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. 82 = A.D. 701-702, (A.125). Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $350
SOLD $650
Abbasid, al-Mahdi (AH 158-169) (AD 775-785) gold dinar, no mint, (4.09 g), AH160 (776-7) (A.214, BMC 82a). File mark, scratch, has been mounted, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $160
SOLD $190
Abbasid, al-Muttaqi, (AH 329-333, A.D. 940-944), silver dirham, Wasit 330 AH, (3.20 g), (A 257). Good very fine, scare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Tulunids, Khumarawayh ibn Tulun, (A.H. 270-282) (A.D. 883-895), gold dinar, Misr mint (Cairo, Egypt), (4.18 g), A.H. 271, = A.D. 884-885, with additional field inscriptions including ruler's name, (A.667, Grabar 20, M.-). Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $350
SOLD $500
Fatimids, al-Hakim Abu al'Ali Al Mansur, (A.H. 386-411) (A.D. 996-1021), gold dinar, Misr mint (Cairo mint), (4.09 g), uncertain date (390s-401), (A.709.2, cf.BMC 73, cf.M.553, cf.Miles 141). Bent, otherwise nearly fine, the date in this period becomes almost unreadable.
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
Fatimids, al-Mustansir billah, (AH 427-487 = AD 1036-1094), gold tari, 14mm, (0.78 g). SiqillŒyah (Palermo) mint, (A.722). Very fine, rare.
Estimate $350
Not offered
Ghaznavids, Mahmud ibn Sabuktakin, (A.H. 388-421) (A.D. 998-1030), gold dinar, Nishapur mint, struck in fine gold, (4.42 g), A.H. 414 = A.D. 1023, (A.1606, cf.M.757). Good fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Islamic Coinage, Ilkanids (Mongols of Persia), Local Coinage, First Period, Abaqa, (A.H. 665-680) (A.D. 1265-1282), gold dinar, Yazd mint, (7.36 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 $500
SOLD $300
Egypt, Ottoman Empire, Mustafa III (1171-1187 AH = A.D. 1757-1774), gold zeri Mahbub, Misr, [Cairo] mint, 1171/xliv, (2.60 g), (KM.105.1). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Mustafa III (1171-1187 AH = A.D. 1757-1774), gold half zeri Mahbub, Istanbul mint, 1171/85h, (2.63 g), (KM.335). Good extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Islamic and Indian coins, various types in copper but includes a Indian silver temple rupee, and small Islamic silver (2), Artuqids large figurative copper (4), Islamic copper fom Umayyad - Ottoman (27); Kushan (3), Indian states etc (10), Portuguese India (2), EIC (1), Ceylon medieval (1). Very good - very fine. (51)
Estimate $80
SOLD $210