Catalogue
Ancient Roman coins, issues of the third and fourth century, including Severus Alexander, denarius in base metal, rev. ANNONA AVG, (S.7867); antonianii issues of Gallienus (S.10219); Tetricus I (S.11249 and 11256); Constantine I Aquileia mint, Rev. Sol, another Trier mint similar (S.3868); Constantine II, rev. two soldiers two standards, (S.3951) (3); another rev. campgate (S.3947). Mostly very fine or better. (10)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Ancient Roman and Byzantine coins, an accumulation of issues from 1st - 6th century includes sestertii and fractions, folles etc. (total weight 970 grams). Mostly poor, some very good - fine. (100's)
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Caligula, (A.D. 37-41), Paduan cast medal, after Giovanni Cavino, (20.3 grams), obv. laureate head of Caligula to left, around C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, rev. The three sisters, AGRIPPINA DRVSILLA IVLIA around, S C in exergue, (Lawrence 9, Klawans 2); Claudius, (A.D. 41-54), Paduan cast medal, after Giovanni Cavino, (21.8 grams), obv. laureate head of emperor Claudius to right, around TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M T R P IMP P P, rev. Triumphal arch surmounted by the equestrian statue of Drusus between two trophies, across S C, around NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMAN IMP, (Lawrence 14, Klawans 3). Fine or better. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Anastasius I, (A.D. 491-518), AE follis (large module), issued 512-517, Constantinople mint, (16.916 grams), obv. diademed draped bust to r., DN ANASTA SIVS AVC, rev. M over mintmark, CON, Officina B, stars either side cross above M, (S.19, DOC 23b, BMC 20-22, R.335). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Byzantine, a small collection in mixed condition of folles from Constantinople mint unless stated, Anastasius I, off E., (S.19); Justin I, off E (S.62); Justinian I, Antioch mint, (S.216); Phocas, year 5 (S.640); Phocas, Antioch mint, year 3 and year 6, (S.671); Heraclius, Nicomedia mint, (S.833); anonymous issues of Romanus III (S.1823); Constantine X, (S.1854); half follis Justinian I, (S.164); Phocas, Alexandria mint, twelve nummi (S.679). Fair - fine. (11)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Anonymous Byzantine and named issues, AE folles, from Heraclius (S.833), Romanus I (S.1760), Constantine X (S.1854), Michael VII (S.1878), Manuel I trachy, anonymous issues John I - Alexius I, generally obv. Christ, rev. legends etc. includes, (S.1793, 1813, 1823), etc. With dirt encrustation as hoard patina, very good - very fine. (32)
Estimate $250
SOLD $250
Vandals, Semi-Autonomous copper coinage of Carthage, Hilderic, (A.D. 530-533), AE four nummi, (1.126 grams), obv. bust to left, rev. N over IIII, (Hahn MIB I 20, Grierson & Blackburn MEC 51-53, BMC 12-14 [Pl.I, 17-18]). Light brown patina, very good/very fine, very scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $120
Ostrogoths, Municipal Coinage of Ravenna, (A.D. 536-554), AE ten nummi (decanummium), (2.012 grams), obv. bust of Ravenna to right, around traces of legend, FELIX AVENNA, rev. monogram of Ravenna all within wreath, (Hahn MIB I 72a, Grierson & Blackburn MEC 145-150, BMC 36-38 [Pl.XIV, 10-12]). Light brown patina, good fine/very fine, very scarce.
Estimate $120
SOLD $140
Umayyad, Yazid II, (A.H. 101-105) (A.D. 720-724), gold dinar, anonymous dinar, no mint name (but probably Damascus mint), dated A.H. 103 = A.D. 721-722, (A.134, BMC 28, W.220). Full flan, good extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $600
SOLD $500
Abbasid, al-Mansur, (A.H. 136-158) (A.D. 754-775), gold dinar, no mint, A.H. 149 = A.D. 766-767, (A.212, cf.BMC 16, Paris 593). Nearly very fine and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $350
Abbasid, al-Rashid, (A.H. 170-193) (A.D. 786-809), gold dinar, no mint name but struck at Misr, (Fustat in Egypt), A.H. 192 = A.D. 808, with the additional name of "li'l-Khalifa" (for the Caliph), on the reverse, (A.218, BMC 160, Paris 769). Has been clipped, otherwise good fine the date reasonably certain.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Abbasid, al-Muqtadir, (A.H. 295-320) (A.D. 908-932), gold dinar, Suq al Ahwaz mint (in Khuzistan), A.H. 318, = A.D. 930, with additional field inscriptions, dot above on obverse, on the reverse, below "Al Muqtadir" (caliph), above "li-'Ilah" (to Allah), (A.245, BMC 411, cf.M.240 [silver dirhem of 308]). Weak in places, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $0
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 $280
SOLD $0
Abbasid, al-Musta'sim, (A.H. 640-656) (A.D. 1242-1258), multiple gold dinar (7.02 grams), with caliph's name, Madinat al Salam mint (Baghdad mint), A.H. 642 = A.D. 1244-1245, with additional field inscriptions, (cf.A.275, BMC 505, Lavoix 1320-1322, cf.M.266-7). Weak in places with clipped flans, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $0
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. and 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 $350
SOLD $280
Buwayhid (Buyid), `Abud al-Dawla Abu Shuja`, (338-372 A.H.; A.D. 949-982), silver dirham, Shiraz mint, 360 (971), (A.1550); Khwarizmshahs (Anushtegind), `Ala al-Din Muhammad, (596-617 A.H.; A.D. 1200-1220), silver dirham, [Ghazna] mint, date off flan (1213-1220), (cf.SNA Tubingen 597-607, A.1715); another of `Ala al-Din Muhammad, (596-617 A.H.; A.D. 1200-1220), copper jital, [Ghazna mint], not dated (1200-1220), (A.1726); Chaghatayid Khans, Kibak Khan, (718-726 A.H.; A.D. 1318-1326), silver sixth dinar, Bukhara mint, undated c.722-724 (1322-5), (A.1989). Mostly fine - very fine, several scarce. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Ghaznavid, Mahmud b.Sebuktegin, (388-421 A.H.; A.D. 998-1030), gold dinar, Herat mint, year 395 (A.D. 1005), (A.1607). Very fine, bent and weak in places.
Estimate $220
SOLD $0
Ghaznavids, Mahmud b. Sebukt-egin as Yemin al-dawla, (A.H. 388-421) (A.D. 998-1030), silver four dirhams, Anderaba mint, A.H. 389 = A.D. 999, (A.1608, M.766); Arab-Sassanian issue, silver hemidrachm of the Muslim successors of Tabaristan by anonymous Arab ruler, with "Afzut (strong)" instead of governors name, (PYE 123-143, A.H. 158-178, A.D. 774-794), year 136, (A.D. 787). Nearly very fine, weak in places; extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $60
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), 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 ú125]). Weak in places, crudely struck as usual, otherwise nearly very fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $400
SOLD $0
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)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
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), in name of al-Mustanjid on right side of obverse, (A.1827.5, M.1030, S/S 30.1, Edham 37, BMC 383); another copper dirham, pictorial type, no mint or date, obv. diademed male busts facing, rev. Virgin r., Byzantine emperor on l., legend around, (A.1827.3, M.1027, S/S 28, Edham 31-33, BMC 372-4). Very fine or better. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Salghurids, Abish bint Sa'd (Queen), (A.H. 663-684) (A.D. 1265-1285), gold dinar (usually 6 grams or heavier this example 6.350 grams, probably Shiraz mint, issued c.A.H. 674 = A.D. 1275, (A.1928, cf.BMC Vol.IX 688f). Off centred both sides and missing much of the circular legend, otherwise extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $250
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 $250
Ilkanids (Mongols of Persia), Uljaytu b. Arghun, (703-716 A.H.; A.D. 1304-1316), silver two dirhams, al-Mawsil mint, type B, dated 710 (1310), (A.2184); another silver two dirhams, Kashan mint, type C, dated 714 (1314-5), (Yapi Kredi 374, A.2188); Abu Sa'id, Bahadur b.Uljaytu, (716-736 A.H.; A.D. 1316-1335), silver six dirhams, Damighan mint, type H, dated Kh33 = 734-5 (1334), (A.2217); another silver two dirhams, Baghdad mint, type F, dated 724 (1324-1325), (A.2210); another Tabriz mint, type F, dated 725 (1325-1326), (A.2210); Rival Khans, Queen Sati Beg, (739 A.H.; A.D. 1338-1339), silver two dirhams, Tabriz mint, type A, dated 739 (1338), (A.2231). Mostly very fine or better. (6)
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
The Walids, Amir of Astarabad, Amir Wali, (A.H. 757-788) (A.D. 1356-1386), silver six dirhems, Astarabad mint, A.H. 778 = A.D. 1376-1377, (A.2343, cf.M.1873-4). Flat in places, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
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)
Estimate $120
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); Abu al Ghazi Hosayn (Husein) Baiqara (Bayqara), (A.H. 873-911) (A.D. 1469-1506), silver tanka, First Reform type, Astarabad mint, dated A.H. 896 = A.D. 1490-1491, (A.2432, cf.M.1970). Weak in places, otherwise very fine, and scarce. (3)
Estimate $140
SOLD $80
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Selim III (A.H. 1203-1222, A.D. 1789-1807), silver yuzluk, years 7 and 17; (KM.507). Fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Ancient India, punched marked coinage, Magadha, Mauryan and other Empires, (400-100 B.C.), punch marked mostly square shaped issues, silver karshapana, usually with set of five punch marked symbols on the obverse, both with additional marks on the reverse. Mostly fine - very fine. (31)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Ancient, Kaushambi (c.200 BC), cast copper coins (4), obv. bold lanky bull type, rev tree and other symbols (M.4588-4591). Fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120