Auction: 14012 - The "Khalifa" Collection of Islamic Coins
Lot: 70
(x) Abbasid, al-Muttaqi (940-45), AV Dinar, 3.43g, Madinat al-Salam, AH331, naming Abu Mansur and Sayf al-Daula below legend, rev. caliph's name and Nasir al-Daula abu Muhammad, ibriz below legend (Bernardi 312Jf; A.260), good very fine
Sayf al-Daula and Nasir al-Daula were joint chief amirs of al-Muttaqi, who founded the Hamdanid dynasty. The word ibriz means 'pure gold.'
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