Egypt AH 820 dinar

Stack's Bowers May 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72672

This specimen was lot 72672 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $504. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ISLAMIC KINGDOMS. Burji Mamluk. AV Dinar, AH 820 (1417). al-Qahira (Cairo) Mint. Shaykh Uways I. NGC MS-62. Despite some strike flatness, this piece retains strong details and shimmering luster throughout the flan." Friedberg does not list the gold coins of the Mamelukes, who preceded the Ottomans in Egypt.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: gold.

Catalog reference: A-987.

Source:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed., Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• Mitchiner, Michael, The World of Islam, London: Hawkins Publications, 2000.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Featuring the Richard Elliott Collection of Hooknecks, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• Egypt AH 773 dinar, Aleppo mint, Sha'ban II
• Egypt AH 842 dinar Yûsuf
• Coins and currency dated 1417