Catalogue
Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate, (c.685-692), AE fals, 18mm, (4.21 g), Hims (Emesa) mint. obv. crowned facing imperial bust, holding globus cruciger, K/A**L*/O/N (= "good") to left, bi-hims to right rev. large m, star between annulets above, E/M/I-C/H/C across each side, in exergue 'tayyib' (= "good"), (SICA 1, 544 var. [star after bi-hims], Album 3524, Wilkes 133 [$125 US]). Very fine with an earthen black patina.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate, (c.670-690 A.D.), AE fals (19mm), Hims (Emesa) mint, obv. crowned facing imperial bust, holding globus cruciger, K/A**L*/O/N (= "good") to left, bi-hims to right, rev. large cursive M, star between wavy lines above, E/M/I - C/H/C across, tayyib (= "good") in exergue, (A.3524, Walker, Arab-Byzantine 57, cf.SICA 1, 548. Wilkes 133); another (c.680-mid 690's), Damascus mint, (20mm), obv. single standing emperor wearing long robe, holding long cross and cross on globe, rev. large square M, reversed K in right field, dots etc, in exergue mint name, (A.102, SICA I, Type VI, 567, [Pl.39], Wilkes 131); another fals as temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan' (AH 65-86 = AD 685-705), AE Fals (20mm), Baalbek (Heliopolis) mint, obv. two standing imperial figures, each holding cruciform scepter, cross between heads, rev. large M, cross above, inverted crescent below, H/**L*/I/(OY) to left, **P/O/L/E to right, ba'labakk in exergue, (SICA 1, 584, A.3513.2, Wilkes 132). Fine - very fine, dirt patina in descriptive packets. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Islamic, Sicily, Fatimids, al-Mustansir billah, (A.H. 427-487 = A.D. 1036-1094), gold tari, 14mm, (0.78 g). SiqillŒyah (Palermo) mint, (A.722, Spahr 41ff [Pl.XVII], cf.Nicoll 1758 ff). Very fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $400
Islamic, Golden Horde (Juchid), first period, temp, Batu, (624-654 A.H. - 1227-1256 A.D.) AE pul, citing al-Nasir and with inscription 'Life is short, so pursue it obediently' probably from the Bulghar mint, (A.P2018 [RR], Wilkes 2017]. Very fine, very rare in descriptive packet.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Islamic, Golden Horde (Juchid), for Russia, second period, Muhammad Uzbek, (A.H. 712-742, 1312-1341 A.D.), silver dirham, issued in [7]31 (1331 A.D.), Bulghar mint, (A.2025A [R], Wilkes 2027]. Very fine, rare, in descriptive packet.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Islamic, Golden Horde (Juchid), third period, silver dirhem and copper puls (2), Abd Allah Khan (762-771 A.H., A.D. 1361-1370), silver from the Urdu mint, 765 A.H., copper from other mints, 764 and 774 A.H. (A.2041-2, Wilkes 2043, -); other copper puls of uncertain rulers etc (8) with one of an Anatolian Beylik. Nearly fine - very fine, all scarce - rare in descriptive packets. (11)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Islamic, Golden Horde (Juchid), second and third periods, silver dirhem, Pulad Khan (810-813 A.H., A.D. 1407-1411), from the Hajji Tarkhan mint (A.2055, Wilkes 2056); others of Muhammad Uzbek Khan (712-742 A.H., A.D.1312-1341), silver dirhems, mostly Qrim mint, 715, 720 A.H., Saray mint 722, 73[4] (2), 737 A.H., and another countermarked 'khan' (cf.A.2025, Wilkes 2027). Fine - very fine, all scarce - rare in descriptive packets. (8)
Estimate $300
SOLD $320
Islamic, Golden Horde (Juchid), fourth period, silver asper, of Dawlat Birdi Khan (A.H. 827-840 A.D. 1424-1437), type with partial Latin legend D V M[ED D CAF]A, and arms of Genoa, (A.2059C, Wilkes 2060); another AE pul (follaro) countermarked with Genoese castle portal, coming from an Italian or Genoese colony in the Black Sea, (cf.A.G2063, cf.Wilkes 2062). Very fine; very good, both rare in descriptive packets. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Islamic, Golden Horde, Genoa colonies in the Black Sea, (c.1400-1420), copper follaro (3), silver aspers (2); Ilkhans, Mongols of Persia, silver dirham of anonymous type, another of Golden Horde, Ulugh Muhammad (A.H.821-840, A.D. 1418-1437), copper pul, (cf.G.2063, Wilkes 2062). Nearly fine - very fine, all scarce - rare in descriptive packets. (7)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120