Catalogue
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.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Umayyad Caliphate, `Umar, (A.H. 99-101) (A.D. 717-720), silver anonymous dirham, Damascus mint, A.H. 100 = A.D. 718, (A.133, M.48, BMC 105, W. 377); another Hisham, (A.H. 105-125) (A.D. 724-743), silver anonymous dirham, Damascus mint, A.H. 106 = A.D. 725, (A.137, BMC 110, W.383). Very fine - good very fine, with rough edges. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
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
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 $180
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 $260
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 $450
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 $200
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, with ticket.
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
Islamic coins, a small group mostly in copper, including India, Bengal Presidency, Farrukhabad Mint Coinage, First period, 1806-1819, silver rupee, issued in the name of Shah Alam II, with frozen Regnal Year 45, (KM.69); other non Indian issues in silver (4), copper (31). Poor - good very fine. (36)
Estimate $80
SOLD $90