Catalogue
Islamic Coinage, Arab-Sassanian issues, silver hemidrachm of the Ispahbads of Tabaristan, (3.23 g), Prototype coinage of these Ispahbads, anonymous AFZWT TYPE, independent ruler, (PYE 136, A.D. 787), year 136 (A.D.787), (A.73, SNA Ash. 428-433). Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $90
Islamic Coinage, Umayyad Caliphate, Hisham, (A.H. 105-125) (A.D. 724-743), gold dinar, anonymous dinar, (3.99 g), no mint name (but probably Damascus mint), dated A.H. 118 = A.D. 736-737, (A.136, BMC 35, W.238). Minor scratches with spread flan but light weight, otherwise nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $400
Islamic Coinage, Umayyad Caliphate, `Umar, (A.H. 99-101) (A.D. 717-720), silver anonymous dirham, Al Basra mint, A.H. 100 = A.D. 718, (A.133, M.48, W.305) (illustrated); another of Damascus mint A.H.99 (clipped flan); Ayyubids of Mesopotamia, al-Awhad Ayyub, (A.H. 596-607) (A.D. 1199-1210), copper dirham, pictorial type, obv. bust facing of the Amir, rev. Citing Caliph Al Nasir (A.H. 575-622), seven line legend, year A.H. 600 = A.D. 1203, (A.856, M.842); other silver dirhems of Seljuqs of Rum, 'Ala al din Kayqubad I ibn Kaykhusraw, (A.H. 616-634) (A.D. 1219-1236), silver dirham, Sivas mint, and mixed Islamic copper and silver (4). first and last described coins very fine, others fair - very fine. (8)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Islamic Coinage, Ilkanids (Mongols of Persia), Local Coinage, First Period, Abaqa, (A.H. 665-680) (A.D. 1265-1282), gold dinar, Yazd mint, (4.32 g), issued A.H. [679] (A.D. 1280-1), (A.2126.1, M.-). Slightly weak in places on the obverse and reverse, otherwise good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $240
SOLD $480