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Lot 3353 Sale 85 Islamic and Medieval

Arab-Sassanian prototype issue, Khusru II (A.D. 590 - 627), silver drachm or dirhem, (4.06 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). As struck, good extremely fine and very scarce.

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Lot 3354 Sale 85 Islamic and Medieval

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.

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Lot 3355 Sale 85 Islamic and Medieval

Abbasid Caliphate, al-Mahdi, (A.H. 158-169) (A.D. 775-785), gold dinar, no mint, A.H. 165 = A.D. 781-782, (A.214, M.156-7). Field scratch, otherwise very fine and scarce.

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Lot 3356 Sale 85 Islamic and Medieval

Ghaznavids, Mahmud ibn Sabuktakin, (A.H. 388-421) (A.D. 998-1030), gold dinar, Herat mint, struck in better coloured gold, A.H. 407 = A.D. 1016-1017, (A.1607, cf.M.758). Weak in places, otherwise good fine and rare.

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Lot 3357 Sale 85 Islamic and Medieval

Khwarizmshahs, 'Ala al-Din Muhammad, (A.H. 596-617) (A.D.1200-1220), silver dirham, probably Davar mint, not dated, inscription inside square within circle, (5.22 grams), (A.1718); Jalayrid, Shaykh Oweys ibn Hasan Buzurg, (A.H. 757-776) (A.D. 1356-1374), silver dinar, Baghdad mint uncertain date (c.762-773), (2.12 grams), (A.2298.2, cf.M.1738); Jalal al din (Sultan) Husayn I ibn Oweys, (A.H. 776-784) (A.D. 1374-1382), silver dinar, Baghdad mint, (2.76 grams), issued from 777-783, (A.2306.3); Ilkhans, (Mongols of Persia), Abu Sa`id, (A.H. 716-736) (A.D. 1316-1335), silver two dirhams, type F, Tabriz mint, dated 725 (AD 1325), (3.59 grams) (illustrated) (A.2210); Tunisia, Ottoman, Mahmud I (A.H.1143-1168, A.D. 1730-1754), (1.16 grams), silver Kharub, year 1167 =1753-4, (illustrated) (KM.46). Fine - extremely fine and several scarce. (5)

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Lot 3358 Sale 85 Islamic and Medieval

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, with ticket.

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Lot 3359 Sale 85 Islamic and Medieval

Timurid, Shahrukh, (A.H. 807-850) (A.D. 1405-1447), silver quarter tanka, Herat mint, not dated, (1.22 grams), (A.2407); copper fals or adliya, Bukhara mint, partial date 932 = 1429 AD, (6.29 grams) (A.2409); silver tanka, Sultaniyah mint, c.A.H. 840 = A.D. 1436-7, but date off flan, (5.07 grams) (A.2405, cf.M.1929), another Tabriz mint, date off flan, (5.06 grams) (A.2405); Sultan Mahmud, (A.H. 873-900) (A.D. 1465-1495), post-reform period, Hisar mint, (4.77 grams), year 897 = 1492, (illustrated) (A.2454.2, notes as Rare). Fine - very fine, last rare. (5)

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Lot 3360 Sale 85 Islamic and Medieval

Antioch, Bohemond III, majority (1163-1201), billon helmet deniers, obv. +BOAMUNDUS, helmeted head left, between crescent and star, rev. +ANTIOCHIA, cross pattee with crescent in first angle, Class B (cf. MPS 65-70a [pp.214-216], Metcalf 368-371, 377-391, [Pls.16]). Very fine or better. (2)

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Lot 3361 Sale 85 Islamic and Medieval

Tripoli, Bohemond VI (1251-1275), AR half gros, obv. +BOEMVNDVS: COMES, cross in pierced quatrefoil, rev. +CIVITAS:TRIPOLI, dots between letters, eight pointed star in tressure of arcs (MPS 23 [p.174], Metcalf 495-496 [Pl.20]). Lightly toned, good very fine, very scarce.

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Lot 3362 Sale 85 Islamic and Medieval

Principality of Achaea, William of Villehardouin (1245- 1278) and successors, Charles I (1278-1285) Charles II of Anjou (1285-1289) and Isabelle of Villehardouin (1297-1301), billon deniers tournoises, Clarentza mint, obv. G. PRINCE ACh or variants for each ruler, cross patt‚e rev. DE CLARENTIA or var. Chƒtel tournois, (MPS 8 [p.358 and onwards], Metcalf 922, 942, 962). Very fine, the Charles I - II denier is scarce. (3)

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Lot 3363 Sale 85 Islamic and Medieval

Principality of Achaea, Philip of Savoy (1301-1306) and successors, Philip or Taranto (1306-1313), Maud or Mahaut of Hainault (1316-1321), billon deniers tournoises, obv. Ph'S. D. SAB.P.AChE or var., cross patt‚e rev. DE CLARENCIA or var. Chƒtel tournois, (MPS 18 [p.362 and onwards], Metcalf 973, 979, 1005). Good fine to very fine. (3)

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