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Lot 105. Al-Walid I AV 1/3 Dinar, 91 AH

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Al-Walid I AV 1/3 Dinar, 91 AH

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Bidding closed (Sunday, October 19th, 19:52:30 CEST)
Current time: Sunday, November 24th, 04:39:57 CET

Price realised: CHF 950.00 (6 bids)
Approx. EUR 1'020.48 / USD 1'063.14 / GBP 848.54

High bidder: Bidder 2

eAuction #30, Lot 105. Estimate: CHF 1'000.00

Islamic coins. Umayyad. Al-Walid I (86-96 AH = 705-715 AD, Gold ⅓ Dinar (14 mm, 1.38 g), no mint, 91 AH.
Walker p. 89; ANS 15.

Good very fine and very rare.

Ex Sotheby’s auction, 10 April 1992, lot 301.

From 91-103 AH, the Umayyads issued 1/2 and 1/3 Dinars to copy the Byzantine fractions of the Solidus: the Semissis and Tremissis. These 1/2 and 1/3 Dinars, called nisf and thulth, are all very rare today.



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