Egypt AH 842 dinar
This specimen was lot 2289 in Sincona Auction 101 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 325 CHF (about US$490 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ISLAMISCHE MÜNZEN, Bahri Mamluks, Yûsuf (al-‘Azîz Abû’l-Mahâsin, b. Barsbây), 841-842 (1438-1439). Ashrafi 842 AH (1438/1439), al-Qâhira Mint. Fast vorzüglich. Kleine Kratzer. About Extremely Fine, Small scratches. From the Tuhfa Collection, auction SINCONA 92, Zurich, October 2024, lot 868 (sold, but unpaid)."
Wikipedia comments, "Al-Aziz Jamal al-Din Yusuf (Arabic: العزيز جمال الدين أبو المحاسن يوسف بن برسباي) was the son of Barsbay, and a Mamluk sultan of Egypt from 7 June to 9 September 1438. Following Sultan Barsbay's death in 1438, his fifteen-year-old son Yusuf inherited the throne. However, Jaqmaq who was his guardian ...seized the sultanate for himself. Yusuf who reigned for 94 days was imprisoned in Cairo then in Alexandria, where, according to Ibn Taghribirdi, he spent the rest of his life studying under quite pleasant circumstances." Yusuf was a Burji (Circassian) Mamluk, not a Bahri (Turkic) Mamluk. The Ottomans conquered Egypt in 1517.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 3.40 g.
Catalog reference: Album 1004. Balog Additions and corrections 732 Var. A.
- 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.
- 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]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 101: World Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Swiss Confederate Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Shooting Coins and Medals, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
Link to:
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