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FATIMID: al-Mansur, 946-953, AR 1/2 dirham (1.39g), [Fès], AH337, VF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Islamic Coins - Egypt & Syria Start Price:425.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 700.00 USD
FATIMID: al-Mansur, 946-953, AR 1/2 dirham (1.39g), [Fès], AH337, VF
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FATIMID: al-Mansur, 946-953, AR 1/2 dirham (1.39g), [Fès], AH337, A-696F, Nicol-214b (same obverse die), citing the Imam as al-imam al-mansur atop the obverse, and with his laqab 'abd Allah isma'il / abu tahir divided above and below the reverse field; assigned to Fès by die-link to Nicol-214b; some slight double-striking on the obverse, carefully repaired, VF. This is the only type that included al-Mansur's laqab, and one of the very few known coins from the extremely rare Fatimid mint as Fès. The example sold in our Auction 46, lot 428, is a much later imitation of this type, probably struck somewhere in Syria during the Mirdasid period, a century after this coin, its prototype. It was incorrectly assigned to the later Fatimid Imam al-Hakim at that auction.