Catalogue
Arab Sasanian prototype issue, Khusru II (A.D. 590 - 627), silver drachm or dirhem, (4.116 grams), DA = Darabgird mint, dated year 36 (?) (A.D. 626), with word 'praise' in outer margin, (cf.W. alpha [p.2, Plate I, alpha); cf.M.21; Sellwood type 62; Gobl 214). Nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Umayyad Caliphate, Ibrahim, (A.H. 126-127) (A.D. 744), silver anonymous dirham, Wasit mint, A.H. 127 = A.D. 744, (A.140). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Abbasids, al-Amin, (A.H. 193-198) (A.D. 809-813), gold dinar, no mint but probably Misr (Fustat in Egypt), with additional legends on the reverse 'li'l Khalifa Al-Amin', (for the caliph Al-Amin), A.H.195 = A.D. 810-811, (A.220, BMC 233). Good very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $220
SOLD $210
Abbasids, al-Mu'tazz, (A.H. 251-255) (A.D. 866-869), gold dinar, as-Shash Mint (Tashkent), A.H. 253 = A.D. 868, with additional field inscriptions on the reverse and 'li-Ilah' (to Allah) and 'Al-Mu'tazz', (the caliph's name), (A.235, BMC 342e). Nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
Abbasids, al-Radi, (A.H. 322-329) (A.D. 934-940), gold dinar, Tustar min al-Ahwaz Mint (Shustar in Khuzistan), A.H. 323 = A.D. 934-5, with additional field inscriptions on the reverse, (A.254, BMC -). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
Abbasids, al-Radi, (A.H. 322-329) (A.D. 934-940), gold dinar, Tustar min al-Ahwaz Mint (Shustar in Khuzistan), A.H. 323 = A.D. 934-5, with additional field inscriptions on the reverse, (A.254, BMC -). Good fine, weak in places and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
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 $350
SOLD $0
Morocco, Maghrib coinage, The Sharifs of Morocco, Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad, (A.H. 986-1012) (A.D. 1578-1604), gold dinar, Al-Kitaoua mint, A.H. 1006 = A.D. 1598, obv. & rev. five lines of legend in square, with various legends in outer corners of the field, (A.565, cf.KM.3 [Marrakesh mint]). Very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $500
Ikhshidids, Abu'l-Qasim, (A.H. 334-349) (A.D. 946-961), gold dinar, Misr mint (Cairo, Egypt), A.H. 340 = A.D. 951-952, with additional field inscriptions, (A.676, cf.M.537). Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Ikhshidids, Abu'l-Qasim, (A.H. 334-349) (A.D. 946-961), gold dinar, Misr mint (Cairo, Egypt), A.H. 342 = A.D. 953-954, with additional field inscriptions, (A.676, cf.M.537). Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $240
Ikhshidids, Abu'l-Qasim, (A.H. 334-349) (A.D. 946-961), gold dinar, Misr mint (Cairo, Egypt), A.H. 348 = A.D. 959-960, with additional field inscriptions, (A.676, cf.M.537). Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Fatamids, al-Hakim Abu al'Ali Al Mansur, (A.H. 386-411) (A.D. 996-1021), gold dinar, Misr mint (Cairo mint), (4.268 grams), A.H. 391 = A.D. 1000-1001, (A.709, cf.BMC 73, cf.M.553, cf.Miles 141). Bent, otherwise nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $240
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 $300
SOLD $140
Mamluk, al Mansur Salah al-Din Muhammad II, (A.H. 762-764) (A.D. 1361-1363), gold dinar, (7.81 grams), Damascus mint, (Syria), A.H. [763] = A.D. 1361-1362, date and mint off flan, obv. & rev. five lines of legend with various symbols in the field, (A.952, Balog 380). Extremely fine and very scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $380
Samanids, Nuh I ibn Nasr, (A.H. 331-343) (A.D. 943-954), gold dinar, Nishapur mint (Naisabur in Khorasan), A.H. 337 = A.D. 948-949, citing Caliph al Mashriq, (A.1454, cf.M.675). Good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
Buwayhid (Buyid) Coinage, Rukn al-Dawla al-Hasan b. Buwayh, (A.H. 335-366) (A.D. 947-977), gold dinar, al-Muhammadiyah mint, (Ravy), A.H. 355 = A.D. 965-6, (A.1546). Full round flan, weak in places, nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
Ghaznavids, Ibrahim, (Zahir al daulah), (A.H. 451-492) (A.D. 1059-1099), gold dinar, Ghazna mint, struck in yellow gold, A.H. 45X = A.D. 1060's, (A.1637, cf.M.790). Weak in places, otherwise nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $0
Artuqids of Mardin, Husam al-Din Yulug Arslam, (A.H. 580-597) (A.D. 1184-1201), copper dirham, pictorial type, no mint or date, obv. Large Roman style head to l., facing smaller Byzantine bust, rev. four lined legend, (A.1829, M.1035-6, S/S 34, Edham 47, BMC 405-8). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
Ilkanids (Mongols of Persia), Local Coinage, First Period, Abaqa, (A.H. 665-680) (A.D. 1265-1282), gold dinar, [Yazd mint], (3.720 grams), issued A.H. [679 (A.D. 1280-1), (A.2126.1, M.-). Short on flan with outer legends missing otherwise good very fine/nearly extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $0
Walid, Amir of Astarabad, Amir Wali, (A.H. 757-788) (A.D. 1356-1386), silver six dirhams, Astarabad mint, dated 775 (AD 1374), (A.2343.2). Nearly extremely fine, and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $50