Egypt AH 709 dinar
This specimen was lot 417 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $7,800. The catalog description[1] noted, "BAHRI MAMLUK: Baybars II, 1309-1310, AV dinar, Dimashq, AH709, ruler cited as rukn al-dunya wa'l-din abu'l-fath baybars, with full mint above and full date below the reverse field, Unc, RRR. Three examples of Dimashq for Baybars II are already filed on CoinArchives, but this piece is the finest quality of the four!" The Mamluks held Damascus 1260-1516 despite invasions by the Mongols (1299-1300) and Timur (1400-01). Baybars II was sultan of Egypt for eleven months in 1309-10 before being executed by his successor, al-Nasir Muhammad.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 5.89 g.
Catalog reference: A-V916.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
Link to:
- Egypt AH 648 dinar, Shajar al-Durr
- Egypt AH 710 dinar, Damascus mint, Muhammad I, 3rd reign
- Coins and currency dated 1309