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Red Sea Treasure Rasulid Aden Mint

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Canada Start Price:20.00 CAD Estimated At:40.00 - 50.00 CAD
Red Sea Treasure Rasulid Aden Mint
SOLD
20.00CADto s****k+ buyer's premium (4.00)
This item SOLD at 2012 May 31 @ 18:18UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Red Sea Treasure Rasulid Aden Mint - This coin was recovered years ago from a Red Sea shipwreck, which occurred c. 1370 AD. Off the coast of what is now Yemen. She was a trading ship plying the route from Arabia to Egypt-Palestine. The coin is a silver dirhem dating to the period of the Rasulid rulers of the Southern Arabian Peninsula 1300 AD to 1340 AD. They were used to pay for the spice and silk trade between the Orient and the middle East/Europe. 1322-1363 Al-Mujahid Ali, Dirham.