Lot 4609

Description

Islamic silver and bronze issues including, Sasanian, Khusru II (A.D. 590 - 627), silver drachm, Gundeshapur mint, dated year 31 (A.D. 621), with word "praise" in outer margin, (cf.Walker alpha [p.2] Plate I, alpha, cf.M.21, Sellwood type 68, Gobl 211); Timurid, Shahrukh, (A.H. 807-850) (A.D. 1405-1447), silver tanka, Samarkand mint, dated 830 (AD 1427), (A.2405); Ottoman Empire, Suleiman I ibn Selim (The Great and The Magnificent), (A.H. 926-974, A.D. 1520-1566), silver shahi, (illustrated); Abbasid Caliphate, al-Rashid, (A.H. 170-193) (A.D. 786-809), silver anonymous dirham, Al Mohammadiya mint (Teheran in Iraq after 148), A.H. 189 = A.D. 804-805, (A.219, cf.M.185); others. Toned, poor - good very fine, some scarce. (9)

In collector's packets, some with dealer descriptions.