Catalogue
Ummayad, Hisham, (A.H. 105-125) (A.D. 724-743) or Al Walid II, (A.H. 125-126) (A.D. 743-744), gold dinar, (4.21 g), anonymous dinar, no mint name (but probably Damascus Mint), dated A.H. 125 = A.D. 742-743, (A.136, BMC 38a [Vol.IX], W.245). Full flan, good very fine and VERY RARE.
Estimate $500
SOLD $850
Arab-Sassanian issues, silver hemidrachm of the Ispahbads of Tabaristan, (2.19 g), prototype coinage of these Ispahbads, anonymous AFZWT TYPE, independent ruler, (PYE 136, A.D. 787), (A.73, SNA Ash. 428-433). Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $130
Arab-Sassanian issues, silver hemidrachm of the Ispahbads of Tabaristan, (1.89 g), prototype coinage of these Ispahbads, Abbasid governor Hani (788-792) an independent ruler, (PYE 138, A.D. 789), (A.69, SNA Ash. 443, Malek 114). Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Abbasid, al-Mahdi (AH 158-169) (AD 775-785) gold dinar, no mint, AH158 (774-5) (A.214; cfBMC 81). File mark on edge, otherwise extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $400