A Fatimid gold dinar from the reign of al-Mustansir (AD 1036-1094) Damascus, dated AH 435/ AD 1043-1044 with five lines of inscription in kufic surrounded by a band of inscription in kufic to one side, and four lines of inscription in kufic surrounded by a band of inscription in kufic to the other, very fine and very rare 23 mm. approx.; 4.29 g. Footnotes: See Stephen Album, Checklist of Islamic Coins, Santa Rosa, 2011, no. 719.1 and Norman D. Nicol A Corpus of Fatimid Coins, Trieste, 2006, no. 1723. Inscriptions: a form of the shahadah and a version of Qur'an, sura IX (al-tawbah), part of verse 33 with the added, 'Muhammad, the Messenger of God'. The Fatimid issues from the mint of Damascus are all very rare. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com