Islamic Coins

Lot 4406       Islamic Coins

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JALAYRID, Jalal al din (Sultan) Hosayn I ibn Oweys, (A.H. 776-784) (A.D. 1374-1382), silver dirham, Tabriz mint, A.H. 779 = A.D. 1377-8, (A.2308, cf.M.1747), other Miscellaneous Dynasties, The Walids, Amir of Astarabad, Amir Wali, (A.H. 757-788) (A.D. 1356-1386), silver four dirhams (2), Astarabad mint A.H. 760, 764, = A.D. 1358-9, 1362-3, (A.2344, M.-), Mehrabanids, Taj al-Din (A.H. 747-753), (A.D. 1346-1352), lead-copper fals, Nimruz mint, nd, (A.2357A), others (3), `Izz al-Din Karman (A.H. 753-784) (1352-1382), and probably, Qutb al-Din Muhammad (A.H. 784-788) (A.D. 1382-6), another uncertain of Nimruz c.15-16th century, (A. 2360, A.2362). Silver very fine, others fine-very fine, some rare. (8)

Only Amir Wali issued coins for the Walids, he emerged as the ruler in Astaragad after the fall of the Ilkans. The Mehrabanids were local Sistani rulers. They were allowed to rule as Mongol vassals but only began their own coinage in the 1320's. Their copper coinage contains a variable proportion of lead, and are sometimes pure lead.