al-Mahdiya - 402 AH

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Fatimid, al-Hakim (386-411h), dinar, al-Mahdiya 402h, 4.21g (cf Nicol 1229 [dated 401h and with similar legends]), very fine and apparently unpublished. The coin which Nicol tentatively assigned to this mint and date (Nicol 1230, 'no data, uncertain date) evidently bore legends arranged in two concentric bands on each side, as his Type O1. The present coin demonstrates that Type M1, introduced during 401h, was in fact also used for coins struck in the following year. It is suggestive that a...

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