Catalogue
Umayyad, `Abd al-Malik, (A.H. 65-86) (A.D. 685-705), gold dinar, anonymous dinar, no mint name (but Damascus mint), dated A.H. 80 = A.D. 699-700, (A.125, BMC 4, W.190). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $350
SOLD $400
Umayyad, al Walid I, (A.H. 86-96) (A.D. 705-715), gold dinar, anonymous dinar, no mint name (but believed to be Damascus mint), dated A.H. 92 = A.D. 711-712, (A.127, W.204). Full flan, good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $350
SOLD $340
Umayyad, Yazid II, (A.H. 101-105) (A.D. 720-724), gold dinar, anonymous dinar, no mint name (but probably Damascus mint), dated A.H. 104 = A.D. 722-723, (A.134, BMC 30, W.223). Full flan, obverse and reverse scratches, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $320
Abbasid, al-Rashid, (A.H. 170-193) (A.D. 786-809), gold dinar, no mint name but struck at Madinat al-Salam mint, A.H. 192 = A.D. 808, with the additional 'H' on the reverse, (A.218.4). With surface scratches and double striking, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $240
Egypt, Mamluk Sultans, al-Zahir Sayf al din Jaqmaq, (A.H. 842-857) (A.D. 1438-1453), gold ashrafi or dinar, Cairo mint, date uncertain, (3.50 g), obv. & rev. four lines of legend divided by three horizontal cables to left, (A.1006, Balog 736). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Egypt, Mamluk Sultans, al-Zahir Sayf al din Jaqmaq, (A.H. 842-857) (A.D. 1438-1453), gold ashrafi or dinar, Cairo mint, date uncertain, (3.40 g), obv. & rev. four lines of legend divided by three horizontal cables to left, (A.1006, Balog 736). Fine, weak in places.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Egypt, Mamluk Sultans, al-Zahir Sayf al din Jaqmaq, (A.H. 842-857) (A.D. 1438-1453), gold ashrafi or dinar, Cairo mint, date uncertain, (3.40 g), obv. & rev. four lines of legend divided by three horizontal cables to left, (A.1006, Balog 736). Fine, weak in places.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110