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Islamic Coin Auction 23 Thursday, 6 December 2012

Venue:

CIPFA The Council Chamber 3 Robert Street Adelphi London WC2N 6BH

1.30 pm precisely

Baldwin's Celebrating 140 Years A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd 11 Adelphi Terrace London WC2N 6BJ Tel: +44 (0)20 7930 9808 Fax: +44 (0)20 7930 9450 email: auctions@baldwin.co.uk website: www.baldwin.co.uk

Arabian Coins and Medals (LLC) P O Box 30450 Dubai United Arab Emirates Tel: 00971 4 2246 400 Fax: 00971 4 2226 288

Date of Sale:

Thursday 6 December 2012 One Session 1.30 pm

Public View:

Thursday 6 December 2012 A H Baldwin and Sons Ltd 11 Adelphi Terrace, London WC2N 6BJ

Lots 1-600

10.00 am - 1.30 pm Viewing at all other times by appointment at 11 Adelphi Terrace during the preceding one week 9.30 am - 4.00 pm, Monday to Friday Order of Sale:

Arab Sasanian / Arab Tabaristan

Lots 1-50

Umayyad

Lots 51-142

Kharijite / Abbasid Revolutionary / Abbasid

Lots 143-290

Amirs of Zabid / Idrisid / Hudid of Murcia / Aghlabid / Zirid of Qayrawan

Lots 291-304

Al-Murabitid / Al-Muwahhid / Hafsid / Ziyanid / Tulunid / Ikhshidid

Lots 305-337

Fatimid / Fatimid Partisan

Lots 338-387

Hamdanid / Burid / Ayyubid / Crusader Imitation

Lots 388-416

Bahri Mamluk / Burji Mamluk / Sulayhid

Lots 417-423

Ottoman

Lots 424-449

Rassid / Amirs of the Yemen / Amirs of ‘Aththar / Ziyadid

Lots 450-488

Najahid / Sulayhid / Zurayhid

Lots 489-515

Governors of Oman / Wajihid / Mukramid / Banu Mismar / Rasulid

Lots 516-525

Seljuq of Rum / Tahirid / Khujistanid / Dulafid / Samanid

Lots 526-535

Banijurid / Sajids of Azerbaijan / Qarakhanid / ‘Alid of Tabaristan

Lots 536-539

Buwayhid / Julandid / Kakwayhid / Ghaznavid

Lots 540-551

Great Seljuq / Seljuqs of Iraq / Zangid of Mosul / Juchid/Golden Horde

Lots 552-557

Ilkhan / Aq Qoyunlu / Timurid / Safavid / Qajar

Lots 558-579

Ghurid / Khans of Khiva / Afghanistan

Lots 580-582

Banknotes (Afghanistan)

Lots 583-600

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Currency:

Pounds Sterling (GBP)

Buyer’s Premium:

20% (plus VAT)

Catalogue Editor: Cataloguers: Consultant: Design and Layout: Photography:

André de Clermont André de Clermont, Graham Byfield Robert Darley-Doran Seth Freeman Laurent Stainvurcel

Arab Sasanian

Khusraw II type, Silver Drachm, GW = (Qumm) 35, 3.23g (A 4). About extremely fine, rare. £250-300

Khusraw II type, Silver Drachm, Šy = unlocated mint 31, 4.04g (Walker -; A 4). Good very fine, rare. £250-300

‘Abd Allah b. Amir (c.41-45h), Silver Drachm, NHR= Nahr Tira? 20, 3.34g (Walker p.5; Dam 2; A 7). Good very fine, rare. £300-350

Khusraw II type, Silver Drachm, WYH = Bihqubad 35, 3.91g (A 4). About extremely fine, rare. £300-350

‘Abd Allah b. Amir, Silver Drachm, BYSH = Bishapur 44, name transposed, 3.73g (Walker p.47: 69; A 6). Extremely fine. £600-800

Khusraw II type, Silver Drachm, WYH = Bihqubad 37, 3.78g (A 4). Cleaned, small edge chip at 12 o’clock, about extremely fine, rare. £250-300

Mu’awiya b. Abi Sufyan (41-60h), Silver Drachm, DA = Darabjird 43, 3.48g (Walker p.26: B.3; A 14). Clipped, very fine and rare. £100-120

Yazdigird III type, Silver Drachm, MR = Marw 20, 3.89g (Walker, Arab-Sassanian, p.3.1; Album Checklist 2). Very fine, very rare. £350-400

Khusraw II type, Silver Drachm, BYSH = Bishapur 25, with Walker countermark 2, 3.32g (Walker p.6: ANS 1; A 4). Good very fine. £150-200

Khusraw II type, Silver Drachm, DA = Darabjird 30, 3.81g (Walker p.10: 14; A 4). Good very fine. £120-150

Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan (45-54h), Silver Drachm, NY = Nihawand? 52, 2.55g (A 8). Clipped, good very fine. £200-250

‘Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad (54-64h), Silver Drachm, BH = Bihqubad 61, 3.83g (Walker p.55; I 27; A 12). About extremely fine. £250-300

Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, Silver Drachm, DA = Darabjird 43, 4.17g (Walker p.40: 58; A 8). Good very fine. £120-150

‘Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, Silver Drachm, TSFWN = Tisfun 63, 4.05g (Walker p.72; B 19; A 12). Extremely fine and extremely rare. £800-1000

Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, Silver Drachm, DAP = Fasa 43, 4.15g (Walker p.42: 61; A 8). Good very fine. £120-150

‘Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, Silver Drachm, GD = Jayy 67, 4.15g (A 12). Extremely fine. £120-150

‘Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, Silver Drachm, AYRAN = Hulwan (?) 30, 2.34g (Walker p.53; I 23; A 12a). Clipped, about extremely fine, rare. £300-350

‘Ubayd Allah (b. Ziyad), Silver Drachm AKWLA = al-Kufa (Aqola) 56, 3.39g (unrecorded variety without mention of his father’s name; cf Walker p.74: O7). Good very fine and very rare. £500-600

Samura b. Jundab (53-54h), Silver Drachm DA = Darabjird 43, 3.82g (Walker p.46; Mlb rar; A 9). Heavy surface scratching and artificially toned, good very fine, very rare. £250-300

al-Hakam b. Abi’l-’As (c.54-58h), Silver Drachm NAR = Narmashir 57, 2.95g (cf Walker p.86; ETN 17; A 11). Clipped, very fine, rare. £300-350

Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, Silver Drachm, DA = Darabjird 46 or 49, 3.72g (Walker p.63 -; A 12). About extremely fine. £120-150

Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, Silver Drachm, NY = Nihawand? 57, 2.97g (Walker p.66: ETN.13; A 12). Clipped, very fine. £150-200

‘Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr (60-73h), Silver Drachm, YZ = Yazid, date unclear, 3.99g (cf Walker p.32; M 20; A 15). Good very fine, rare. £300-350

‘Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, Silver Drachm, TART = Tawwaj 67, 3.78g (A 15). Very fine, rare. £300-350

‘Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, Silver Drachm, KRMAN = Kirman 66, 3.92g (Walker p.32: B6; A 16). Very fine. £200-250

‘Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, Silver Drachm, KRMAN-NAR 67, 2.70g (Walker p.31: J.1; A 16). Clipped, very fine. £120-150

‘Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, Silver Drachm, ST = Istakhr 66, 3.16g (Walker p.36: RB 5; A 16). Very fine. £120-150

‘Abd al-Malik b. ‘Abd Allah (66-67h), Silver Drachm, BYSh = Bishapur 66, 4.03g (Walker p.97: Sch 5; A 20). Extremely fine. £350-400

‘Umar b. ‘Ubayd Allah (c.67-70h), Silver Drachm, BYSH = Bishapur 68h, 3.92g (Walker p.99: 195; A 21). About extremely fine. £150-200

Muqatil b. Misma’ (72-73h), Silver Drachm, BYSh = Bishapur 73, 2.89g, obv twice countermarked (Walker p.105: 208, countermark 464(?); A 22). Coin very fine, the countermarks extremely fine. £400-450

Humran b. Aban (72h), Silver Drachm, ART = Adashir Khurra 72, 2.58g (Walker p.110: Cam 13; A 23). Clipped, good very fine, very rare. £600-800

Khalid b. ‘Abd Allah (73-75h), Silver Drachm, BIJRA =Basra 75h, 3.95g (Walker p.109:SO.1; A 24). About extremely fine, rare. £400-450

Khalid b. Ali Khalid (83h), Silver Drachm, GD = Jayy 83h, 4.10g (A A40). About extremely fine and extremely rare. £800-1000

Anonymous, Copper Fals/Pashiz, Janusoid bust before face Abzay, rev bull, 0.64g (Gyselin ArabSassanian Copper 6; A 44). About fine, rare. £120-150

Anonymous, Copper Fals/Pashiz, ST = Istakhr undated, ruler’s bust to left, 17mm, 2.37g (Gyselin 26; A C46). Very fine, rare. £150-200

Anonymous, Copper Fals/Pashiz, ST = Istakhr undated, ruler’s bust to left, 2.13g (Gyselin 26; A C46). About very fine and rare. £100-120

‘Abd Allah b. Umayya (75-77h), Silver Drachm, SK = Sistan 75h, 3.22g (A 30). Corroded jagged edge, surface erosion in places on both sides and faint traces of copper, suggesting a plated coin (possibly a contemporary imitation), about very fine and very rare. £300-350

‘Abd Allah b. Umayya, Silver Drachm, SK = Sistan 76h, 3.71g (A 30). Surface erosion in places on both sides and faint traces of copper, suggesting a plated coin (possibly a contemporary imitation), good very fine, rare. £350-400

Anonymous, possibly Kharijite, Silver Drachm, TART = Tawwaj 76h, 3.88g (A 34). Extremely fine and excessively rare. £2000-2500

Anonymous, Copper Fals/Pashiz, SUS = Susa undated, ruler’s bust to right, 19.5mm, 1.93g (Gyselin 37). About very fine and rare. £150-200

‘Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, Copper Fals/Pashiz, ST = Istakhr 62, 3.18g (Gyselin 63). Irregular flan, very fine and extremely rare. £300-350

al-Walid, Copper Fals/Pashiz, ST = Istakhr undated, 0.99g (Gyselin 64). About very fine, rare. £120-150

Anonymous, Copper Fals/Pashiz, probably Bishapur or Istakhr undated, obv bust to right, rev fire altar, 0.69g (Gyselin 66). Very fine. £100-120

al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf (Viceroy of the East 7595h), Copper Fals/Pashiz, obv radial kalima, rev standing figure to right, 0.57g (Gyselin 79; A B37). About fine, very rare. £100-120

Anonymous, Copper Fals/Pashiz, obv two facing Byzantine busts, rev cross on steps, 0.47g (Gyselin 85; A 43A). Fine, very rare. £120-150

Anonymous, Copper Fals/Pashiz, obv two facing Byzantine busts, rev cross on steps, 0.80g (Gyselin 85; A 43A). About fine, very rare. £120-150

Anonymous, Copper Fals/Pashiz, obv crude crowned figures, rev grotesque representation of a gorgon’s (?) facing head, 0.70g (type unpublished in major references). Fine, extremely rare. £200-250

Yusuf b. ‘Umar al-Thaqafi (Governor of Iraq 119-126h), Copper Fals/Pashiz, obv Janusoid bust, rev kalima, 1.49g (Gyselin 125; A T42). Very fine and extremely rare. £200-250

Arab Tabaristan

Jarir (786-788h), Silver Hemi-Drachm, Tipurstan 135 PYE = 170h, obv name in margin, 1.63g (A 64). Extremely fine, rare. £100-120

Jarir, Silver Hemi-Drachm, Tipurstan 137 PYE = 172h, 1.80g (Walker p.145: C.8; A 63). Extremely fine, rare. £100-120

Umayyad

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik (65-86h), Gold Dinar, no mint 79h, 4.26g, Lustrous, good extremely fine. £350-400

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Gold Dinar, no mint 80h, 4.28g. Lustrous, good extremely fine. £350-400

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, al-Basra 79h, 2.76g (Klat 168). Good very fine, scarce. £250-300

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Darabjird 79h, 2.53g (Klat 288). Broken and repaired with resulting edge chip, good very fine and very rare. £500-600

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Dimashq 79h, 2.66g (Klat 323). Very fine. £150-200

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Sabur 79h, 2.68g (Klat 415). About very fine, rare. £500-600

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Gold Dinar, no mint 82h, 4.26g. About extremely fine. £300-350

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Gold Dinar, no mint 84h, 4.24g. Edge filing at 4 o’clock and edge knock at 11 o’clock, both on obverse, otherwise extremely fine. £250-300

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Gold Dinar, no mint 85h, 4.23g. Extremely fine, a rare date. £600-800

Anonymous, temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Abarqubadh 79h, 2.60g (Klat 15, 1 refernce). Very fine and extremely rare. £10,000-12,000

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, al-Kufa 79h, 2.34g (Klat 540). Mint graffiti in reverse field, good very fine and very rare. £2500-3000

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Fasa 80h (Klat 511). Tiny edge clip, black staining between 4 and 8 o’clock on both sides rim, otherwise very fine and very rare. £2500-3000

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Junday Sabur 80h, 2.73g (Klat 235). Good very fine, rare. £400-500

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, al-Jisr 81h, 2.69g (Klat 231). Very fine, rare. £1000-1200

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Surraq 80h, 2.82g (Klat 461). Good very fine, rare. £500-600

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Junday Sabur 81h, 2.76g (Klat 236). Good very fine and rare. £400-500

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Suq alAhwaz 80h, 2.90g (Klat 484). Extremely fine and rare. £1000-1200

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Jayy 81h, 2.89g (Klat 255). Extremely fine. £350-400

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Mah alBasra 80h, 2.88g (Klat 551). About extremely fine. £600-800

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, al-Furat 81h, 2.57g (Klat 503). Very fine, rare. £400-500

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Maysan 80h, 2.75g (Klat 629). Very fine, rare. £500-600

Anonymous, temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Marw 81h, 2.86g (Klat 583). Very fine. £200-250

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Shaqq alTaymara 82h, 2.28g (Klat 204.2). Stained, extremely fine, rare. £350-400

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Jayy 82h, 2.61g (Klat 256, different dies). Good very fine, rare. £400-450

temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Manadhir 91h, 2.91g (Klat 615). Good extremely fine. £100-120

temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Abarshahr 92h, 2.91g (Klat 6). Crimped, very fine. £150-200

temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Abarshahr 92h, 2.71g (Klat 6b). Good very fine, rare. £300-350

temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Darabjird 92h, 2.91g (Klat 293). Extremely fine. £100-120

temp. ‘Abd al-Malik/al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, blundered mint name but die-linked to the Dimashq issue of the same year 86h, 2.81g (Klat 340 var). Good very fine and very rare. £800-1000

temp. al-Walid I (86-96h), Gold Dinar, no mint, 87h, 4.25g. Lustrous, extremely fine. £300-350

temp. al-Walid I, Gold Thulth or ⅓-Dinar, no mint, 92h, 1.40g. Minor graffiti, good very fine, rare. £500-600

Anonymous, temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Sarakhs 92h, 2.18g (Klat 452). Clipped, very fine and rare. £200-250

temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, al-Sus 90h, 2.86g (Klat 477). Very fine. £120-150

temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Surraq 93h, 2.96g (Klat 467). Extremely fine. £200-250

temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Kirman 93h, rev countermarked “ayn”, 2.80g (Klat 525). Coin and countermark good very fine, very rare. £600-800

temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Sarakhs 95h, 2.18g (Klat 455.a, one example recorded). Very fine and very rare. £600-800

temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Ramhurmuz 94h, 2.88g (Klat 387). About extremely fine. £200-250

temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Sarakhs 95h, 2.66g (Klat 455.b). Good very fine. £300-350

temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Abarshahr 95h, 2.89g (Klat 9a). Extremely fine, rare. £400-500

temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, al-Furat 95h, 2.92g (Klat 507). About extremely fine. £150-200

temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Abarshahr 95h, 2.90g (Klat 9b) Minor weakness in striking but extremely fine, scarce. £400-500

94 † temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Maysan 95h, 2.85g (Klat 633). Very fine. £400-500

temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Bizamqubadh 95h, 2.78g (Klat 166). Very fine, rare. £400-500

temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Rayy 95h, 2.91g (Klat 404). Good extremely fine. £150-200

temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Nahr Tira 95h, 2.91g (Klat 646). Extremely fine. £150-200

temp. al-Walid I/Suleyman, Gold Dinar, no mint 96h, 4.13g. Traces of lustre, about extremely fine. £250-300

103

temp. Sulayman, Silver Dirham, Sijistan 97h, 2.84g (Klat 439). Extremely fine. £250-300

temp. Sulayman, Silver Dirham, Abarshahr 97h, 2.88g (Klat 11). Extremely fine and very rare. £2000-2500

104

temp. Sulayman, Silver Dirham, Maysan 97h, (Klat 635). Small edge bend, good very fine and very rare. £4000-5000

100

temp. Sulayman, Silver Dirham, Ardashir Khurra 97h, 2.89g (Klat 41). Good very fine. £100-120

105 † temp. Sulayman, Silver Dirham, al-Rayy 98h, 2.81g (Klat 407). Very fine. £200-250

101

temp. Sulayman, Silver Dirham, Junday Sabur 97h, 2.69g (Klat 245). Good very fine and very rare. £800-1000

102

temp. Sulayman, Silver Dirham, Jayy 97h, 2.93g (Klat 265). Good very fine, rare. £250-400

temp. al-Walid I/Sulayman, Silver Dirham, alTaymara 96h, 2.90g (Klat 212). About extremely fine. £150-200

temp. Suleyman (96-99h), Gold Dinar, no mint 97h, 4.28g. Lustrous, good extremely fine. £300-350

106

temp. Sulayman, Silver Dirham, Sarakhs 98h, 2.82g (Klat 458). Very fine, very rare. £500-600

107

temp. Sulayman/‘Umar II, Silver Dirham, Marw 99h, 2.90g (Klat 596 b.2). Extremely fine. £120-150

108

temp. ‘Umar II (99-101h), Silver Dirham, Dimashq 100h, 2.95g (Klat 344). Extremely fine. £80-100

109

temp. ‘Umar II, Silver Dirham, Kirman 100h, 2.86g (Klat 531). Very fine, scarce. £150-200

110

temp. ‘Umar/Yazid II, Gold Thulth or ⅓-Dinar, no mint 101h, 1.38g. A sharp well-centred strike, good very fine and very rare. £1200-1500

111

temp. ‘Umar II/Yazid II, Silver Dirham, Dimashq 101h, 2.74g (Klat 345). Extremely fine and a scarce date. £120-150

112 † temp. ‘Umar II/Yazid II, Silver Dirham, Kirman 101h, 2.92g (Klat 532). Lightly toned, uncirculated. £200-250

114

115 † temp. Yazid II (101-105h), Silver Dirham, Arminiya 102h, 2.85g (Klat 56b). Extremely fine, scarce. £400-500

116

temp. Yazid II, Silver Dirham, Tabaristan 102h, 2.81g (Klat 496). Extremely fine and very rare. £1200-1500

117

temp. Yazid II Silver Dirham, Ifriqiya 103h, 2.83g (Klat 90.2). Good very fine. £80-100

118 † temp. Yazid II, Silver Dirham, Arminiya 104h, 2.74g (Klat 58). Very fine, rare. £600-800

119 113

temp. ‘Umar/Yazid II, Silver Dirham, Marw 101h, 2.78g (Klat 598). Good very fine, rare. £500-600

temp. ‘Umar II/Yazid II, Silver Dirham, Wasit 101h, 2.62g (Klat 695). Good very fine, rare. £150-200

temp. Yazid II, Silver Dirham, Wasit 104h, with countermark at 7 o’clock, unrecorded by Walker, 2.64g (Klat 697 for type). Small edge chip by countermark, very fine, rare. £300-350

120 † temp. Yazid II / Hisham, Gold Dinar, Ma’dan al-Mu’minin al-Hijaz (“Mine of the Commander of the Faithful (in) the Hijaz”) 105h, 4.27g (Bernardi 48 Ed; A 134K). Uncirculated and very rare. £800,000-1,000,000

This is arguably the most important coin ever struck in the Arabian Peninsula. It is the earliest gold coin which names a locality in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in this case the birthplace of the Faith, the Hijaz, the land of the Holy Cities of Makka and Medina.

This extremely rare dinar is considered to have been of gold mined at the Ma’dan Amir al-Mu’minin bi’l Hijaz, “the Mine of the Commander of the Faithful in the Hijaz”. Dr George C Miles, the most eminent Islamic numismatist of the twentieth century, identifies this mint with Ma‘dan (later Harrah) Bani Sulaym, southeast of Madina and northwest of Makka, on the pilgrimage route between Baghdad and Makka. Arab historians record that the Umayyad Caliph ‘Umar bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz bought a piece of land, on which there was a mine, from Bilal bin al-Harith, who had received the land from the Prophet Muhammad himself. It is also virtually certain that Ma’dan Bani Sulaym is today’s Mahd al-Dhahab, the site of the gold mine worked by the Saudi Arabian Mining Syndicate.

121 † temp. Yazid II / Hisham, Silver Dirham, Ifriqiya 105h, 2.87g (Klat 92). Good very fine. £350-400

122

temp. Hisham (105-125h), Gold Dinar, no mint 111h, 4.19g. Slightly crimped, very fine. £250-300

123

temp. Hisham, Silver Dirham, al-Andalus 107h, 2.46g (Klat 120). Very fine, rare. £600-800

124

Anonymous, temp. Hisham, Silver Dirham, Dimashq 110h, 2.68g (Klat 354). About extremely fine. £200-250

125

temp. Hisham, Silver Dirham, Ifriqiya 112h, 2.75g (Klat 99). About extremely fine. £200-250

131

temp. Hisham, Silver Dirham, al-Andalus 119h, 2.89g (Klat 132). Good very fine, rare. £1500-2000

126

temp. Hisham, Silver Dirham, Ifriqiya 113h, 2.92g (Klat 100). About extremely fine. £250-300

132

temp. Hisham, Silver Dirham, al-Mubaraka 119h, 2.88g (Klat 577b). About extremely fine. £200-250

127

temp. Hisham, Silver Dirham, al-Andalus 114h, 2.75g (Klat 127). Very fine. £250-300

133

temp. Hisham, Silver Dirham, al-Bab 121h, 2.78g (Klat 148). Very fine, rare. £350-400

Anonymous, temp. Hisham, Silver Dirham, Balkh 115h, 2.32g (Klat 180). Clipped, very fine. £100-120

134

temp. Hisham, Silver Dirham, Balkh 122h, rev four dots in the field, 2.74g (cf Klat 184, an unrecorded variety). Good very fine and rare. £400-500

128

129

temp. Hisham, Silver Dirham, Ifriqiya 117h, 2.77g (Klat 104). Good very fine, rare. £400-500 135 † temp. Hisham, Silver Dirham, al-Bab 123h, 2.36g (Klat 150). Clipped, toned, very fine. £300-350

130

temp. Hisham, Silver Dirham, al-Mubaraka 118h, 2.82g (Klat 576b). Good very fine. £150-200

136

temp. Hisham, Copper Fals, Jurjan 110h, 1.23g (A 202, unrecorded date). Very fine, very rare. £150-200

137

Anonymous, temp. al-Walid II/Yazid III, Ibrahim, Copper Fals, Jurjan 126h, 4.40g (A 202). Good very fine. £200-250

142

Anonymous, temp. Marwan II, Copper Fals, Jurjan 128h, 4.20g (A 202). Very fine. £200-250

Kharijite

143

Anonymous, Silver Dirham, al-Kufa 128h, 2.75g (Klat 548a). Crimped, about very fine and rare. £200-250

Abbasid Revolutionary

138

temp. Marwan II (127-132h), Gold Dinar, no mint 132h. Very fine and very rare. £5000-6000

The last date of the Umayyad gold coinage

144

Anonymous (c.127-133h), Silver Dirham, Jayy 128h, struck by partisans of ‘Abd Allah b. Mu’awiya, 2.89g (Klat 269; A 206.1). About extremely fine, scarce. £300-350

Abbasid 139

temp. Marwan II, Silver Dirham, al-Basra 128h, 2.82g (Klat 175). Good very fine, scarce. £200-250

140 † temp. Marwan II, Silver Dirham, Dimashq 128h, 2.85g (Klat 372). Lightly lacquered, extremely fine, rare. £1200-1500 145 † temp. al-Saffah (132-136h), Gold Dinar, without mint name 132h, 4.24g (Bern 51). Scratched in the obverse field, spade mark in the reverse field, otherwise very fine and very rare. £5000-6000

141

Anonymous, temp. Marwan II, Silver Dirham, Wasit 129h, 2.88g (Klat 722b). Good very fine. £100-120

The Abbasid revolution was displayed in the coinage by substituting the words of Qur’an surah 112 with the second phrase of the kalima, Muhammad rasul Allah in the reverse field on both their Dinars and Dirhams. In this way the Abbasids emphasised their kinship with the messenger of God, Muhammad.

146

temp. al-Saffah, Gold Dinar, no mint 133h, 4.23g (A210; Bern 51). Good very fine. £250-300

147

temp. al-Saffah, Silver Dirham, Ardashir Khurra 134h, 2.85g (Lowick 2017). About very fine, scarce. £120-150

148

149

153

temp. al-Mansur, Gold Dinar, 154h, 4.23g (A 212). Good extremely fine. £300-350

154

temp. al-Mansur, Silver Dirham, Istakhr 139h, 2.68g (A 213.1; Low 2052). Good very fine. £200-250

155

Anonymous, temp. al-Mansur, Silver Dirham, Arminiya 144h, 2.90g (Low 658). Very fine. £100-120

156

temp. al-Mansur, Silver Dirham, Arminiya 146h, 2.84g (A 213.1; Low 661). Extremely fine. £150-200

temp. al-Saffah/al-Mansur, Gold Dinar, no mint 136h, 4.17g (A 212; Bern 51). Neat and of fine style, extremely fine, scarce. £350-400

temp. al Saffah/al-Mansur, Silver Dirham, Junday Sabur 136h, 2.97g (A 210; Lowick 2014). Good very fine. £200-250

150 † temp. al-Mansur (136-158h), Gold Dinar, no mint, 138h, 4.26g (Bern 52; Low 188). Light graffiti, good very fine. £250-300

157 † temp. al-Mansur, Silver Dirham, Arran 149h, 2.91g (A 213; Low 756). Good very fine, rare. £300-350 151

temp. al-Mansur, Gold Dinar, no mint 144h, 4.22g (A212; Bern 51). Good very fine. £250-300

152

temp. al-Mansur, Gold Dinar, no mint 152h, 4.21g (A 212; Bern 51). Good very fine. £200-250

158

temp. al-Mansur, Silver Dirham, Arran 150h, 2.50g (Low 757 var). Clipped, very fine. £100-120

165 † temp. al-Mahdi, Silver Dirham, al-Yamama 166h, rev field: ‘Abd Allah bin Sa’id, 2.96g (Low 573). Very fine. £500-600

159

temp. al-Mansur, Silver Dirham, Arran 152h, 2.66g (A 213.1; Low 759). Very fine. £120-150

160

temp. al-Mansur/al-Mahdi, Gold Dinar, no mint 158h, 4.22g (A 212/214; Bern 51). Good very fine. £250-300

166 † temp al-Mahdi, Silver Dirham, al-Yamama 167h, 2.78g (Low 577). Good very fine. £600-800

161 † temp. al-Mahdi (158-169h), Gold Dinar, no mint, 165h, 4.22g (A 214; Bern C0074; Low 301). Very fine. £250-300

167 † temp. al-Mahdi, Silver Dirham, al-Yamama 167h, 2.85g (Low 578). Very fine. £600-800

162

163

temp. al-Mahdi, Gold Dinar, 165h, 4.24g (A 214). Hairline scratches, extremely fine. £250-300

temp. al-Mahdi, Gold Dinar, no mint 167h, crosscut in upper field, 4.05g (A 214; Bern 54). Very fine. £200-250

164 † temp. al-Mahdi, Silver Dirham, al-Yamama 165h, rev field: Hajar (the principal town of alYamama), 2.90g (Lowick 571). Very fine and rare. £600-800

168 † temp. al-Mahdi, Silver Dirham, al-Yamama 168h, 2.54g (Low 579). Very fine. £600-800

169

al-Mahdi, Silver Dirham, Kirman 168h, 2.93g (Low 2518). Extremely fine. £100-120

170 † temp. al-Mahdi/al-Hadi, Silver Dirham, al-Yamama 169h, 2.52g (Low 583). Very fine. £600-800

171 † al-Hadi (169-179h), Silver Dirham, al-Yamama 170h, rev field: al-Hadi, 2.81g (Low 586). Very fine, rare. £1000-1200

172

temp. Musa al-Hadi (169-170h), Gold Dinar, no mint 169h, rev BR (Ibrahim?) in the field, 4.23g (A 216; Bern 56). Good very fine, very rare. £1000-1200

177 † temp. Harun al-Rashid (170-193h), Gold Dinar, no mint, 174h, 4.21g (A 218; Lowick 24). Spade mark at 3 o’clock, good very fine and very rare. £500-600

178

temp. Harun al-Rashid, Gold Dinar, 186h, citing al-Amin as heir, 4.15g (A 218.3; Bern 75). A soft striking, nearly extremely fine. £250-300

179 † temp. Harun al-Rashid, Gold Dinar, no mint, 188h, 4.26g (A 218). Red ink on the reverse, very fine. £250-300 173

174

175

176

Musa al-Hadi, Silver Dirham, Arran 169h, rev Huzayma b. Khatim, 2.76g (A 217; Low 768). Good very fine. £200-250

180

temp. Harun al-Rashid, Gold Dinar, (Misr) 189h, Li’l-Khalifa, 4.23g (A 218.13; Bern 73). Good very fine. £250-300

181

temp. Harun al-Rashid, Gold Dinar, (Misr) 193h, Li’l Khalifa, 4.23g (A 218.13; Bern 75). About extremely fine. £300-350

182

Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, Sijistan 171h, 2.88g (Low 2364). Very fine. £100-120

183

Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, al-Muhammadiya 171h, 2.86g (Low 1671). Very fine. £100-120

Musa al-Hadi, Silver Dirham, Madinat Jayy 170h, 2.85g (Lowick 1574, but four pairs of double annulets). Good very fine and rare. £300-350

Musa al-Hadi/Heir Harun, Silver Dirham, alHaruniya 170h, 2.72g (Low 881). Good very fine. £200-250

Harun al-Rashid (170-193h)/Yazid, Silver Mule Dirham, Madinat al-Salam 165h, obv a dirham of al-Mahdi, rev a Maghribi dirham of al-Rashid, 2.90g. Very fine, scarce. £100-120

184

temp. Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, Sijistan 171h, 2.20g (Lowick 2364). About very fine. £150-200

185

Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, Madinat alSalam 171h, 2.84g (Lowick 1277). Extremely fine. £80-100

186

Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, Sijistan 172h, 2.82g (Lowick 2366). Very fine. £120-150

191

temp. Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, al-Rayy 179h, 2.84g (Lowick 2010). Good very fine and scarce. £100-120

192 † temp. Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, Misr 181h, citing Ja’far, 2.74g (A 219.13; Lowick 501 var). Very fine, rare. £200-250

193

temp. Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, Ifriqiya 182h, rev Muhammad/-/al-‘Akki, 2.88g (Lowick 31). Very fine and rare. £100-120

194

Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, Madinat Zaranj 183h, 2.88g (Lowick 2434). Good very fine. £80-100

187

temp. Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, Madinat al-Salam 174h, 2.96g (Lowick 1289). Very fine. £250-300

188

temp. Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirhams (2), alMubaraka 174h, rev Nasr, rev Yazid, 2.59g, 2.32g (A 219; Lowick 48, 49). Very fine. (2) £200-250

189

temp. Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, San’a’ 176h, 1.15g (A 1048.2; Lowick 538). Edge clip, very fine, very rare. £400-500

195

temp. Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, Dimashq 186h, 2.75g (Lowick 596). Crimped, very fine and rare. £150-200

190

Harun al-Rashid/Da’ud, Silver Dirham, Madinat Zaranj 176h, 2.90g (Lowick 2390). Good very fine. £80-100

196

temp. Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, Arran 186h, rev Asad bin Yazid, 2.78g (A 219; Lowick 782). Good very fine. £150-200

197

temp. Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, al-Rafiqa 188h, 2.97g (Lowick 632). Good very fine. £80-100

198

temp. Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, alMuhammadiya 188h, 2.92g (Lowick 1875). About extremely fine. £80-100

199

200

201

temp. Harun al-Rashid with al-Amin as heir, Silver Dirham, Arminiya 189h, rev Khuzama b. Khazm and Bashir b. Khuzama, 2.44g (A 219; Lowick 727). Small edge chip, otherwise very fine, rare. £200-250

202

temp. Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, Arran 191h, 2.89g (Lowick 813). Very fine, very rare. £300-350

203

temp. Harun al-Rashid/Governor Nasir b. Sa’id, Silver Dirham, Madinat Abrashir/ Naysabur 192h, 2.77g (Lowick 2080). Toned, about extremely fine. £100-120

204 † temp Harun al-Rashid/al-Amin, Gold Dinar, no mint (Yemeni issue) 193h, 3.49g (A -; Lowick -; an unrecorded issue). Clipped, very fine and very rare. £800-1000

205

temp. al-Amin (193-198h), Silver Dirham, Madinat Zaranj 193h, rev Harthama bin Ayan/-/alHakim bin Sinan, 2.71g (Lowick 2472). About very fine and rare. £250-300

206

al-Amin, Silver Dirham, Arran 194h, with Muhammad b. al-Musayib, 2.87g (A 221; Lowick 821). Very fine, very rare. £300-350

207

al-Amin as heir/‘Ubayd, Silver Dirham, alMuhammadiya 189h, 2.74g (Lowick 1885). Good very fine, a rare type. £100-120

temp. Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirhams (2), alMuhammadiya 190h, 3.23g, 2.85g, the first a special strike on heavy planchet with small neat calligraphy and raised braided outer border and outer margin, the second a normal strike for the year (A 219.2). Both about extremely fine, the first extremely rare. (2) £300-350

temp. Harun al-Rashid, heir al-Amin, Silver Dirham, Ma’dan Bajunays 191h, rev Umm Ja’far//Da’ud, 2.91g (Lowick 907; A 219.9). Some dark deposits on edge and thin test slash in reverse margin, about extremely fine and rare. £150-200

208

temp. al-Ma’mun (194-218h), Gold Dinar, no mint (Misr) 196h, rev li‘l-khalifa/-/al-Imam, 3.92g (A 222.1). Clipped, about very fine. £180-220

209

al-Ma’mun/al-‘Abbas, Gold Dinar, no mint 198h, 4.10g (A 222.3). Very fine and rare. £300-350

210

211

al-Ma’mun, Gold Dinar, (Misr) 198h, with governor al-Mutallib, 4.21g (A 222.4; Bern 85). About extremely fine. £300-350

215

temp. al-Ma’mun, Gold Dinar, no mint, al-Maghrib 205h, rev lillah Tahir/-/al-Sari, 4.13g (A 222.7). About very fine. £200-250

216

al-Ma’mun, Gold Dinar, (Misr) 206h, with ‘Ubayd Allah al-Sari, 4.17g (A 222.9; Bern 96). Good very fine, scarce. £300-350

217

al-Ma’mun, Gold Dinar, (Misr) 207h, with ‘Ubayd Allah al-Sari, 4.22g (A 222.9; Bern 96). Very fine. £200-250

al-Ma’mun, Gold Dinar, (Misr) 198h, with governor al-Muttalib, 4.25g (A 222.4; Bern 85). Good very fine. £250-300 218 † temp. al Ma’mun, Gold Dinar, Misr 214h, 4.17g (A 222A.2). Obverse die break, good very fine. £350-400 219

212

al-Ma’mun, Gold Dinar, (Misr) 199h, with Dhu’l Ri’asatayn, al-Muttalib and al-Fadl, 4.24g (A 222.5; Bern 86). About extremely fine. £350-400

213

al-Ma’mun, Gold Dinar, al-Iraq 200h, citing Dhu’l-Riyasatayn with vizier’s laqab ‘Ayn below, 4.27g (A 222.12; Bern 105). Extremely fine, rare. £350-400

214 † temp. al Ma’mun, Gold Dinar, no mint (al-‘Iraq), 200h, obv al-Iraq in field, citing only Dhu’lRi’asatayn, 4.11g (A 222.12). Very fine. £200-250

al-Ma’mun Silver Dirham, Madinat Zaranj 196h, obv field: al-Fath, 2.03g (Lowick 2480). About very fine. £60-80

220 † temp. al-Ma’mun, Silver Dirham, Misr 199h, obv al-Muttalib, rev Dhu’l-riyasatayn/-/al-Fadl, 3.07g (Low 512, 1 reference). Good very fine and very rare. £400-500

221

al-Ma’mun, Silver Dirham, Madinat Bajunays 199h, 2.86g (Lowick 930). Good very fine and very rare. £200-250

222

temp. al-Ma’mun, Silver Dirham, al-Basra 199h, rev Dhu’l-riyasatayn, 2.89g (Lowick 1071). Very fine. £80-100

223

Abbasid Rebel Abu’l-Saraya al-Shabani (199200h) in the name of al-asfar al-fatimi, Silver Dirham, al-Kufa 199h, 2.93g (A A225). Very fine and rare. £600-800

228 † al-Ma’mun, Silver Dirham, al-Muhammadiya 218h, 3.03g. Good very fine, scarce. £200-250

229

al-Mu’tasim (218-227h), Gold Dinar, Misr 223h, 4.16g (A 225; Bern 151De). Very fine. £250-300

230 † al-Mu’tasim, Gold Dinar, San’a’ 224h, 4.11g (A 225). About very fine. £400-500 224

al-Ma’mun, Silver Dirham, heavy weight, Fars 201h, 4.17g (A 223A; Lowick 2036). Slightly crimped, very fine, rare. £200-250

231 225

temp. al-Ma’mun, Silver Dirham, San‘a’ 205h, 1.06g (A 1050). Edge chip, very fine and very rare. £400-500

226

al-Ma’mun, Silver Dirham, Misr 212h, 2.91g (Lowick 521). Chipped, good very fine and very rare. £120-150

227

temp. al-Ma’mun, Silver Dirham, Samarqand 217h, 3.00g (Lowick 2721). Extremely fine and scarce. £150-200

al-Mu’tasim, Silver Dirham, Madinat al-Salam 226h, 2.99g (A 226). Crimped, good very fine. £120-150

232 † al-Wathiq (227-232h), Gold Dinar, Makka 227h, 3.76g (unrecorded by either Bernardi or Album, the earliest dinar from this mint). Crudely struck with edge crack, otherwise good fine and very rare. £15,000-20,000

233

al-Wathiq, Silver Dirham, Surra man ra’a 229h, 2.93g. Very fine. £200-250

238 † al-Mutawakkil, Silver Dirham, Dimashq 247h, 2.80g (A 230.3). Very fine, rare. £350-450

239

234 † al-Mutawakkil (232-247h), Gold Dinar, small flan type, al-Mutawakkiliya 247h, 4.20g (A 229.4). About extremely fine, rare. £2000-2500

al-Mutawakkil, Silver Donative Dirham, Surra man ra’a 246h, 2.85g (A 230b). About extremely fine and rare. £800-1000

240 † al-Mu’tazz (251-255h), Gold Dinar, al-Shash 253h, 3.97g (Bern 162Qf). Very fine. £400-500

241 † al-Mu’tamid (256-279h), Gold Dinar, San‘a’ 257h, 2.89g (Bern 172El; A 1055). Good very fine. £300-350 235

al-Mutawakkil, Silver Dirham, Fars 233h, 2.91g (A 230.1). Very fine and scarce. £120-150

242 † al-Mu’tamid, Gold Dinar, San‘a’ 259h, 2.93g (Bern 172El; A 1055). Extremely fine. £350-400

236

al-Mutawakkil, Silver Dirham, Fars 242h, 3.01g (A 230.3). Good very fine. £200-250 243 † al-Mu’tamid, Gold Dinar, San‘a’ 263h, 2.91g (Bern 172El or 177El; A 1055). About extremely fine and a rare date. £400-450

237

al-Mutawakkil, Silver Dirham, Isbahan 245h, 3.12g (A 230.3). Weak strike, very fine and scarce. £120-150

244 † al-Mu’tamid, Gold Dinar, San‘a’ 271h, rev Dhu’lwizaratayn, 2.92g (Bern 178El; A 1055). Extremely fine and rare. £400-450

245 † al-Mu’tamid, Gold Dinar, San‘a’ 277h, 2.92g (Bern 181El; A 1055). Good very fine, rare. £350-400

250 † al-Mu’tadid, Gold Dinar, San‘a’ 285h, 2.90g (Bern 211El; A 1056). About extremely fine. £350-400

251 † al-Mu’tadid, Gold Dinar, San‘a’ 286h, 2.92g (Bern 211El; A 1056). Extremely fine. £350-400 246 † al-Mu’tamid, Gold Dinar, San‘a’ 279h, obv field: heir al-Mu’tadid, 2.92g (Bern 187El; A 1055). Good very fine and rare. £350-400

252 † al-Mu’tadid, Gold Dinar, San‘a’ 289h, 2.89g (Bern 211El; A 1056). Good very fine. £300-350

253

al-Muktafi (289-295h), Gold Dinar, Madinat alSalam 289h, 3.93g (A243; Bern 226Jh). Good very fine. £400-500

247 † al-Mu’tadid (279-289h), Gold Dinar, Makka 282h, 3.99g (Bern 211 Ef, 1 ref). Extremely fine and very rare. £25,000-30,000 254 † al-Muktafi Gold Dinar, San‘a’ 291h, 2.84g (Bern 226El; A 1057). Good very fine. £300-350

248 † al-Mu’tadid, Gold Dinar, San‘a’ 282h, 2.89g (A 1056; Bern 211El). Extremely fine and a rare date. £400-450 255 † al-Muktafi, Silver Dirham, San’a’ 291h, 2.82g (A 1057a). Slightly crimped, very fine and extremely rare. £1000-1200

249

al-Mu’tadid, Gold Dinar, Nisibin 284h, 4.19g (A 241; Bern 211Hg). Striking weakness on outer legends, very fine and rare £1500-2000

256

al-Muktafi, Gold Dinar, San‘a’ 292h, 2.86g (A 1057). Very fine. £250-300

262 † al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, San‘a’ 313h, 1.92g (Bern 241El; A 1058). Extremely fine. £300-350

263 † al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, San‘a’ 314h, 1.93g (Bern 241El; A 1058). About extremely fine. £300-350

257 † al-Muktafi, Gold Dinar, Makka 292h, 2.59g (A 243; Bern 226 Ef, 3 refs). Good very fine and very rare. £15,000-20,000 264 † al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, San‘a’ 315h, 1.93g (Bern 241El; A 1058). Extremely fine. £300-350

258

al-Muktafi, Gold Dinar, Madinat al-Salam, 292h, 4.15g (A 243; Bern 226Jh). Good very fine. £400-450 265 † al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, al-Kharaj 315h, 577g (Bern 242 Jf). Unevenly struck, otherwise good very fine. £600-800

259 † al-Muktafi, Gold Dinar, San‘a’ 295h, obv alMuzaffar bin Taj, 2.87g (Bern 227El; A 1057). About extremely fine and extremely rare. £800-1000

260

261

al-Muktafi, Silver Dirham, Qasr al-Fakhr, 295h, 3.00g (A 244). Very fine, rare. £150-200

al-Muqtadir (295-320h), Gold Dinar, Misr 301h, 4.04g (A 245; Bern 242De). About extremely fine. £200-250

266

al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, Ardabil 318h, 4.67g (A 245.2; Bern 242Ka). Good very fine and rare. £1500-2000

267

al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, Ardabil 319h, 4.38g (A 245.2; Bern 242Ka, one example recorded). Good very fine, very rare. £2000-2500

268 † al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, San‘a’ 319h, 1.92g (Bern 241El; A 1058). About extremely fine. £350-400

269

270

271

al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, Suq min al-Ahwaz 320h, ‘Amid al-dawla, 4.01g (Bern 243Nf; A 248). About extremely fine. £250-300

275

al-Qahir, Gold Dinar, Suq min al-Ahwaz 321h, 4.24g (A 250.2; Bern 277Nf). Extremely fine, scarce. £300-350

276

al-Qahir, Gold Dinar, Mah al-Basra 321h, 4.34g (A 250.1). Good very fine. £300-350

277

al-Radi (322-329h), Gold Dinar, Misr 323h, 4.23g (A 254; Bern 285De). Extremely fine. £250-300

al-Muqtadir, Silver Dirham, Misr 295h, 2.49g (A 246.1). Good fine. £150-200

al-Muqtadir, Silver Dirham, al-Rahba 301h, 3.07g (A 246.2). Good very fine. £150-200

278 † al-Radi, Gold Dinar, San‘a’ 323h, 1.92g (Bern 287El; A 1060). Extremely fine and rare. £300-350

272

al-Muqtadir, Silver Dirham, Tarsus 319h, 2.17g (A 246.2). Good very fine and rare. £500-600

273 † al-Qahir (320-322h), Gold Dinar, San‘a’ 320h, 1.92g (A 1059; Bern 276El). About extremely fine and rare. £400-450

274

al-Qahir, Gold Dinar, al-Karaj 321h, 3.36g (A 250.2; Bern 277Jf). About extremely fine, rare. £600-800

279 † al-Radi, Gold Dinar, Makka 325h, 5.20g (Bern 285Ef). Crude, very fine and very rare. £10,000-12,000

280 † al-Radi, Silver Sudaysi, San‘a’ undated, 0.37g (A -). Good very fine, rare. £100-120 287

al-Zahir (622-623h), Gold Dinar, Madinat alSalam 623h, 3.87g (A 270). Slightly crimped, about very fine, very rare. £350-400

288

al-Mustansir (623-640h), Gold Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 623h, 2.85g (A 271). Very fine and rare. £300-350

289

al-Musta’sim (640-656h), Gold Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 641h, 7.05g (A 275). Brilliant uncirculated. £600-700

290

al-Musta’sim, Gold Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 642h, 6.10g (A275). Holed and plugged, extremely fine. £250-300

281 † al-Muti’ (334-363h), Gold Dinar, Baysh (3)35h, 2.81g (A Z1060). Extremely fine and very rare. £2500-3000

282 † al-Muti’, Gold Dinar, Baysh (3)37h, 2.53g (A Z1060). Ex-mount, good very fine and very rare. £2000-2500

283 † al-Muti’, Gold Dinar, ‘Aththar 348h, 2.76g (A 1062). Good very fine and very rare. £2000-2500

284 † al-Muti‘, Silver Sudaysi, San‘a’ undated, 0.84g (A -). Pierced, fine and very rare. £80-100

285

al-Nasir (575-626h), Gold Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 610h, 6.77g (A 268). Extremely fine. £400-450

Amirs of Zabid

286

al-Nasir, Gold Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 616h, 3.54g (A 268). Tiny edge clip, well centred strike, good extremely fine. £350-400

291 † Anonymous (Abbasid caliph al-Muti‘), Gold Dinar, Zabid (3)43h, 2.67g. Extremely fine and very rare. £1200-1500

Idrisid 292

Idris b. ‘Abd Allah (172-175h), Silver Dirham, Walila 174h, 2.56g (A 419). Fine and rare. £120-150

297 † Ibrahim I b. al-Aghlab, Silver Dirham, Ifriqya 189h, 2.81g (A 435). Good very fine and scarce. £200-250

293

294

temp. Idris II (175-213h), Silver Dirham, uncertain mint 185h, rev uncertain name, possibly issue of a local ruler, 2.44g (see Eustache Monnaies Alawites p.175-176 for a discussion of this unknown mint name). Very fine, very rare. £200-250

temp. Idris II, Silver Dirham, uncertain mint 186h, 2.60g (see Eustache Monnaies Alawites p.175-176 for a discussion of this unknown mint name). Good very fine, rare. £200-250

298

Ziyadat Allah I (201-223h), Gold Dinar, no mint 216h, Masrur, 4.19g (A 438). Very fine. £250-300

299

Muhammad I (226-242h), Gold Dinar, no mint, 231h, 4.18g (A 443). Slightly crimped, about very fine. £200-250

300

Muhammad I, Gold Dinar, no mint 237h, 4.24g (A 443; al’Ush 49b). Good very fine, a rare date. £300-350

301

Ahmad (242-249h), Gold Dinar, no mint, 244h, 4.12g (A 444). About very fine. £200-250

Hudid of Murcia

295 † Anonymous, but issued with titles of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir billah, Gold Dinar, mint uncertain (possibly Sijilmasa), undated (c.623-640h), 4.59g (as Hazard North Africa 540; Album -). Good extremely fine and very rare. £2000-2500

Aghlabid

296

Ibrahim I b. al-Aghlab (184-196h), Silver Dirham, Ifriqiya 186h, 2.72g (A 435.1). About very fine and rare. £120-150

302 † Muhammad II (250-261h), Gold Dinar, no mint 260h, 4.14g (Bern 137; A 446). Slightly crimped, very fine. £200-250

Zirid of Qayrawan

303 † temp. al-Mu’izz b. Badis (406-454h), Gold Dinar, Madina ‘Izz al-Islam wa’l-Qayrawan 442h, waw in the field on both sides, 4.08g (A 458). Extremely fine. £250-300

304 † al-Mu’izz b. Badis, Gold Dinar, Madinat ‘Izz al-Islam wa’l-Qayrawan 442h, rev field: waw, 4.25g (Hazard North Africa 4). About extremely fine. £250-300

Al-Murabitid (Almoravid)

305 † Yusuf b. Tashufin (480-500h), Gold Dinar, Sijilmasa 493h, 4.13g (Hazard 85). Good very fine. £1000-1200

306 † ‘Ali b. Yusuf (500-537h), Gold Dinar, Ishbiliya 520h, 4.10g (Hazard 219). About extremely fine. £1200-1500

307 † ‘Ali b. Yusuf, heir Tashufin, Gold Dinar, Nul Lamta 533h, 4.13g (Hazard 385). Crimped, very fine. £1000-1200

308 † ‘Ali b. Yusuf, heir Tashufin, Gold Dinar, alMariya 534h, 4.18g (Hazard 397). Extremely fine. £800-1000

Al-Muwahhid

309

Abu-Yusuf Ya‘qub (580-595h), Gold Dinar, no mint, undated, 5.09g (Hazard North Africa 500). Mounted, good very fine. £200-250

Hafsid

310 † Abu Bakr II as Amir al-Mu’minin (718-747h), Gold Dinar, no mint, undated, 4.72g (Hazard 588). Good very fine. £500-600

311 † Abu’l-‘Abbas al Fadl (749-751h), Gold Dinar, Fas, undated, 4.44g (A B509). Unevenly struck around borders, very fine and rare. £450-550

312 † Abu-Ishaq Ibrahim II (751-770h), Gold Dinar, Fas, undated, 4.72g (as Hazard 606 but unlisted mint for ruler). About very fine and very rare. £1200-1500

313 † Abu’l ‘Abbas Ahmad II (first reign, 755-758h), Gold Dinar, no mint, undated, 4.64g (Hazard 608). Slightly double struck, good very fine and rare. £800-1000

318

Ahmed b. Tulun, Gold Dinar, al-Rafiqa 270h, 3.77g (A 661; Grabar 15). Well centred strike on a broad flan, extremely fine, rare as such. £600-800

319

Khumarawayh b. Ahmed, Gold Dinar, Filastin 279h, 4.37g (A 664; Grabar - unrecorded). Good very fine, very rare. £1000-1200

320

Khumarawayh b. Ahmad, Gold Dinar, Halab 279h, 3.87g (A 664; Grabar 57). A little weak in the centre about extremely fine, very rare. £1500-2000

321

Khumarawayh b. Ahmed, Gold Dinar, Halab 281h, 3.88g (A 664; Grabar 66). Holed, very fine, very rare. £500-600

322

Khumarawayh b. Ahmed, Gold Dinar, Antakiya 277h, 3.85g (A 664; Grabar 41). Very fine, very rare. £800-1000

323

Harun b. Khumarawayh (283-292h), Gold Dinar, no mint 286h, 4.37g (A 667.1; Grabar unrecorded). Very fine, extremely rare. £1000-1200

Ziyanid

314 † Abu-‘Abd Allah Muhammad IV (first reign, 827-831h), Gold Dinar, Madinat Tilmsan, undated, 4.44g (Hazard 663; A 518). A little weak on the borders, about extremely fine and very rare. £700-800

Tulunid

315 † Ahmad b. Tulun (254-270h), Gold Dinar, alRafiqa 266h, 3.53g (Grabar -; A 661). Good extremely fine and very rare. £800-1000

316 † Ahmad b. Tulun, Gold Dinar, al-Rafiqa 267h, 4.30g (Grabar 6). Extremely fine, rare. £800-1000

317

Ahmed b. Tulun, Gold Dinar, al-Rafiqa 267h, 4.27g (A 661; Grabar 6). Slightly crimped, very fine. £350-400

324

Harun b. Khumarawayh, Gold Dinar, Dimashq 287h, 4.03g (A 667.1; Grabar 82). Extremely fine, scarce. £600-800

325

Harun b. Khumarawayh, Gold Dinar, Filastin 289h, 3.63g (A 667.1; Grabar - unrecorded). Good very fine, rare. £1000-1200

329

Abu’l Qasim Unujur (334-339h), Gold Dinar, Filastin 335h, 4.14g (A 676; Bacharach 68). Crude strike, extremely fine. £350-400

330

Abu’l Qasim Unujur, Gold Dinar, Misr 343h, 4.52g (A 676; Bach 61). Extremely fine. £350-400

331

Abu’l Qasim Unujur, Gold Dinar, Filastin 345h, 2.27g (A 676; Bacharach 85). Crude strike, extremely fine, scarce. £350-400

Ikhshidid

326

Muhammad b. Tughj (323-334h), Gold Dinar, Filastin 333h, 3.59g (A 674; Bacharach 42). Very fine. £300-350

327

Muhammad b. Tughj, Gold Dinar, Filastin 334h, 4.67g (A 674; Bacharach 45). Very fine. £300-350

328

Muhammad b. Tughj, with name of Abbasid Caliph al-Mustakfi, Silver Dirham, Makka 334h, 3.61g (unrecorded by Bacharach; see Album 675 for type). Weakly struck in part, crude, very fine and extremely rare. £7000-8000

332 † Abu’l-Qasim Unujur, Gold Dinar, Filastin 349h, 4.45g (Bacharach 89). Very fine, rare. £500-600

333

‘Ali b. al-Ikhsid (349-355h), Gold Dinar, Filastin 350h, rev letter kaf (for Kafur) in lower field, 3.62g (A 678; Bacharach 96). About very fine, a rare date. £300-350

334

‘Ali b. al-Ikhsid, Gold Dinar, Filastin 351h, rev letter kaf (for Kafur) in lower field, 3.81g (A 678; Bacharach 97). Extremely fine. £350-400

335

‘Ali b. al-Ikhsid, Gold Dinar, Filastin 353h, rev letter kaf (for Kafur) in lower field, 2.21g (A 678; Bacharach 99). Extremely fine. £350-400

341 † al-Mu’izz (342-365h), Gold ¼-Dinar, al-Mahdiya 342h, 1.00g (not listed in Nicol, for type see Nicol 389, type H3, for date see Nicol 467). About very fine, extremely rare. £800-1000 336 † ‘Ali b. al-Ikhshid, Silver Dirham, Filastin 353h, 2.48g (Bacharach 93). Very fine. £150-200

342 337 † Ahmad b. ‘Ali (357-359h), Gold Dinar, Filastin 358h, 3.51g (A 682). Softly struck in the centre, very fine and rare. £600-800

al-Mu’izz Gold Dinar, al-Mansuriya 349h, 4.04g (A 697.1; Nicol 402, two examples recorded). About very fine, rare. £300-350

Fatimid

343 † al-Mu’izz, Gold Dinar, al-Mansuriya 353h, 4.01g (Nicol 409). Slightly clipped, very fine. £300-350 338 † al-Qa’im billah (322-334h), Gold ¼-Dinar/Tari, mint and date unclear, 1.03g (Nicol type A2). Very fine. £400-500

339

al-Mansur (334-341h), Gold ¼-Dinar, Madinat Siqilliya 339h, 1.02g (Nicol 209, two examples recorded). Very fine, rare. £500-600

340

al-Mansur Isma’il (334-341h), Gold Dinar, alMansuriya 339h, 4.14g (A 694; Nicol 217). Very fine, rare. £800-1000

344

al-Mu’izz, Gold Dinar, Misr 362h without month, 4.14g (A 697.1; Nicol 364). Very fine. £250-300

345

al-Mu’izz, Gold Dinar, Misr 362h month of Jumada II, 4.12g (A 697.1; Nicol 367). Good very fine. £250-300

352 † al-Mustansir (427-487h), Gold Dinar, Dimashq 437h, 3.97g (Nicol 1724). Good very fine. £1500-2000

353 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Tarablus 437h, 3.32g (Nicol 1990). Extremely fine. £350-400 346 † al-‘Aziz (365-386h), Gold Dinar, Makka 366h, 3.67g (Nicol 745, 1 ref). Weakly struck, about extremely fine, rare. £40,000-50,000

354 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Tarablus 439h, 4.19g (Nicol 1993). Traces of mounting at top, otherwise about extremely fine. £250-300 347 † al-‘Aziz, Gold Dinar, Misr 384h, 4.07g (Nicol 721). Extremely fine. £300-350

355 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Sabra 439h, 4.09g (Nicol 1749). About extremely fine. £500-600 348 † al-Hakim (386-411h), Gold Dinar, Misr 400h, 4.20g (Nicol 1086). Very fine. £350-400

349 † al-Hakim, Gold ¼-Dinar/Tari, Misr 401h, 1.03g (not in Nicol, see N1 for type). Good very fine, very rare. £500-600

350

al-Hakim (sic), Gold ¼-Dinar, al-Mahdiya 412h, 0.95g, a posthumous issue (Nicol -). Fine. £150-200

351 † al-Zahir, Gold ¼ Dinar/Tari, Misr 427h, 1.03g (date not listed in Nicol). Very fine, extremely rare. £600-800

356 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Sur 440h, 4.25g (Nicol 1920). Extremely fine. £400-450

357 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Tarablus 441h, 3.44g (Nicol 1996). Good very fine. £350-400

358 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Sur 442h, 3.42g (Nicol 1922). Good very fine, a little weak in parts. £350-400

359 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Tarablus 442h, 4.37g (Nicol 1997). Good very fine. £350-400

360 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Sur 443h, 3.67g (Nicol 1923). Extremely fine. £400-450

361 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Sur 444h, 4.33g (Nicol 1924). Extremely fine. £350-400

362 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Tarablus 444h, 3.99g (Nicol 1999). Good very fine. £350-400

363 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Dimashq 446h, 3.99g (Nicol 1731). About extremely fine and very rare. £2000-2500

365 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Sur 446h, 4.70g (Nicol 1925). Good very fine. £350-400

366 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Tarablus 446h, 3.44g (Nicol 2001). Slightly crimped, otherwise extremely fine. £400-450

367 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Misr 447h, 3.76g (Nicol 2130). Good very fine. £250-300

368 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Misr 448h, 3.82g (Nicol 2131). Good very fine. £250-300

369 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Tarablus 449h, 3.51g (Nicol 2004). Lightly struck, about extremely fine, rare. £350-400

370 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Tarablus 450h, 3.99g (Nicol 2005). Good very fine, rare. £450-500

364 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Dimashq 446h, 3.81g (Nicol 1731, two recorded). About extremely fine and extremely rare. £2500-3000

371 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Sur 451h, 3.59g (Nicol 1930). Softly struck, good very fine, rare. £350-400

372 † al-Mustansir Dinar, San‘a’a 451h, 3.34g (Nicol 1907). About extremely fine. £1000-1200

378 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Misr 462h, 4.18g (Nicol 2147). Extremely fine. £350-400

373 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Sur 452h, 3.90g (Nicol 1931). Softly struck, about extremely fine. £350-400

379 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Misr 464h, 3.58g (Nicol 2149). Clipped, otherwise about extremely fine. £250-300

374 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Tarablus 453h, 3.61g (Nicol 2008). Struck from rusty dies, extremely fine, rare. £400-450

375 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Sur 454h, 3.81g (Nicol 1933). A crude strike, about extremely fine. £350-400

380 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, ‘Aththar 474h, 4.23g (unrecorded by Nicol for this ruler). Good very fine, very rare. £8000-10,000

This previously unrecorded dinar from the Red Sea port of ‘Aththar in the Tihama shows the continuation of Fatimid control in the south-western Arabian peninsula. This is the only known example of the coinage of al-Mustansir from this mint.

376 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, Sur 455h, 3.41g (Nicol 1934). Extremely fine. £400-450

377 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, al-Mahdiya 455h, 4.15g (Nicol 2231). Good very fine and very rare. £700-800

381 † al-Mustansir, ¼-Dinar or Tari, Sur 481h, 1.38g (Nicol 1948, 2 recorded). Very fine and extremely rare. £700-800

Fatimid Partisan

382 † al-Mustansir, Gold Dinar, al-Iskandariya 484h, 3.77g (Nicol 1691). Edge clip, otherwise extremely fine. £350-400

387 † al-Mustansir (427-487h), Fractional Gold Dinar, no mint undated, 1.40g (unpublished Yemeni issue). With original suspension loop, good very fine, very rare. £300-350

Hamdanid 383

al-Amir (495-524h), Gold Dinar, al-Iskandariya 495h, 4.04g (A 729). Good very fine, rare. £350-400

384 † al-Amir, Gold Dinar, Misr 499h, 4.13g (Nicol 2517). Slightly clipped, good very fine. £350-450

388 † Nasir al dawla and Sayf al-dawla (330-356h), Silver Dirham, al-Mawsil (33)2h, 5.97g (A 748). Crude strike, very fine. £200-250

Burid

385 † al-Muntazar (fictive caliph 524-526h), Gold Dinar, al-Iskandariya 525h, 4.67g (Nicol 2589). Good very fine, very rare. £4000-5000

al-Muntazir (the ‘Expected’) was the imaginary son of al-Amir, who died without issue leaving a pregnant concubine whose child’s birth was never recorded. This coin demonstrates the extreme importance that the Fatimids placed on direct descendants of the Isma’ili imams. The fictive baby was named as Tayyib, who lent his name to a branch of Isma’ili Islam.

389 † Abaq (534-549h), overlords Great Saljuq Sanjar and Iraq Saljuq Mas’ud together with the Abbasid Caliph al-Muqtafi, Gold Dinar, Dimashq 538h, 3.54g (A A784). Good very fine, very rare. £8000-10,000

386 † al-Hafiz (526-544h), Gold Dinar, al-Iskandariya 535h, 4.02g (Nicol 2605). About very fine. £300-350

Damascus was the westernmost extension of Saljuq power. The Burids were an ephemeral dynasty which lasted for no more than half a century. Surprisingly their coinage, while resembling that of their contemporaries the Fatimids, bore legends that were purely Sunni, acknowledging the Abbasid Caliph al-Muqtafi and their Great Saljuq overlords Sanjar and Iraq Saljuq Mas’ud.

Ayyubid

390

391

392

393

396

al-Nasir Salah al-din Yusuf I, Gold Dinar, alIskandariya 583h, 4.12g (A 785.2; Balog 56). Very fine. £350-400

397

al-Nasir Salah al-din Yusuf I, Gold Dinar, alQahira 585h, 4.97g (A 785.2; Balog 45). Good very fine. £400-450

398

al-’Aziz ‘Uthman (589-595h), Gold Dinar, alIskandariya 589h, 4.28g (A 794; Balog 191). Good very fine. £300-350

399

al-’Aziz ‘Uthman, Gold Dinar, al-Qahira 590h, 4.52g (A 794; Balog 185). Good very fine. £300-350

400

al-’Aziz ‘Uthman, Gold Dinar, al-Iskandariya 592h, 3.60g (A 794; Balog – unrecorded date). Very fine, rare. £300-350

401

al-’Aziz ‘Uthman, Gold Dinar, al-Qahira 593h, 4.57g (A 794; Balog 188). Good very fine. £300-350

402

al-’Adil Abu Bakr I (595-615h), Gold Dinar, alQahira 597h, 4.47g (A 801.1; Balog 234). Good very fine. £300-350

al-Nasir Salah al-din Yusuf I (564-589h), Gold Dinar, al-Qahira 570h, 3.88g. About very fine. £400-500

al-Nasir Salah al-din Yusuf I, Gold Dinar, al-Qahira 572h, 3.57g (A 785; Balog 14). Good very fine, rare. £600-800

al-Nasir Salah al-din Yusuf I, Gold Dinar, al-Qahira 579h, 4.90g (A 785.2; Balog 39). Very fine. £350-400

al-Nasir Salah al-din Yusuf I, Gold Dinar, alIskandariya 57xh, 5.45g (A 785.2). Pierced and plugged, very fine. £200-250

394

al-Nasir Salah al-din Yusuf I, Gold Dinar, alIskandariya 580h, 3.68g (A 785.2; Balog 53), Very fine. £350-400

395

al-Nasir Salah al-din Yusuf I, Gold Dinar, al-Qahira 583h, 5.71g (A 785.2; Balog 43). Very fine. £350-400

403

al-’Adil Abu Bakr I, Gold Dinar, al-Qahira 599h, 3.76g (A 801.1; Balog 236). Extremely fine. £300-350

404

al-’Adil Abu Bakr I, Gold Dinar, al-Iskandariya 599h, 4.52g (A 801.1; Balog 256). About extremely fine. £300-350

409

al-Kamil Muhammad I, Gold Dinar, al-Qahira 632h, 6.20g (A 811.3; Balog 379). About extremely fine. £300-350

410

al-Kamil Muhammad I, Gold Dinars (2), alQahira 631h, 632h, 5.73g, 5.26g (A 811.3; Balog 378, 379). Both good very fine. (2) £500-600

405

al-’Adil Abu Bakr I, Gold Dinar, al-Iskandariya 604h, 4.23g (A 801.1; Balog 261). About very fine. £200-250

406

al-’Adil Abu Bakr I, Gold Dinar, al-Iskhandariya 614h, 6.46g (A 801.2, Balog 271). Struck on heavy flan, gouge on obverse, very fine and rare. £500-600

411

al-Kamil Muhammad I, Gold Dinars (2), al-Qahira 633h, 634h, 5.97g, 6.03g (A 811.3; Balog 380, 381). Good very fine and very fine. (2) £500-600

al-Kamil Muhammad I (615-635h), Gold Dinar, al-Qahira 624h, 4.69g (A 811.3; Balog 371). Good very fine. £250-300

412

al-Kamil Muhammad I, Gold Dinars (2), alQahira 62(6)h, 6xxh, 4.43g, 5.83g (A 811.3). Both good very fine. (2) £450-500

413

al-’Adil Abu Bakr II (635-657h), Gold Dinar, alQahira 635h, 5.15g (A 818; Balog 504). Very fine, scarce. £250-300

407

408

al-Kamil Muhammad I, Gold Dinar, al-Qahira 628h, 4.99g (A 811.3; Balog 375). Extremely fine. £300-350

414 † al-Salih Ayyub (637-647h), Gold Dinar, al-Qahira 640h, 4.26g (Balog 520). Good very fine. £500-600

419

al-Zahir Barquq (784-791h), Gold Dinar, Halab 787h, 10.85g (A 972; Balog 547). Some border weakness, good extremely fine. £500-600

al-Salih Ayyub, Gold Dinar, al-Qahira 646h?, 4.28g (A 822.2; Balog 529). Good very fine and rare. £350-400

420

al-Nasir Faraq (801-808h), Gold Dinar, al-Qahira, date off flan, 9.25g (A 977). Lustrous extremely fine. £450-550

415

Crusader Imitation

416

“al-Amir”, Gold Dinar, “Misr” blundered date, 3.66g. Good very fine. £250-300

Bahri Mamluk

417 † al-Zahir Baybars (658-676h), Gold Dinar, al-Iskandriya, date unclear, 6.23g (A 880). Weakly struck in part but with clear lion, about uncirculated. £450-500

418 † al-Mansur Qala’un (678-689h), Gold Dinar, mint and date off flan, 4.86g (A 893). Good very fine. £300-350

Burji Mamluk

421

al-Zahir Barquq (second reign, 792-901h), Gold Dinar, Madinat Halab 799h(?), 8.65g (A 792). Good very fine. £500-600

Sulayhid

422

al-Mukarram Ahmad (439-473h), Gold Dinar, ‘Adan (4)75h, 2.33g (A 1076). Good very fine and rare. £250-300

423

temp. ‘Arwa bint Ahmad, Queen (484-532), Gold Dinar, mint uncertain (either ‘Adan or Zabid) 485h, struck in the name of her deceased husband al-Mukarram Ahmad, 2.38g (A 1077). Extremely fine. £250-300

Ottoman

424

Selim I (918-826h), Gold Sultani, Serez 918h, 3.37g (Pere Osmanlilarda Madeni Paralar 121). Exmount, very fine, rare. £650-750

425

Suleyman I (The Magnificent, 926-974h / 15201566), Gold Sultani, Amid 926h (Pere 156; Edhem 794). Extremely fine. £250-300

426 † Suleyman I, Gold Sultani, Amid 926h, 3.49g (Pere 156). Extremely fine. £300-350

427

431

Ahmed I (1012-1026h / 1603-1617), Gold Sultani, Haleb 1012h (Pere 353). Date off flan, very fine. £150-200

432

Ahmed I, Gold Sultani, Amid 1012h (Pere 34). Very fine. £150-200

433

Mehmed IV (1058-1099h / 1648-1687), Gold Altin, Qustantiniya 1058h (Pere 446). Pierced, good fine. £120-180

Suleyman I, Gold Sultani, Bursa 926h, 3.46g (A 1317; Pere 163). Good very fine. £350-400

434 † Mehmet IV, Gold Sultani, Qunstantiniyya 1058h, 3.46g (Pere 446). Partial flatness, extremely fine. £250-300 428

429

Suleyman I, Gold Sultani, Bursa 926h (Pere 163; Edhem 832). Some double striking, otherwise very fine. £200-250

435

Mahmud I (1143-1168h / 1730-1754), Gold ½Sultani, Algeria, Cezayir 1164h (KM 19; Pere 541). Fine. £300-500

436

Mahmud I, Silver Onluk/Abbasi of 16-Para, Baghdad 1143h, 5.27g (KM - unrecorded issue). Unevenly struck, very fine and extremely rare. £800-1000

Selim II (974-982h), Gold Sultani, Amid 974h, 3.44g (Pere 227). Good very fine. £300-350

430 † Murad III (982-1003h), Gold Sultani, Tarablus 982h, 3.52g (cf Pere 281-2). Extremely fine and rare. £800-1000

437

Osman III (1168-1171h / 1754-1757), 5-Altin, Turkey, Islambul 1168h (KM 282/283; Pere 589). In NGC holder graded XF details holed. £1500-2000

438

Mustafa III (1171-1187h / 1757-1774), 3-Altin, Turkey, Qustantiniya 1171/9 (KM 350; Pere 609). Pierced, good very fine. £250-300

439

Mustafa III, Zer-i Mahbubs (5), Turkey, (3), Egypt (2). One extremely fine, the others pierced or plugged. (5) £450-550

440

Abdul Hamid I (1187-1203h / 1774-1789), 1½Findik, Turkey, Islambul 1187/11 (KM 427; Pere 656). Pierced, good very fine. £120-180

441

Abdul Hamid I, Zer-i Mahbub, Egypt, Misr 1187/2 (KM 127; Pere 666). Date not struck up, light scuff, otherwise good very fine. £120-180

442

Selim III (first reign, 1203-1212h / 1789-1798; second reign, 1216-1222h / 1801-1807), Zer-i Mahbub, Egypt, Misr 1203/alif sin (KM 141; Pere 702). Very fine. £80-120

443

Selim III, ¼-Zer-i Mahbub, Turkey, Islambul 1203h/17 (KM 510; Pere 699). Very fine. £40-60

444

Selim III, ¼-Findik, Turkey, Islambul 1203h/15 (KM 514; Pere 696). Extremely fine. £40-60

445

Selim III, Gold Sultani, Algeria, Cezayir 1216h (KM 41; Pere 690). Twice pierced, fine. £120-160

446

Mahmud II (1223-1255h / 1808-1839), ¼-Zer-i Mahbubs (8), Qustanintiya, 1223h/1/2/2/4/ 8/8/13/13 (KM 605-606; Pere 751). Generally extremely fine. (8) £300-400

447

Mahmud II, Surre Altin, Turkey, Darülilâfe 1223h/16 (KM 621; Pere 763). Pierced and countermarked, fine. £50-70

448

449

Mahmud II, ¼-Surre Altin, Turkey, Darülilâfe 1223h/16 (KM 619; Pere 765). Extremely fine. £40-60

454 † al-Hadi ilâ’l-Haqq, Silver Sudaysi, Sa’da, undated, 0.48g (A 1066). Extremely fine. £120-150

Mahmud II, ¼-New Altin, Turkey, Qustantinya 1223h/25 (KM 641; Pere 776). Extremely fine. £20-30

Rassid

455 † al-Hadi ilâ’l-Haqq, Silver Sudaysi, Makka, undated, 0.58g (A 1066). Good extremely fine and very rare. £2500-3000

450 † al-Hadi ilâ’l-Haqq (284-298h), Gold Dinar, San‘a’ 284h, 2.91g (A 1065). Extremely fine and extremely rare. £3000-3500

451 † al-Hadi ilâ’l Haqq, Gold Dinar, San’a’ 288h, 2.82g (A 1065). About extremely fine and very rare. £2500-3000

452 † al-Hadi ilâ’l-Haqq, Gold Dinar, Sa‘da, 298h, 2.88g (A 1065). Extremely fine. £250-300

453 † al-Hadi ilâ’l-Haqq, Silver Sudaysi, Tukhla, undated, 0.49g (A 1066). Uncirculated and extremely rare. £500-600

456 † Muhammad b. al-Qasim (c.300h), Silver Sudaysi, San‘a’, undated, 0.36g (A 1067Q). About extremely fine and previously unrecorded. £400-500

457 † ‘Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi (297-322h), Silver Sudaysi, Ibb, undated, 0.29g (Nicol Fatimid 7; A 1067.1). Good very fine. £150-200

458 † ‘Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi, Silver Sudaysi, alJaththa, undated, 0.44g (Nicol 8). Clipped, extremely fine, extremely rare. £300-350

459 † ‘Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi, Silver Sudaysi, ‘Aththar 300h, 0.49g (Nicol 20; A 1067.1). About extremely fine, extremely rare. £400-500 460 † ‘Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi, Silver Sudaysi (5), ‘Aththar, undated, 0.45 to 0.48g (Nicol 22; A 1067.1). Extremely fine. (5) £400-500

461 † al-Nasir li-din Allah (301-325h), Silver Sudaysi, Sa’da, undated, 0.53g (A 1068). Extremely fine. £120-150

466 † al-Mansur billah (389-393h), Silver Sudaysi, Dhamar, undated, 0.35g (A 1069N). Good very fine, extremely rare. £400-500

462 † al-Nasir li-din Allah, Silver Sudaysi, San‘a’, undated, 0.47g (A 1068). Extremely fine and very rare. £300-350

463 † al-Nasir li-din Allah, Silver Sudaysi, ‘Aththar, undated, 0.22g (A 1068). Very fine and extremely rare. £400-500

467 † al-Mansur billah, Silver Sudaysi, San‘a’ (39)3h, 0.31g (A 1069N). About extremely fine, extremely rare. £400-500

468 † al-Mansur billah), Silver Sudaysi, Nu’man, undated, 0.32g (A 1069N). Twice pierced, good very fine, extremely rare. £150-200

464 † al-Nasir li-din Allah, Silver Sudaysi, Makka, undated, 0.33g (A 1068). Very fine and extremely rare. £2000-2500 469 † al-Mahdi al-Husayn (393-404h), Silver Sudaysi, Zabid, undated, 0.30g (A 1069R). Very fine and very rare. £150-200

465 † al-Nasir li-din Allah, Silver Sudaysi, Nu’man, undated, 0.24g (A 1068). Good very fine and extremely rare. £400-500

470 † Mahdi li-din Allah, Silver Sudaysi, San‘a’, undated, 0.35g. Good very fine, very rare. £200-250

Amirs of the Yemen

471 † Shu’ayb (c.390s h), Silver Sudaysi, San ‘a’(?), undated, 0.23g (A 1069W). Very fine and very rare. £120-150

476 † Abu’l-Husayn ‘Ali (c.366-370h), Gold Dinar, ‘Aththar 366h(?), 2.66g (A D1070). Good very fine and very rare. £1500-2000

472 † Husayn, Silver Sudaysi, ‘Aththar(?), undated, 0.23g (A -). Very fine, extremely rare. £150-200

473 † Husayn (Abbasid Caliph al-Qadir), Silver Sudaysi, Zabid, undated, 0.22g (A -). Very fine, extremely rare. £350-400

477 † Abu’l-Faraj al-Mansur (c.379-392h), Gold Dinar, ‘Aththar (3)79h, 2.68g (A -). Good very fine and extremely rare. £2000-2500

Amirs of ‘Aththar 478 † al-Faraj al-Tarafi (c.381-392h), Gold Dinar, ‘Aththar 380h(?), 2.67g (A F1070). Good very fine, very rare. £1200-1500

479 † al-Faraj al-Tarafi, Gold Dinar, ‘Aththar 390h, 2.74g (A F1070). Good very fine and very rare. £1500-2000

474 † Amirs of ‘Aththar in the name of al-Ta‘i’ lillah (363-381h), Gold Dinar, ‘Aththar 371h, 2.79g. Good very fine and very rare. £6000-8000

This appears to be an unrecorded dinar, omitting the name of a local amir and giving that of only the Caliph al-Ta‘i’. It may have been struck during a local interregnum.

475 † Abu ‘Ali Muhammad b. al-Qasim (c.346-366h), Gold Dinar, ‘Aththar 362h, 2.64g (A C1070). Good very fine and rare. £1500-2000

480 † al-Faraj al-Tarafi, Gold Dinar, ‘Aththar (39)1h, 2.48g (A F1070). Good very fine and very rare. £1200-1500

481 † al-Faraj al-Tarafi, Gold Dinar, ‘Aththar (3)92h, 2.32g (A F1070). Very fine, very rare. £1200-1500

482 † Bushri b. ‘Abd Allah (c.393-400h), Gold Dinar, ‘Aththar (3)94h, 2.66g (A G1070). Pierced, good very fine, very rare. £1000-1200

488 † ‘Ali b. al-Muzaffar, Gold Dinar, Zabid 4??h, 2.38g (A 1072). Extremely fine, scarce. £150-200

Najahid

483 † Bushri b. ‘Abd Allah, Gold Dinar, ‘Aththar (3)95h, 2.67g (A G1070). Good very fine and very rare. £1500-2000 489 † Jayash b. al-Mu’ayyad (c.465h), Gold Dinar, Zabid (4)65h, 2.40g (A 1074; Ashmolean X Arabia and East Africa, 150). Cut, very fine and £150-200 scarce.

484 † Bushri b. ‘Abd Allah, Gold Dinar, ‘Aththar 400h, 2.62g (A G1070). Good very fine and very rare. £1500-2000

Ziyadid

490 † Jayash b. al-Mu’ayyad, Gold Dinar, Zabid 465h, 2.42g (A 1074). Extremely fine, rare. £200-250

Sulayhid 485 † Ishaq b. Ibrahim (343-362h), Gold Dinar, Zabid 349h, 2.75g (A 1070). Extremely fine and very rare. £450-500

486 † Ishaq b. Ibrahim (caliph al-Muti’), Silver Sudaysi, Zabid, undated, 0.44g (A A1071). Very £250-300 fine, extremely rare.

487 † ‘Ali b. al-Muzaffar (c.430s-440s), Fractional Gold Dinar, Zabid (4)34h, 2.03g (A 1072). Good very fine and scarce. £120-150

491 † ‘Ali b. Muhammad (439-473h), Gold Dinar, Zabid 445h, 2.48g (A 1075.1). Extremely fine, very rare. £1500-2000

492 † ‘Ali b. Muhammad, Gold Dinar, Zabid 451h, 2.12g (A 1075.2). Very fine. £200-250

493 † al-Mukarram Ahmad (473-484h), Gold Dinar, ‘Adan 480h, 2.35g (A 1076). Very fine, rare. £250-300

494 † al-Sayyida Arwa bint Ahmad (484-532h), Gold ½-Dinar, Zabid (4)87h, 1.05g (A -). Extremely fine, very rare. £200-250

495 † al-Sayyida Arwa, Gold Dinar, ‘Adan 488h, 2.30g (A 1077). Very fine. £120-150

498 † al-Sayyida Arwa, Gold Dinar, ‘Adan 504h, 2.48g (A 1077). Good very fine. £150-200

499 † al-Sayyida Arwa, Gold Dinar, ‘Adan 506h, 2.40g (A 1077). Good very fine. £150-200

500 † al-Sayyida Arwa, Gold Dinar, ‘Adan (5)11h, 2.43g (A 1077). Very fine. £120-150

501 † al-Sayyida Arwa, Gold Dinar, ‘Adan (5)16h, 2.42g (A 1077). Very fine. £120-150

496 † al-Sayyida Arwa, Gold Dinar, ‘Adan (4)94h, 2.43g (A 1077). Good very fine. £120-150

502 † al-Sayyida Arwa, Gold ½-Dinar, no mint name, (5)19h, 1.08g (A -). Extremely fine. £150-200

497 † al-Sayyida Arwa, Gold Dinar, ‘Adan (4)98h, 2.35g (A 1077). Good very fine. £120-150

503 † al-Amir/Malik al-Sa’id, Fractional Gold Dinar, no mint name, (5)19h, 0.95g. About extremely fine, very rare. £300-350

Zurayhid

504 † al-Sayyida Arwa, Gold Dinar, no mint name, (5)22h, 2.38g (A 1077). Good very fine. £120-150 511 † Muhammad b. Saba‘ (533-550h), Gold Dinar, ‘Adan (5)41h, 2.34g (A 1080). Good very fine, rare. £300-350

505 † al-Sayyida Arwa, Gold Dinar, no mint name, (5)23h, 2.40g (A 1077). Very fine. £120-150 512 † Muhammad b. Saba‘, Gold Dinar, ‘Adan (5)43h, 2.35g (A 1080). Good very fine, rare. £300-350

506 † al-Sayyida Arwa, Gold Dinar, ‘Adan 526h, 2.40g (A 1077). Good very fine. £150-200

513 † Muhammad b. Saba‘, Gold Dinar, ‘Adan (5)47h, 2.34g (A 1080). Good very fine, rare. £300-350

507 † al-Sayyida Arwa, Gold Dinar, ‘Adan (5)27h, 2.33g (A 1077). Very fine. £120-150

508 † al-Sayyida Arwa, Gold Dinar, ‘Adan 528h, 2.27g (A 1077). Good very fine. £150-200

514 † Imran b. Muhammad (550-561h), Gold Dinar, ‘Adan (5)55h, 2.14g (A 1080I). Extremely fine, extremely rare. £500-600 509 † al-Sayyida Arwa, Gold Dinar, ‘Adan 530h, 2.23g (A 1077). Very fine. £120-150

510 † al-Sayyida Arwa, Gold ½-Dinar, Dhu Jibla 515h, 1.06g (A 1078.2). Extremely fine. £150-200

515 † Imran b. Muhammad, Gold Dinar, ‘Adan 557h, 2.15g (A 1080I). Good very fine and extremely rare. £450-550

Governors of Oman

516 † ‘Abd al-Halim b. Ibrahim (313h), Silver Dirham, ‘Uman 313h, 3.65g (A H1160). Unevenly struck, good very fine, extremely rare. £1500-2000

Wajihid 521 † Nasir al-din ‘Ali, Gold Dinar, ‘Uman 420h, 4.92g (A 1164). Outer legends weakly struck, extremely fine, rare. £1500-2000

517 † Yusuf b. Wajih (314-332h), Silver Dirham, ‘Uman 319h, 4.09g (A 1160). Good very fine and very rare. £1200-1500 522 † Nasir al-din ‘Ali, Gold Dinar, ‘Uman 421h, 4.80g (A 1164). Crudely struck, very fine and rare. £1500-2000

518 † Yusuf b. Wajih, Silver Dirham, ‘Uman 320h, 3.28g (A 1160). Very fine, very rare. £1200-1500

523 † Nasir al-din ‘Ali, Gold Dinar, ‘Uman 423h, 3.60g (A 1164). Crudely struck, very fine and rare. £1500-2000 519 † Yusuf b. Wajih, Silver Dirham, ‘Uman 328h, with heir Muhammad b. Yusef, 2.63g (A 1161). Extremely fine, very rare. £1500-2000

Banu Mismar

Mukramid

520 † Nasir al-din ‘Ali, Gold Dinar, ‘Uman 416h, 4.10g (A 1164). Very fine, rare. £1500-2000

524 † Mismar b. Salm (c.273h), Fractional Dirham, no mint visible, 27(3)h, 1.10g (A F1166). Very fine, extremely rare. £350-400

Rasulid

A Collection of Late Medieval Coins of The Ayyubids and Rasulids

525 † A Collection of Silver (462) and Copper (3) Late Medieval Coins of The Ayyubids and Rasulids of The Tihama, Hadramawt and Highlands of South-Western Arabia, Ayyubid Coins (73) and Rasulid Coins (392), struck between the mid-6th and mid-9th Centuries of the Hijra. This collection is probably the most comprehensive of its kind. It includes coins of virtually every ruler and every known mint during this period. This region was always known for its light-weight Islamic gold and silver coins, probably due to the virtual absence of a circulating copper coinage in the area. When the Ayyubids of Egypt sent members of their family to occupy this region they adopted a similar light-weight standard for their gold and silver. The collection possesses representative examples of the following Ayyubid rulers: al-Mu’azzam Turanshah (569-575h); al-Nasir Yusuf (known in the west as Saladin) (575-579h) al-‘Aziz Tughtekin (579-593h); al-Mu’izz Isma’il (593-598h); al-Nasir Ayyub (598-611h); al-Ma’sud Yusuf (612-626h) and, under the guidance of the Rasulid al-Mansur ‘Umar, al-Kamil Muhammad (626-627h); al-‘Adil Abu Bakr (627-631h); al-Kamil Muhammad for a second and last time (631-634h) This collection incorporates a superb selection of both Ayyubid and Rasulid Dirhams. They are generally struck on wafer-thin planchets which, because of their fragility, could not be struck in high relief. It can be said that it would be virtually impossible to assemble another comparable group of these coins, and it would be entirely suited for a specialist collector or museum coin cabinet. A complete inventory of this remarkable collection can be obtained from the auctioneers prior to the sale. (465) £120,000-150,000 The Silver Dirhams of the Ayyubids frequently displayed superb Kufic calligraphy in a variety of refined and artistic enclosures. These are among the most attractive of all the designs found on Islamic coins Rasulid coinage proper began in 634h, after al-Mansur ‘Umar (626-647h) had received caliphal recognition as ruler of his territories from alMustansir. He is recorded to have issued five types of silver coinage, distinguished by their various designs but relatively uniform weights. He was followed by the greatest of all Rasulid rulers, al-Muzaffar Yusuf (647-694h), and then by the latter’s son al-Ashraf ‘Umar II (694-696h), who was succeeded by his brother al-Mu’ayyad Da’ud (696-721h). Da’ud’s son al-Mujahid ‘Ali (721-764h) struck three different types of dirhams. The Rasulids displayed their allegiance to Sunni Islam by continuing to place the name of the last Abbasid Caliph, al-Mus’tasim, on their coinage for many decades after his deposition and death in 656h. It was al-Mujahid ‘Ali who made the great innovation of introducting pictorial designs on these coins. A lion was seen on those from al-Mahjam, a hawk at Zabid, two fish at ‘Adan and a seated ruler at Tha’bat. Ali’s son, al-Afdal al-‘Abbas (764-778h), continued to employ pictorial designs, but these were placed above and below the marginal legends instead of in the field as they had been previously. Under al-Ashraf Isma’il (778803h), the son of al-‘Abbas, ten different coinage designs were used, many only briefly. Under him the pictorial devices became more elaborate, frequently occupying a large area of the field. Among these were two fish, head to tail, at Adan, a lion attacking a bull at al-Mahjam (this design was taken from classical antiquity), a mounted falconer holding his hawk at Ta’izz, and a hawk attacking a hubayra at Zabid. Later on a lion appeared at ‘Adan and a seated ruler at al-Mahjam, then a chalice at ‘Adan, flower-like ornaments and finally three swords in a circle at Zabid. The next ruler, al-Nasir Ahmad (803-827h), is known for many different coinage types, but because they are largely undated it is impossible at this point to work out a sequence of his issues, as the Rasulid state had entered a period of rapid decline during his reign. The coinage of the last three rulers, al-Mansur ‘Abd Allah (827-830h), al-Ashraf Isma‘il II (830-831h) and al-Zahir Yahya (831-842h), is extraordinarily rare, which revealed the economic and political weakness of the dynasty.

Seljuq of Rum

526 † Ghiyath al-din Kaykhusraw II (634-643h), Gold Dinar, Qunya 635h, 4.15g (A 1215). Extremely fine, very rare. £2000-2500

530 † ‘Umar b. ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (280-284h), Gold Dinar, Mah al-Basra 281h, 4.09g (A 1399). Good very fine and very rare. £1500-2000

Samanid/Simjurid Tahirid

531 527

Tahir b. ‘Abd Allah (230-248h), Copper Fals, alShash 241h, 4.08g (A B1395). Very fine. £100-120

Nasr III b. Mansur / Nasir al-dawla, Gold Dinar, Naysabur 377h, 6.24g (A 1468). About extremely fine. £250-300

Samanid Khujistanid

528

Ahmad b. ‘Abd Allah (261-268h), Silver Broad Dirham, Naysabur 267h, 8.18g (A 1396). Stained, good very fine, rare. £80-100

532

Isma’il b. Ahmad (279-295h) / Caliph alMu’tadid, Silver Dirham, al-Shash 288h, 2.99g (A 1443); Nasr II b. Ahmad / Governor Ahmad b. Sahl, Silver Dirham, Andaraba 304h, 2.85g (A B1453). Very fine and about extremely fine. (2) £100-120

533 † Nasr II b. Ahmad (301-331h), Gold Dinar, Samarqand 303h, 4.14g (Bern 269Qe, one example recorded). Very fine, rare. £350-400

Dulafid

534 † Nasr II b. Ahmad, Gold Dinar, al-Muhammadiya 314h, 3.47g (Bernardi 269 Mh). A little deposit, about extremely fine. £300-350 529 † Ahmad b. ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (265-280h), Gold Medallion Dinar, Hamadhan 275h, without name of caliph, 2.78g (Bernardi 203 Mu; A 1397P). Crimped, otherwise good very fine, very rare. £5000-6000

The legends on this traditional Abbasid style donative dinar are interesting because the name of the caliph is omitted and that of the issuer, Ahmad, is placed in the lower line of both the obverse and reverse fields. This emphasises the personal nature of the donative, presumably given only to members of his own family and high-ranking administrators.

535 † Nasr II b. Ahmad, Gold Dinar, al-Muhammadiya 318h, 3.01g (Bernardi 269 Mh). Extremely fine. £300-350

Banijurid

536

Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ahmad (c.286-297h), Samanid overlord Isma’il b. Ahmad, Silver Dirham, Balkh 292h, 2.85g (A 1435). Cleaned, toned, good very fine and rare. £150-200

Sajids of Azerbaijan

537

Yusuf b. Diwdad (288-315h), Gold Dinar, Barda’a 303h, 4.01g (A 1478; Bern 251Kf). Very fine and very rare. £2000-2500

Buwayhid

540

‘Adud al-dawla (in Fars 338-372h), Silver Dirham, Arrijan 344h, 4.08g (A 1550.1). Good very fine. £80-100

541 † Samsam al-Dawla (380-387h), Gold Dinar, ‘Uman 386h, 4.37g (A T1570; TR Um 386g). Weakly struck on part of border, good very fine and very rare. £1200-1500

542 † Abu Kalijar (fl 432h), Gold Dinar, ‘Uman 432h, 6.56g (TR Um 432g; A 1578D). About extremely fine and very rare. £1200-1500

Qarakhanid

543

538

Baha’ al-dawla (379-403h), Gold Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 399h, 3.10g (A 1573; Treadwell Ms399G). About extremely fine, very rare. £400-500

Rukn al-din Qilij Tafghaj Khan (472-473h), Gold Dinar, mint and date illegible, 3.62g (A 3397 var). Fine, very rare. £400-500

‘Alid of Tabaristan

539 † temp. Harun b. al-Qasim (second reign, 314316h), Gold Dinar, al-Muhammadiya 316h, 3.38g (A E1524). An exceptional example of this issue, good very fine, rare. £500-600

544 † al Malik al-Rahim Khusrawfinz (440-447h), Gold Dinar, al-Ahwaz 445h, 3.83g (A B1585). Extremely fine. £350-400

545

al Malik al-Rahim Khusrafiruz, Gold Dinar, al-Ahwaz 445h, 4.27g (A B1585) About extremely fine, scarce. £300-350

Julandid

546

Ridwan b. Ja’far (c.338-349h), Silver Dirham, Huzu 347h, 4.58g (A 1586). Good very fine and rare. £500-600

550

Mas’ud I, Gold Dinars (2), Nishapur 424h, 431h, 3.82g, 3.47g (A 1618). Both very fine. (2) £350-400

551

Mas’ud I, Gold Dinars (2) Nishapur, dates unclear, 2.98g, 3.22g (A 1618); Ottoman, Mohammad V, Gold 50-Lira 1327h/2, Edirne City Visit issue. First two about very fine, the third ex-mount very fine. (3) £500-600

Kakwayhid

547 † Faramurz b. Muhammad (433-443h), Gold Dinar, Isfahan 433h, citing overlord Abu Kalijar, 2.71g (A 1592.1). Flatly struck in parts, otherwise extremely fine. £300-350

Ghaznavid

Great Seljuq

548 † Mahmud (389-421h), as independent ruler, Gold Dinar, Naysabur 405h, 3.63g (A 1606). Good very fine. £200-250

552

Shihab al-dawla Takish Arslan (in eastern Khurasan c.454-477h), Gold Dinar, Balkh 475h, 3.49g (A 1673.2; Tübingen 761). Edge weakness, good fine. £200-250

Seljuqs of Iraq

553 549

Mas’ud I (421-432h), Gold Dinars (2), Nishapur 421h, 423h, 3.73g, 4.09g (A 1618). Both very fine. (2) £350-400

Mughith al-din Mahmud (511-525), Caliph al-Mustarshid, Great Seljuq overlord Sanjar, Gold Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 517h, 6.39g (Jafar Baghdad, obverse as 515c, reverse as 514b). Very fine. £200-250

Zangid of Mosul

559

Abaqa (663-680h), Gold Dinar, mint off flan (Tabriz) (6)74h, Uyghur, obv Abagha-yin in second line of field, 4.20g (Diler A-87; A 2126.2). Very fine. £200-250

560

Ahmad Takudar (680-683h), Silver Dirham, Tabriz 682h, 2.38g (Diler Ab-130). Good very fine and rare. £80-100

561

Arghun (683-690h), Gold Dinar, Madinat Tabriz 684h, 4.20g (Diler Ar-155; A 2144). Very fine. £250-300

562

Arghun, Silver Dirham (Georgian Issue), Tiflis undated, rev cross in lower part, 2.25g (A 2151). Very fine and scarce. £120-150

563

Irinjin Turji (690-694h), Gold Dinar, Tabriz (69)4h, 4.52g (Diler Gy-231; A 2158.1). Partly flat, good very fine. £200-250

564

Irinjin Turji as Gaykhatu, Gold Dinar, Yazd (69)1h, 3.87g (Diler Gy-227, 228; A 2158.1). Good very fine, very rare. £400-500

554 † Nasir al-din Mahmud (616-631h), Gold Dinar, al-Mawsil 620h, 7.07g (A 1869). Normal crude strike, very fine. £300-350

Juchid/Golden Horde

555

Anonymous, Silver Dirham, no mint (but probably struck at Bulghar on the middle Volga), undated (c.640s-650h), obv tamgha within hexagram, rev triangular emblem within triangle, 0.96g. Good very fine, very rare. £250-300

556

Khayr Pulad Khan (764h), Silver Dirham, Saray al-Jadida 764h, 1.51g (A 2043). Good very fine, very rare. £250-300

557

Urus Khan (c.770-779h), Silver Dirham, Sighnaq 774h (date retrograde), 1.42g (A A2047). About very fine, very rare. £200-250

Sighnaq was located in what is present-day Kazakhstan, near Tyumen-Aryk on the lower Syr Darya River.

Ilkhan

558

Anonymous, temp. Hulagu to Abaqa (654-680h) Qa’an al-‘adil, Silver ¼-Dirham, Tabriz undated, 0.63g (A 2137L). About extremely fine and very rare. £150-200

565 † Kinjin Turji/Gaykhatu (690-694h), Gold Dinar, Tabriz (69)1h, 4.18g (Diler Gy.231; A 2158.1). Very fine. £300-350

566

567

571

Abu-Sa’id, Gold Dinar, type G, Rayy 729h, 7.40g (A 2212; Diler records only silver for this type). Slight weakness on border, good very fine and very rare. £800-1000

Irinjin Turji, Gold Dinar, Madinat Tabriz, date off flan, 4.28g (Diler Gy-231; A 2158.1). Edge weakness, good very fine. £200-250

572

Muhammad Khan (736-738h), Gold Dinar, type A, Tabriz 737h, 7.08g (A V2226; Diler 695). Good very fine, rare. £1500-2000

Ghazan Mahmud (694-703h), Gold Dinar, prereform type, mint and date off flan, rev padshahi jahan, sultan-i a‘zam, Qazan Mahmud khallada mulkahu, 4.32g (Diler Ga-259; A 2167). Edge weakness, very fine and very rare. £350-400

573

Muhammad Khan, Silver Uncertain Denomination, 4-Dirhams(?), Mawsil 738h, 5.51g (Diler 696). Extremely fine, very rare. £400-500

Album gives the weight of the silver dinar as 7.56g and the dirham as 1.26g, which makes the weight of this coin approximately that of a previously unknown 4-dirham denomination.

568

Ghazan Mahmud, Gold Dinar, Tabriz 699h, 4.37g (A 2170). Very fine. £300-350

Aq Qoyunlu

574

Ahmad Göde (902-903h) with title al-Qa’im biamr Allah, Silver Tanka, mint and date off flan, 4.68g (A 2537). Good very fine, very rare. £200-250

Timurid

569

570

Abu-Sa’id (716-736h), Gold Dinar, type C, Bazar 719h, 7.83g (A 2198; Diler 488, unrecorded in gold). Good very fine and rare. £800-1000 Abu-Sa’id, Gold Dinar, Sultaniya 727h, type F, 6.74g (Diler AB 506). Good very fine, rare. £300-400

575

Shah Rukh (807-850h), Silver Tanka, 5th Series, Rudbar date missing, 5.12g (A 2405). Good very fine, rare. £60-80

Safavid

Saljuq/Ghurid

576 † Tahmasp (930-984h), Mithqal, Khazana 974h, 4.64g (A 2590). Lightly struck, very fine and rare. £300-350

Qajar

580

5th - 7th Century of the Hijra, Bronze Amulet, incuse lion with spiked-tail and scorpion, seals of Solomon above religious formulae, 41mm, 36.07g. Olive-green with spot of verdigris and earth colours, incomplete punch at top, very fine and a very interesting object. £250-300

Khans of Khiva

577

Fath ‘Ali Shah (1212-1250h), Gold Toman, type T1, Shiraz 1221h, 5.72g (A 2860F). Good very fine, very rare. £500-600

581

578

Fath ‘Ali Shah, Gold Tomans (2), type S2, Tehran, undated (1217-1221h), 6.12g, 6.10g (A 2860C). Very fine. (2) £500-600

579

Nasr al-din Shah (1264-1313h), Silver Qiran, Dar al-Mu’minin Akbarabad 1278h, 4.17g (A 2937). Very fine, rare. £150-200

Qutlugh Murad Khan (1271-1272h), Gold ½Tilla, 1271h, 2.27g (A 3084.1). About extremely fine, very rare. £1000-1200

Afghanistan

582

Muhammad Nadir Shah, Gold 20-Afghanis/ Amani 1350h, 5.97g (KM 925). Good very fine. £150-200

Banknotes Afghanistan 583

Kingdom, 1928 Rebellion, 1-Rupee, 5-Rupees and 100-Rupees (2), SH1299 (1920), the 1-Rupee and both 100-Rupees with counterfoil (P 1b, 2b, 5a, 5b); uniface 5-Afghani, SH1305 (1926), and 10Afghani (3), SH1307 (1928), last with incomplete obverse (P 7c, 9b (2), 8). Very fine to good extremely fine. (8) £350-450

584

Kingdom, Pre-Rebellion, 50-Afghani (2), SH1307 (1928), blue, red and green, without serial numbers, varieties without and with watermark (P 10a, b). First with tiny burn mark on the edge, the second with damage to lower left corner and right edge, otherwise both about extremely fine. (2) £150-200

585

Kingdom, Pre-Rebellion, 50-Afghani, SH1307 (1928), blue, red and green, serial no.103778, with watermark (P 10b). Tiny tear in lower edge, extremely fine. £80-100

586

Kingdom, 1928 Rebellion, 5-Afghani (2), SH1307 (1928), light brown, arms top centre, serial no.78552 and 571616, first with three handstamps (P 11a, b). About very fine and about extremely fine. (2) £200-250

587

Kingdom, 1928 Rebellion, 50-Afghani, SH1307 (1928), serial no.105595, three handstamps, and uniface 1-Rupee, undated (1928-1929), French text at left (P 13, 14a). First with a little edge damage, very fine, the second about uncirculated. (2) £150-180

588

Kingdom, Ministry of Finance, 2-Afghani, SH1315 (1936), serial no.03941511, 10-Afghani, undated (c.1936), serial no.0000182, 20-Afghani, undated (c.1936), serial no.299838, 50-Afghani, undated (c.1936), serial no.176955 (P 15, 17A, 18A, 19A). The 50-Afghani with glue residue around edges on the back, generally very fine to about extremely fine. (4) £300-400

589

Kingdom, Ministry of Finance, 5-Afghani (3), first SH1315 (1936), the others undated, red serial nos.7273104, 2881896 and 1353620, first two lilac, the last green (P 16, 16B, 16C). About very fine to good very fine. (3) £100-150

590

Kingdom, Ministry of Finance, 100-Afghani, undated (c.1936), red serial no.00075, violet and multi-coloured, arms to left, monument to right (P 20A). A little ink residue in the corners, about extremely fine. £250-300

591

Bank of Afghanistan, 2-, 5-, 10-, 50- and 100-Afghani, SH1318 (1939), portrait of King Muhammad Zahir (P 21, 22, 23a, 25a, 26a). About uncirculated to uncirculated. (5) £150-250

592

Bank of Afghanistan, 500-Afghani, SH1318 (1939), serial no.070219, purple, portrait of King Muhammad Zahir (P 27). A little staining on the corners, good very fine. £500-700

593

Bank of Afghanistan, 1000-Afghani, SH1318 (1939), serial no.056114, brown, portrait of King Muhammad Zahir (P 27A). Creased but about very fine. £800-1000

594

Bank of Afghanistan, 2-, 5-, 10- and 50-Afghani, SH1327 (1948), portrait of King Muhammad Zahir (P 28, 29, 30A, 32); 10-Afghani (2), SH1333 (1954), SH1336 (1957), 20-Afghani, SH1336 (1957), 50-Afghani (2), SH1330 (1951), SH1336 (1957), portrait of King Muhammad Zahir (P 30c, 30d, 31d, 33a, 33c). About uncirculated to uncirculated. (9) £250-350

595

598

Bank of Afghanistan, 500- and 1000-Afghani, SH1342 (1963), olive-brown, black serial number, and grey, red serial number, portrait of King Muhammad Zahir at left (P 41b, 42b). Good extremely fine and about uncirculated. (2) £100-150

599

Bank of Afghanistan, 50-, 100-, 500- and 1000Afghani, SH1346 (1967), green, red, blue and brown, portrait of King Muhammad Zahir at left (P 43, 44, 45, 46). About uncirculated to uncirculated. (4) £150-200

600

Republic, 10-Afghani (3), 20-Afghani (2), 50Afghani (2), 100-Afghani (3), 500-Afghani (3), 1000-Afghani (2), SH1352-1356 (1973-1977), President Muhammad Daud (P 47a, b, c, 48a, b, 49b, c, 50a, b, c, 51a, b, 52, 53b, c); Khalq Democratic Republic, 50-Afghani, SH1357 (1978) (P 54); Democratic Republic, 10-, 50- (2), 100-, 500(4), 1000- (2), 5000- and 10000-Afghani, SH13581372 (1979-1993) (P 55, 57a, b, 58a, 59, 60a, b, c, 61a, c, 62, 63a); Republic, 1-, 2-, 5-, 10-, 50-, 500and 1000-Afghani, SH1381 (2002) (P 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 71, 72). About uncirculated to uncirculated. (35) £150-250

Bank of Afghanistan, 100-Afghani, SH1336 (1957), serial no.043950, purple, portrait of King Muhammad Zahir (P 34d). About uncirculated. £50-70

596

Bank of Afghanistan, 1000-Afghani, SH1327 (1948), serial no.021070, brown, portrait of King Muhammad Zahir (P 36). Attractive, uncirculated. £400-500

597

Bank of Afghanistan, 10-, 20-, 50-, 100-, 500and 1000-Afghani, SH1340 (1961), portrait of King Muhammad Zahir at left (P 37, 38, 39, 40, 40A, 42a). Good very fine to about uncirculated. (6) £200-250

End of Sale

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Examination of Lots You are encouraged to view the lots before sale and attend the auction in person. Viewing of the lots may be done by appointment in the week prior to the auction at our offices or on an official viewing day. The catalogue is printed with estimates alongside each lot. This is intended as a price guide for interested bidders. It is our opinion of the value of the lot but bidders should rely on their own judgement of the value. Bidders should be prepared for prices to rise if there is competition for the lot. All lots can achieve hammer prices both above and below the published pre-sale estimate. Usually each lot is reserved at 80% of the lower estimate and bids below this are unlikely to be accepted.

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APPLICATION AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP

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PRE-SALE AND DESCRIPTIONS

2.1. Statements made by us in a Catalogue, during the course of the Auction or elsewhere, describing a Lot including its authorship, origin, age, size, condition, genuineness, authenticity or value are intended as a guide for interested Bidders. These are statements of opinion only and should not be relied on as statements of fact. Illustrations of the Lots are for general identification only. 2.2. Lots by their nature are usually aged and varied in condition. The absence of any description of a defect, damage, modification or restoration in any Catalogue does not imply that there are none. 2.3. Coins are graded to accepted UK standards to the best ability of our specialists. You acknowledge that the grading of coins is subjective and may vary from specialist to specialist, as the process is by nature an art and not a science. For this reason, we do not automatically accept and are not bound by the opinions of third party coin grading services for any purposes including before and after the sale of a Lot. 2.4. If you are interested in a Lot, we strongly recommend that you view it in person before the Auction and form your own opinion of the description of the Lot.

4.4. Subject to Condition 4.2, the contract for the sale of the Lot is concluded on the fall of the hammer. 4.5.

All Lots are offered for sale subject to any Reserve.

4.6.

You cannot cancel your purchase of a Lot once the hammer has fallen.

PAYMENT

5.1. The Purchase Price payable by a Buyer is the Hammer Price plus a Buyer’s Premium of 20% of the Hammer Price. VAT is payable in addition unless the Lot is exempt or zero-rated. 5.2. The symbol ‘G’ appearing next to a lot in this catalogue denotes the item is ‘Investment Gold’ and, therefore, a VAT-registered trader can submit a claim to H M Revenue and Customs to recover the VAT element of the Buyers’ Premium 5.3. Any lot marked with a dagger (†) is subject to import VAT at 5%, this will be added to the hammer price and is payable by the buyer if resident in the EU. If the lot is being exported outside the EU, this import VAT can be waived or refunded on proof of export. 5.4. The Buyer of a Lot shall pay the Purchase Price in full before the Lot can be delivered to the Buyer. 5.5. Except where Condition 5.4 applies, any part of the Purchase Price outstanding after the Auction shall be payable by you within 14 days of the date of the auction, the due date. 5.6. The Purchase Price is payable by you in full. You are not entitled to set-off any amounts that you claim are due from us or anyone else or make any other deductions.

2.5. We reserve the right to change any aspect of the published description of a Lot prior to the auction. Any change may be published on our website, displayed at the auction, announced by the auctioneer prior to the sale and/or communicated in any other manner.

5.7. Unless we have agreed in writing otherwise, you shall act on your own account as principal in respect of the sale and therefore if you accept a commission from a third party to bid on their behalf, you do so at your own risk and will remain personally liable (jointly with your principal) to us for the Purchase Price in accordance with these Conditions.

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5.8.

ABSENTEE COMMISSION BIDS

3.1. If you are unable to attend the Auction personally, you may submit a Commission Bid and we will endeavour to purchase the Lot on your behalf for the lowest price possible. You must submit this in writing using the Commission Bid Form and send it to us by post, fax, email or delivery to our offices at least 24 hours prior to the Auction. 3.2. For all Commission Bids, you must supply your name and address, contact telephone number and email. You must also provide the Lot number and description of the Lot, the amount of your Bid and any other information requested in the Commission Bid Form or by us. It is your responsibility to provide the correct information and to ensure that we have received your Commission Bid. 3.3. We do not charge for this service and therefore we will not incur any liability for executing (or failing to execute) the Commission Bid. 3.4. If you submit a Commission Bid verbally (whether by telephone or otherwise), we shall not be responsible for any misunderstandings (by either us or our agents or you) in relation to your Bid. All bids made in this way must be confirmed in writing before the auction 3.5. If we receive two Commission Bids for equal value for the same Lot, the Bid received first by us shall take precedence. 3.6.

"Buy" commissions [and unlimited Commission Bids] will not be accepted.

AUCTION SALE

4.1. Before the auction, all potential Bidders must notify their name and address to the auctioneer and if required provide proof of identity to our satisfaction and bank or other credit references. 4.2. The highest Bidder for each Lot shall be the Buyer. If there is a dispute, the auctioneer shall have absolute discretion to determine the dispute including re-offering the disputed Lot for sale. 4.3. A Bidder must submit a bid for an entire Lot and each lot constitutes a separate sale. The auctioneer shall however have an absolute discretion to divide any Lot, to combine any two or more Lots, or to withdraw any Lot from the auction without giving any reason (including after the hammer has fallen). Bidding shall be regulated at the absolute discretion of the auctioneer. The auctioneer has the right to refuse any bid.

The methods of payment and surcharges are set out in the Catalogue.

5.9. If the Purchase Price has not been settled within 30 days of the auction date a £50 late payment fee will be added and interest will be charged at 2% per month from the due date of payment to the date that cleared funds are received whether that is before or after any legal judgment. This is without prejudice to any other rights that we have for non-payment. 5.10. If you fail to comply with your obligations under these Conditions, the Lot, in respect of such non-compliance, may at our discretion be put up for sale at auction or privately and resold. In this case, you will be liable in full and will indemnify us for all losses, costs and expenses (including legal costs) incurred as a result, including the costs of the resale and the amount (if any) by which the Hammer Price obtained on the resale is less than the Hammer Price obtained on the original sale of the Lot to the Buyer. 6.

RISK, TITLE AND DELIVERY

6.1. The risk of damage/loss to the Lot will pass to the Buyer on the fall of the hammer. Title in a Lot will not pass to the Buyer until the Purchase Price has been paid in full. 6.2. Unless agreed by us, you should collect the Lot within 7 days of the date of the auction. We reserve the right to charge for storage and to resell by auction or privately without notice to you, if a Lot is not collected. Alternatively we will send the Lot to you by recorded post. Postage and insurance costs will be charged as additional costs. 6.3. Except in relation to Forgeries, you must satisfy yourself that the correct Lot has been delivered to you at the time of collection/delivery. We will not be responsible for any discrepancy which might be discovered after the Lots have been collected. If we have shipped the Lot to you, we will not be responsible for any discrepancies if you fail to notify us within 24 hours of receipt. 6.4. It is the Buyer's responsibility to obtain any necessary import, export or other licences required in relation to a Lot. 7.

GUARANTEE FOR FORGERIES

7.1. Baldwin’s is a member of the International Association of Professional Numismatists and in accordance with the conditions of membership, provide a guarantee to the Buyer for all Lots against Forgeries on the terms set out in these Conditions (‘Guarantee’). 7.2. For the purposes of these Conditions, a ‘Forgery’ means an imitation that has been created with the fraudulent intent to deceive in respect of the authorship, origin, date, age, period and the correct