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lot # 318 - islamic spain and north africa

Thursday Jan 15, 2015 09:00 to Friday Jan 16, 2015 19:00 America/Los_Angeles
Last date for bids: 
Jan 15, 08:00 PST

HAFSID: Abu Zakariya' Yahya II, 1277-1279, AV ½ dinar (2.35g), NM, ND, A-E504, H-568, some double-striking in the obverse margin, EF to About Unc, RRRR. With the additional titulature al-wathiq billah al-mu'ayyid bi-fadl Allah, which distinguishes coins of this ruler from those of Yahya I and Yahya III. No example of this ruler has been offered in recent years. Hazard knew of just one example, in the Moroccan National Museum at Rabat, published by Brethes as #1243.
Est low: $2000 Est high: $2400

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