Catalogue
Umayyad Caliphate, `Abd al-Malik (A.H. 65-86) (A.D. 685-705), gold dinar no mint stated (but Baghdad mint), A.H. 78 = A.D. 697, (4.190 grams), (A.125, BMC 187). Possibly has been mounted on edge with some edge filing, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $400
Umayyad Caliphate, 'Umar, (A.H. 99-101) (A.D. 718-720), silver anonymous dirham, Al-Basra mint, dated A.H. 100 = A.D. 718-719, (A.133, Walker BMC 305). Good very fine, rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Abbasid Caliphate, al-Mahdi, (A.H. 158-169) (A.D. 775-785), gold dinar, no mint stated, A.H. 158 = A.D. 774-775, (A.214, cf.BMC 81). File mark on edge, otherwise extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $400
SOLD $0
Abbasid Caliphate, al-Rashid, (A.H. 170-193) (A.D. 786-809), silver dirham, Medinat es Salem mint (Baghdad), A.H. 193, = A.D. 809, (A.219). Extremely fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Ayyubid, al-Kamil Muhammad , (A.H. 615-635) (A.D. 1218-1238), gold dinar, Al Qahira mint (Cairo), A.H. 628 = A.D. 1031), (4.79 grams), (A.811, Balog 375 [p.149], cf.M.829). Clipped flan as usual, weak in places, otherwise good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $350
SOLD $0
Ayyubid, al-Kamil Muhammad , (A.H. 615-635) (A.D. 1218-1238), gold dinar, Al Qahira mint (Cairo), date off flan (A.H. 624-635 type) but c.AH. 628 = A.D. 1031), (3.30 grams), (A.811, Balog 371-382 Type B, [p.148-150], cf.M.829). Clipped flan as usual, crinkled, weak in places, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $190
Mamluk Coinage, al-Ashraf Sayf al din Barsabay, (A.H. 825-841) (A.D. 1422-1438), gold ashrafi or dinar, Cairo mint, A.H. 834 = A.D. 1430-1431, (3.396 grams), obv. & rev. four lines of legend divided by three horizontal cables to left, (A.998, Balog 706); together with two imitative fractional gold issues 9-10th century, possibly issues from Yemen, (1.166 and 2.374 grams). First nearly extremely fine and scarce, others very fine. (3).
Estimate $250
SOLD $260
Saffarid, Ahmad b. Muhammad (Abu Ja'far), (A.H. 311-352) (A.D. 923-963), copper fals, Zaranj mint, A.H. 32[8?] = A.D. 940?, (A.1413A). Good fine and rare.
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
Muhtajid, Nasr b. Ahmad, (A.H. 341-365) (A.D. 952-976), copper fals, Saghaniyan mint, A.H. 357 = A.D. 968, (A.1477). Good fine and very rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Ghaznavids, Ibrahim ibn Mas'ud, (A.H. 451-492) (A.D. 1059-1099), associated with the Caliph Al-Muqtadi Bi'amir Allah (A.H. 467-487). (A.D. 1074-1094), gold dinar, Ghazna mint, uncertain date, (3.936 grams), (A.1637, cf.SNA Tubingen 425, cf.M.790). Weak in places, crudely struck as all known types of this ruler, otherwise good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Ghaznavids, Ibrahim ibn Mas'ud, (A.H. 451-492) (A.D. 1059-1099), gold dinar, Ghazna mint, struck in yellow gold, c.A.H. 4XX = A.D. 1060-70's, (A.1637, cf.M.790). Weak in places, otherwise nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $140
Great Seljuq Coinage, Sanjar (Mu'izz al-din Abu'l-Harith), under Ghiyath al-Din Abu Shuja Mohammad, (A.H. 492-511) (A.D. 1099-1118), gold dinar with Sanjar as viceroy, Nishapur mint, date off flan, (A.1685.1, cf.Hennequin 154). Weak in places, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $180
Great Seljuq Coinage, Sanjar (Mu'izz al-Din Abu'l-Harith), (A.H. 511-552) (A.D. 1118-1157), very base gold dinar with Sanjar as Independent Sultan, Balkh mint, not dated after A.H. 520, (A.1687). Weak in places, scratches, otherwise very good/fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Chaghtayid Khans, Buyan Quli Khan, (A.H. 749-760) (A.D.1348-1359), silver four dirhems or quarter tanka, Bazar mint, not dated, (A.2009). Very fine, and off centred and scarce.
Estimate $120
SOLD $140
Ilkanids (Mongols of Persia), Local Coinage, First Period, Abaqa, (A.H. 665-680) (A.D. 1265-1282), gold dinar, Tabriz mint, (4.41 grams), issued A.H. [67]7 (A.D. 1278-9), Uighur obverse, (A.2126.2, cf.M.1565-6 [for silver only]). Weak in places, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $280
Ilkanids (Mongols of Persia), Local Coinage, First Period, Abaqa, (A.H. 665-680) (A.D. 1265-1282), gold dinar, Tabriz mint, (4.19 grams), issued A.H. 67[5] (A.D. 1276-7), Uighur obverse, (A.2126.2, cf.M.1565-6 [for silver only]). Nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $250
Ilkanids (Mongols of Persia), Local Coinage, First Period, Abaqa, (A.H. 665-680) (A.D. 1265-1282), gold dinar, Tabriz mint, (4.27 grams), issued shortly after death, A.H. 681 Uighur obverse, (A.D. 1282-3), (A.2126.2, cf.M.1565-6 [for silver only]). Off centred, crinkled, nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $240
Ilkanids (Mongols of Persia), Local Coinage, First Period, Abaqa, (A.H. 665-680) (A.D. 1265-1282), gold dinar, Yazd mint, (6.74 grams), issued A.H. [67X (A.D. 1270's), (A.2126.1, M.-). Good very fine/nearly extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $0
Safavid Coinage, Shah 'Abbas I, (A.H. 996-1038) (A.D. 1588-1629), gold heavy ashrafi, Meshad mint, dated A.D. 1014 = A.D. 1605-6, (A.2629, M.-). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $350
SOLD $300
Safavid Coinage, Shah Husayn I ibn Suleiman, (A.H. 1105-1135) (A.D. 1694-1722), gold ashrafi, Isfahan mint, A.H. 1129 = A.D. 1716-1718, (A.2669, KM.287). Weak in places, otherwise very fine - extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $340
The Zands and Qajars Coinage, Fath `Ali Shah (A.H. 1212-1250) (A.D. 1797-1834), gold Toman, Shiraz mint, A.H. 1233 = A.D. 1817-8, (A.2865, KM.753). Weak in places, extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $280
SOLD $270
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Misr (Egypt) mint, Abdul Hamid I (A.H. 1187-1203) (A.D. 1774-1789), gold zeri mahbub, First type, Egypt mint, A.H.[119]2 = A.D. 1779. (KM. 127). Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $250