Catalogue
Arab-Sassanian prototype issue, Khusru II (A.D. 590 - 627), silver drachm or dirhem, (4.116 grams), Darabgird mint, dated year 31 (A.D. 621), with word 'praise' in outer margin, (cf.Walker alpha [p.2] Plate I, alpha; cf.M.21; Sellwood type 62; Gobl 214). Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $90
SOLD $80
Arab-Sassanian issue, silver hemidrachm of the Muslim successors of Tabaristan, by Arab Governor Muqatil (PYE 129-139, A.H. 164-174, A.D. 780-790), year 139 (A.D. 790), (A.68, W.297 [p.149, Pl.XXVI, 1], M. 283-4). Crude head style, nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Umayyad Caliphate, `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). Full flan, nearly extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
Umayyad Caliphate, Marwan II, (A.H. 127-132) (A.D. 744-750), silver dirham, Wasit mint (on Euphrates river), A.H. 129 = A.D. 746, (A.142, cf.M.57); Abbasid, al-Rashid, (A.H. 170-193) (A.D. 786-809), silver dirham, Al Mohammadiya mint (Teheran in Iraq), A.H. 183 = A.D. 799, (A.219, cf.M.186-7), together with India, Sultans of Delhi, Mohammed I, (A.H. 589-602) (A.D. 1193-1206), billon delhivals (2), obv. crude horseman right, rev. crude bull left, (M.2463-5). Full flan for first coin, extremely fine, others fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Abbasid, al-Mahdi, (A.H. 158-169) (A.D. 775-785), gold dinar, no mint, A.H. 158 = A.D. 774-775, (A.214, cf.BMC 81). File mark on edge, otherwise extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Late Abbasid, Abul Abbas Ahmad al Nasir, (A.H. 575-622) (A.D. 1180-1225), multiple gold dinar (11.07 grams), with caliph's name, Madinat al Salam mint (Baghdad mint), A.H. 610 = A.D. 1213-1214, with additional field inscriptions, (cf.A.268, cf.BMC 487, Lavoix 1289, cf.M.264-5). Holed, weak in places with a large crinkled flan, otherwise nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $450
SOLD $0
Umayyad of Spain, Hisham II, First Reign, (A.H. 366-399) (A.D. 976-1009), gold quarter dinar, possibly Al-Andalus mint (Spain), not dated, (cf.A.353, cf.Miles 351f). Clipped and crimped with incomplete legends, otherwise fine - very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Hafsids of Tunis (Successors of the Muwahhids in North Africa), Abu `Amr `Uthman ibn-Muhammad (A.H. 839-893) (A.D. 1435-1488), gold dinar, Tarabulus mint, not dated, (cf.A.513, cf.Hazard 629, cf.M.437, BMC -, Lavoix 975). Good fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $300
Ziyanid, Abu `Abd-Allah Muhammad IV ibn `Abd-al-Rahman II, (A.H. 827-831, 833-834) (A.D. 1424-1428, 1430-1431), gold dinar, Madinat Tilimsan mint, undated, (A.518, Hazard 663, M.448). Of crude style, probably has been mounted on edge, otherwise good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $290
Tulunids, Khumarawayh ibn Tulun, (A.H. 270-282) (A.D. 883-895), gold dinar, Misr mint (Cairo, Egypt), A.H. 271, = A.D. 884-885, with additional field inscriptions including ruler's name, (A.664, M.313). Some knocks, otherwise good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $350
SOLD $250
Mamluk Coinage in Egypt, al-Nasir Nasir al din Mohammed, third reign, (A.H. 709-741) (A.D. 1310-1341), gold dinar, (3.05 grams), probably Al Qahira mint (Cairo, Egypt), date off flan, obv. & rev. six lines of legend, (A.919, cf.Balog 176-177, the dies differ from those listed in Balog, M.1167). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Seljuqs of Rum, Ghiyath al din Kaykhusraw II ibn Kayqubad, (A.H. 634-644) (A.D. 1236-1245), silver dirham, Sivas mint A.H. 639 = A.D. 1241-2, obv. lion to right with sun above, rev.. three lined inscription, in name of Caliph Al-Mustansir, (A.1218, M.983, BMC 197d [Vol.IX]). Very fine, scarce.
Estimate $90
SOLD $0
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Suleiman I ibn Selim (The Great and The Magnificant), (A.H. 926-974, A.D. 1520-1566), gold sultani (dinar), Constantinople mint, year 926, (A.1317, M.1252, [£85]). Slightly bent good very fine.
Estimate $140
SOLD $90
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Suleiman I ibn Selim (The Great and The Magnificant), (A.H. 926-974, A.D. 1520-1566), gold sultani (dinar), Halab mint, year 926, (A.1317, M.-, Pere 172). Weak in places, slightly crinkled, very fine and a rare mint.
Estimate $180
SOLD $100
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Suleiman I ibn Selim (The Great and The Magnificant), (A.H. 926-974, A.D. 1520-1566), gold sultani (dinar), Misr (Egypt) mint, year 926, (A.1317, M.1253, [£85]). Slightly crinkled as usual, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $140
SOLD $90
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Murad III ibn Selim, (A.H. 982-1003, A.D. 1574-1595), gold sultani (dinar), Misr (Egypt) mint, year 982, (A.1332, cf.M.1259, [£85]). Crinkled as usual, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $140
SOLD $80
Samanid coinage, Nur I, b. Nasr, (A.H. 331-343) (A.D. 943-954), silver multiple dirham, Kurat Badakhshan mint, not dated but probably struck posthumously after c.A.H. 350, (A.1455, M.KB1). Large flan, bright, weakly struck, otherwise very fine, scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Samanid coinage, Nur II, b. Mansur I, (A.H. 365-387) (A.D. 976-997), silver multiple dirham, Kishm mint, not dated, but with name of Governor al-Harith b. Harb, (A.1469, M.KS8). Large flan, bright, weakly struck, otherwise very fine, rare mint.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Buwayhid (Buyid) Coinage, Mu`izz-al-Dawla Ahmad b. Buwayh`, (A.H. 328-356) (A.D. 939-967), silver dirham, Madinat al-Salem mint, A.H. 336 = A.D. 948-9, (A.1543.1). Full round flan, weak in places near complete legends, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Great Seljuq coinage, Mahmud II, (A.H. 511-525) (A.D.1118-1131), gold dinar, Isfahan mint, not dated, (A.1688). Large crinkled flan, weakly struck in places, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $180
SOLD $130
Khwarizmshahs, `Ala al-din Muhammad (A.H. 596-617) (A.D. 1200-1220), silver broad dirham, date and mint off flan (probably Davar), (A.1719); copper fals Marw mint, A.H.[61]3 = A.D. 1216-7, (A.1725); copper jital, Farwan mint (A.1730); another copper jital Ghazna type, (A.1726); another copper jital Kurzuwan mint, obv. elephant left, (A.1735.1); Golden Hoard, Jani Beg, (A.H. 742-758) (A.D. 1341-1357), silver dirham, Saray al-Jadida mint, year A.H. [74]7 = A.D. 1346, (A.2027). Fine - good very fine, several rare. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Islamic, Artuqids of Mardin, Najm al-Din Alpi, (A.H. 547-572) (A.D. 1152-1176), copper dirham, pictorial type, no mint or date, obv. facing male heads (Gemini), rev. facing female head (Virgo), (A.1827.5, S/S 30, BMC 383); another, copper dirham, no mint or date, obv. two diademed male busts in profile facing each other, rev. Virgin on right, Byzantine emperor on left, (A.1827.3, S/S 28, BMC 272-4); another of Husam al-Din Timurtash, (A.H. 516-547) (A.D. 1122-1152), obv. bust right, rev. three line legend, (A.1826.2, S/S 25, BMC -); another of Nasir al-din Artuq Arslan (A.H. 597-637) (A.D. 1201-1239), issued year 626, obv. figure on leopard to left, rev. four lined legend, (A.1830.X, S/S 45, BMC 462). Several polished, otherwise fine - nearly very fine all scarce. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Ilkanids (Mongols of Persia), Local Coinage, First Period, Hulagu ibn Tulay ibn Genghiz Khan, (A.H. 654-663) (A.D. 1256-1265), silver dirham, Mardin mint, A.H. [65]8 = A.D. 1259-1260, issue acknowledging the suzerainty of the Great Khan (his brother Khubilai Khan) but not naming him, (A.2122, M.1553 for mint). Off centred, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Ilkanids (Mongols of Persia), Post Reform Coinage, Second Period, Ghazan Mahmud ibn Arghun, (A.H. 694-703) (A.D. 1295-1304), silver two dirhams, Isfahan mint, A.H. 699 = A.D. 1299-1200, all with Arabic legends only, but with Ghazan Mahmud name in Mongol (Uighur) script and repeated in Arabic, (A.2173, cf.M.1597). Very fine, scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Ilkanids (Mongols of Persia), Post Reform Coinage, Second Period, Abu Sa`id Bahadur ibn Uljaitu, (A.H. 716-736) (A.D. 1316-1335), silver six dirhems, (10.5 grams), Jajern mint (mint in district of west of Khorasan), A.H. 719 = A.D. 1318-1319, looped square or mihrab type, type C, (A.2199, M.1626). Some weak areas and off centred, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Ilkanids (Mongols of Persia), Post Reform Coinage, Second Period, Abu Sa`id Bahadur ibn Uljaitu, (A.H. 716-736) (A.D. 1316-1335), silver two dirhems, Tabriz mint, A.H. 725 = A.D. 1325-1326, square/circle type (A.2210); another Kashan mint, A.H. 730 = A.D. 1329-1330, looped octagon type, type G, (A.2214, M.1652, 1657). Very fine or better. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Injuyids, Abu Ishaq (A.H. 743-757) (A.D. 1342-1356), silver dinar, date and mint off flan, c.A.H. 752-3 = A.D. 1351-1352, (A.2275.5); Muzaffarid, Shah Shuja`, (A.H. 759-786) (A.D. 1358-1386), silver two dinars, Isfahan mint, date off flan, (A.2282.7); Sabadars, `Ali Mu`Ayyad, (A.H. 763-786) (A.D. 1362-1384), silver four dirhams (thin flan), Astarabad mint, year 76X, (A.2342.2); Mamluk, Qansuh II al-Ghuri, (A.H. 906-922) (A.D. 1501-1516), silver dirham (small flan, c.1.2 grams), no date or mint, (A.1042, not in Balog). All weak in places, fine or better. (4)
Estimate $90
SOLD $50
The Walids, Amir of Astarabad, Amir Wali, (A.H. 757-788) (A.D. 1356-1386), silver four dirhams, Astarabad mint A.H. 775 = A.D. 1383-4, (A.2344, M.-). Very fine, scarce.
Estimate $70
SOLD $30
The Karts, Pir `Ali, (A.H. 771-784) (A.D. 1369-1382), silver tanka or dinar kebchi, Herat mint A.H. [78]2 = A.D. 1379-1380, (A.2353A, M.-). Fine, scarce.
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
Timurid coinage, Shah Rukh ibn Timur, (A.H. 807-850) (A.D. 1405-1447), fifth coinage (A.H. 827-850), reform type, silver tankas, Tabriz mint, date off flan, (A.2405, M.-) (mint name in rectangle in centre); another Saveh mint, A.H. 830 = A.D. 1426-7, (A.2405). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $30