Tunisia (1494-1526) 1/2 dinar
This specimen was lot 2287 in Sincona Auction 101 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 200 CHF (about US$302 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ISLAMISCHE MÜNZEN, Hafsids of Tunis, Abû ‘Abd Allâh Muhammad V. 899-932 AH (1494-1526). 1/2 Dinar n. d. (1494-1526), no mint. Fast sehr schön, Leicht dezentriert. About Very Fine. Slightly off-centered. From the Tuhfa Collection, auction SINCONA 92, Zurich, October 2024, lot 659 (sold, but unpaid)."
Wikipedia notes, "Abu Abdallah Muhammad IV al-Mutawakkil (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد المتوكل) was the Hafsid caliph of Ifriqiya from 1494 to 1526. The main political and military events of his reign concerned the rise in corsairing and the Spanish invasion of the Hafsid domains."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 2.39 g.
Catalog reference: Album 513J. Hazard -.
- 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]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 101: World Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Swiss Confederate Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Shooting Coins and Medals, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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