 (sold in our Auction 30, lot 401, in January 2018). Silver dirhams of 'Umar b. Yusuf are listed on CoinArchives dated 340, 341, and 343, and Darley-Doran lists dirhams dated 341, 343, and 350, and Zeno adds 342. We have found no reference to any Wajihid coin dated AH344.