Catalogue
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 $550
SOLD $0
Umayyad Caliphate, al-Walid I (A.H. 86-96) (A.D. 705-715), silver anonymous dirham, Damascus mint, A.H. 90 = A.D. 709, (A.128, BMC 95, W.365, cf.M.46-7); another `Umar, (A.H.99-101, A.D. 7127-720), Damascus mint, A.H. 100 = A.D. 718, (A.133, M.48, BMC 105, W.377). Some minor edge oxidation on first coin, otherwise extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $0
Umayyad Caliphate, Hisham, (A.H. 105-125) (A.D. 724-743), silver anonymous dirham, Wasit mint (on Euphrates river), A.H. 112 = A.D. 729-730, (A.137, cf.M.61, BMC 195, W.560). Full flan, uncirculated with ticket.
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
Umayyad Caliphate, Hisham, (A.H. 105-125) (A.D. 724-743), silver anonymous dirham, Wasit mint (on Euphrates river), A.H. 124 = A.D. 741-2, (A.137, cf.M.61, BMC 206, W. 576). Full flan, good very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
Merinds, Abu Yahya Abu Bakr, (A.H. 642-656) (A.D.1244-1258), gold dinar, Madinat Fas mint, undated, (A.520, Hazard 682). Of crude style, holed, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $0
Ayyubid, al-Kamil Muhammad , (A.H. 615-635) (A.D. 1218-1238), gold dinar, Al Qahira mint (Cairo), dated AH 636, (AH 624-635 type) = A.D.1239), (4.73 grams), (A.811, Balog 505, cf.M.829). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Ayyubid, al-Kamil Muhammad , (A.H. 615-635) (A.D. 1218-1238), gold dinar, Al Qahira mint (Cairo), dated AH 6[3]5, (AH 624-635 type) = A.D.1237), (5.14 grams), (A.811, Balog 382 Type B, [p.150 with die link], cf.M.829). Slightly crinkled as usual, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Mamluk, al Mansur Salah al-Din Muhammad II, (A.H. 762-764) (A.D. 1361-1363), gold dinar, (8.77 grams), Damascus mint, (Syria), A.H. 7[63] = A.D. 1361-1362, obv. & rev. five lines of legend with various symbols in the field, (A.952, Balog 380). Slightly double struck, some weakness in legend, otherwise very fine and very rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Suleiman I ibn Selim (The Great and The Magnificent), (A.H. 926-974, A.D. 1520-1566), gold sultani (dinar), Misr (Egypt) mint, year 926, (3.126 grams), (A.1317, M.1253, [£85], Artuk 1552). Crinkled, good fine.
Estimate $140
SOLD $0
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Suleiman I ibn Selim (The Great and The Magnificent), (A.H. 926-974, A.D. 1520-1566), gold sultani (dinar), (3.462 grams), Sidri Qapsi mint, year 926, (A.1317, Artuk 1568, M.1254, [£95]). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Buwayhid (Buyid) Coinage, Samsam al-Dawla Abu Kalinjar al-Marzuban, (A.H. 367-372) (A.D. 978-983), gold dinar, (4.4 grams), Suq al Ahwaz mint, A.H. 368 = A.D. 979, (A.1567). Full round flan, weak in places near complete legends, extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Buwayhid (Buyid) Coinage, Baha' al-Dawla Abu Nasr, (A.H. 379-403) (A.D. 989-1012), gold dinar, (4.4 grams), Suq al Ahwaz mint, A.H. 400 = A.D. 1012, (A.1573). Full round flan, complete legends, extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
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 dinars, (2, 6.8 grams), Ghazna mint, uncertain dates, and variants of this period 1074-1094, (A.1637, cf.SNA Tubingen 425 [basic type], cf.M.790 [basic type, values £125]). Weak in places, crudely struck as usual, otherwise nearly - very fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $400
SOLD $0
Ilkanids (Mongols of Persia), Local Coinage, First Period, Abaqa, (A.H. 665-680) (A.D. 1265-1282), gold dinar, Kashan mint, (4.01 grams), issued A.H. [679] (A.D. 1280-1), (A.2126.1, M.-). Clipped, otherwise good very fine and very rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Ilkanids (Mongols of Persia), Local Coinage, First Period, Abaqa, (A.H. 665-680) (A.D. 1265-1282), gold dinar, Uncertain mint, (6.26 grams), issued A.H. [6]7[X] (A.D. 1280-1), (A.2126.1, M.-). Weak around edge, a large and heavy flan, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Ilkanids (Mongols of Persia), Local Coinage, First Period, Abaqa, (A.H. 665-680) (A.D. 1265-1282), gold dinar, Yazd mint, (2.90 grams), issued A.H. 6[79] (A.D. 1280-1), (A.2126.1, M.-). Large and thin flan weak in places, otherwise very fine and very rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Timurids, Abu al Qasim Baber (Babur) ibn Baisunqur ibn Shah Rukh, (A.H. 851-861) (A.D. 1447-1457), silver tanka, (Firuzkuh) mint type, dated A.H. 860 = A.D. 1455-6, another not dated but struck over Shah Rukh from Kirman mint, A.H. 84X, (A.2420, cf.M.1970). Weak in places, otherwise very fine, and scarce. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
The Zands and Qajars Coinage, Nasir al-Din Shah (A.H. 1264-1313) (A.D 1848-1896), gold toman, Isfahan mint, A.H.1279 = A.D. 1862-3, (A.2921, KM.853). Unlisted and unpublished mint for date, weak in places, very fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Islamic and Roman, a small group including gold Fatimid Caliphate, quarter dinar of al-Hakim (386-411 A.H., A.D.996-1021), (A.710, scarce) probably Siqilliyah mint; a silver tanka of the Kara Koyunla c.1400; a fractional dirhem of Fatimid style; India, Sultans of Delhi, Muhammad (A.H.695-715, A.D.1296-1316) silver tanka (G&G D226), Delhi mint; Roman AE, Commodus (177-192), sestertius rev. Forutuna seated left; Zeno (474-491) nummus; Constantius II (337-361), follis (S.3998) Siscia mint; Maxentius (306-312), follis, Rome mint (RIC 258, S.3779). Very good - good fine. (8)
Estimate $80
SOLD $150