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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 $80
Egypt, Fatimids, al-Mustansir Billah, (AH 427-487, A.D. 1036-1094), gold tari, 14mm, (0.86 grams), SiqillŒyah (Palermo) mint, (A.722). Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Egypt, Mamluk Sultans, al-Zahir Sayf al din Jaqmaq, (A.H. 842-857) (A.D. 1438-1453), gold ashrafi or dinar, Cairo mint, date uncertain, (3.38 grams), obv. & rev. four lines of legend divided by three horizontal cables to left, (A.1006, Balog 736). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Egypt, Mamluk Sultans, al-Zahir abu Sa'id Khushqadam, (A.H. 865-872) (A.D. 1461-1467), gold ashrafi or dinar, Damascus mint, not dated, (3.43 grams), obv. & rev. four lines of legend divided by three horizontal cables to left, only two visible on each coin, with cartouche on obv., (A.1019, Balog 788). Very fine, scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Zangids (Sinjar), Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk), Qutb al-Din Muhammad. (AH 594-616, A.D. 1197-1219), copper dirhem AE 26, (11.61 grams), Sinjar mint, dated AH 596 (AD 1199/1200), obv. bareheaded, draped and cuirassed male Roman-style bust left, holding spear or sceptre over shoulder and shield, tamgha before, mint name and AH date around, rev. names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and Qutb al-Din Muhammad bin Zengi in five lines across field, name continued to right and left, Zengid tamgha in exergue, (A. 1880.2, S&S Type 81.1). Very fine with attractive green patina.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Salghurids of Fars, Queen Abisha bint Sa'id, (1265-1285), gold dinar (3.46 grams), Shiraz mint, dated AH 673 but off flan, (1274/5 AD), obv. Kalima with titles of Abisha, rev. legend citing Ilkhan overlord Abaqa, mint and date in margin, (A.1928, Mitchiner, ATEC 5841; MWI -). Off centred both sides, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $400
Passed in
Islamic, various silver used in the region of Israel, includes Mamluk-Ottoman types, mostly 13th - 17th century coins of various denominations. Good - fine. (7)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60