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al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, Barda’a 315 h, 3.92g (Bernardi 242 Kf, 4 refs). A little edge weakness, otherwise good very fine and very rare. £12,000-15,000 Barda’a was at this time the principal town of Azerbaijan. Bernardi records four examples dated 315h, four of 318h and six of 319h. The other coins from Azerbaijan were from the mints of Ardabil, Arminiya, Adharbayjan, Urmiya and Maragha.
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al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, ‘Aththar 317h, 2.56g (Bernardi does not record this date for this mint). Very fine and very rare. £8,000-10,000 ‘Aththar was a port in the Asir region of today’s Saudi Arabia. It was often under the rule of Sunni emirs who displayed their allegiance to the Abbasid caliphate in their coinage. Bernardi recorded a single example of a Dinar of this type dated 314h.
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al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, ‘Aththar 319h, 2.76g (Bernardi 249 Eo, 1 ref). Extremely fine and very rare. £10,000-12,000