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Auction: 5003 - Ancient, Islamic, English & Foreign Coins & Comm. Medals
Lot: 309

Arab Sasanian, Muqatil bin Misma' (686-689), Dirham, bys (Bishapur) AH71/3, bismillah 'bakriya and three countermarks in obverse margin: Gaube 14, 27, 37 (SICA.190; Walker 208; Album 22), slightly porous surfaces, very fine, rare Estimate £ 250-300 Walker gives the date AH71 for this type, however Album (p.32) states that the final digit is the same as the numeral "3" found on coins of Khalid bin 'Abd Allah struck at the same mint

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