The other two gold coins were minted in Cairo by the Fatimid rulers al-Mu‘izz (953–975 CE) and his successor, al-‘Aziz (975–996 CE).” Kool noted that this was a rare find .

Teenage volunteers have unearthed a trove of early Islamic, 24-carat-gold coins during an excavation near the city of Yavne in Israel's central district.

One of the world’s rarest and most highly-prized of all Islamic gold coins, indeed any coin, was sold by specialist auctioneers Morton & Eden in London last week for an outstanding £3.72 million ...

The hoard, which was discovered by a team of researchers from Egyp t's Supreme Council for Archaeology, includes coins minted throughout different parts of the Islamic era, which began in A.D. 610 ...

ARCHAEOLOGY experts in Jerusalem's Old City were surprised to unearth a rare cache of golden coins dating back more than 1,000 years. Experts have dated the discovery to Israel's Early Islamic Period.

In 2016, a hiker found a 2,000-year-old gold coin carrying the face of a Roman emperor in eastern Galilee. The coin is so rare that only one other such example is known to exist, experts said at ...

There are only about a dozen of them remaining — a fairly sizable number, considering the coin itself is around 1,300 years old. The original price for this Islamic gold coin is unknown.

A group of centuries-old gold coins recovered by Florida authorities, originally from the 1715 Treasure Fleet, displayed on a table. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

A rare Islamic gold coin, said to be the first of its kind to be auctioned, could be sold for more than £1 million when it goes under the hammer later this month. The 6th century gold dinar dates from ...

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