Auction 427
Date: 2024-02-15
# Items: 460
Total starting: 206121
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 85
Emirate. Miscellany from Ifriqiya. AH 237. Anonymous. Dirhem. ("Ceuta musulmana" 206, same example). Attributed to the Mu’tazilite sect for the use of the expression ‘Adlu li-Llah (Allah is righteous)" (Eustache page 78). No mint. It was bent. It's the only known example. 3,12 g. MBC.
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 86
Caliphate. AH 317. Abd al-Rahman III. Sikkat al Andalus (Al Andalus mint). Dinar. (III Jarique page 314, no. 1, same example). The first gold coinage of the Andalusian Caliphate and the first dinar in which Abd al-Rahman III proclaimed himself “Nasir Ladin”, “Protector of the Faith” or “Caliph. The bismillah begins at 9 o'clock. Very rare. 3,93 g. MBC+.*This item cannot be exported (it has been declared BIC).
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 87
Caliphate. AH 320. Abd al-Rahman III. 1/8 dinar. (III Jarique page 315, no. 2, same example). No mint. Very rare, we have not had any other example before. 0,54 g. MBC-.
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 88
Caliphate. AH 322. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dinar. (V. missing) (Fro. 4, same example) (III Jarique page 315, no. 3, same example). Obv.: @êcI. The only dinar known to bear the name of Sa’id ibn Yassas, who was the prefect of the Cordoba mint from AH 322 until the end of AH 329 or the beginning of AH 330. Very nice. Extremely rare. 3,72 g. S/C-.*This item cannot be exported (it has been declared BIC).
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 89
Caliphate. AH 334. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dinar. (V. 401, with bismillah on reverse beginning at 3 o'clock) (Miles 222a). Obv.: @{8z. Slightly warped. Very rare. 4,31 g. EBC-.
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 90
Caliphate. AH 334. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dinar. (IV Jarique page 37, no. 3, same example). Rev.: @{8z. The double line of legend in the margin of the obverse of this example is a unique case in the dinars of al-Andalus. Poorly struck in a part that does not affect the reading of the data. 4,11 g. MBC+.
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 91
Caliphate. AH 342. Abd al-Rahman III. Madinat Al-Zahra (Medina Azahara). Dinar. (V. 423). Rev.: @{8z. Very rare. 4,24 g. MBC.
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 92
Caliphate. AH 316. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 347) (Fro. 1). After an almost 40-year pause, the mint of Córdoba was re-established on the 13th of Ramadan in the year 316, during the reign of Abd al-Rahman III. The coins of this first year are extremely rare, probably no more than three examples are known. The correct minting techniques must have been partially lost during the aforementioned four-decade closure, as demonstrated by the uneven crafting of the first four years. 2,22 g. (BC).
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 93
Caliphate. AH 317. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 348) (Fro. 6). Rare. 2,65 g. MBC.
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 94
Caliphate. AH 317. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 348) (Fro. 7). Two period perforations. Rare. 2,63 g. (MBC-).
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 95
Caliphate. AH 318. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 354) (Fro. 7). Two period perforations. Very scarce, we have only had one example. 2,28 g. (MBC-).
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 96
Caliphate. AH 319. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 360) (Fro. 6) (Delgado "Láminas" page 100, no. 8, same example). Carelessly struck. Very scarce, we have only had one example. 2,67 g. MBC-.
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 97
Caliphate. AH 320. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 372) (Fro. 23). Obv.: ?ê8è / H~è }&!. Reverse with five lines. Date with ?ÅI ß, that Vives could not observe. Carelessly struck like all those of these early years. Very scarce. 2,91 g. MBC-.
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 98
Caliphate. AH 321. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. missing) (Fro. 321.30d page 28, same example). Obv.: ?ê8è / H~è }&!. Reverse with five lines. At the beginning of this date, coins are still being minted according to the typology of previous years and the name of Yahya b. Yunus continues to appear, given the rarity of this example, it seems that this mint master had to be replaced earlier that year. Very scarce. 2,04 g. BC+.
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 99
Caliphate. AH 323. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 384) (Fro. 5). Obv.: @êcI. 3,02 g. MBC-.
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 100
Caliphate. AH 326. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 387) (Fro. 13). Obv.: @êcI. 2,68 g. MBC.
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 101
Caliphate. AH 327. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 388) (Fro. 6). Obv.: @êcI. In the date, only the units are visible. 3,05 g. BC+/MBC-.
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 102
Caliphate. AH 330. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 396) (Fro. 10). Obv.: yI#l. 2,36 g. MBC.
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 103
Caliphate. AH 332. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 398) (Fro. 12). Obv.: yI#n. 2,63 g. MBC.
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 104
Caliphate. AH 334. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. 405) (Fro. 24). Obv.: @{8z. 3,79 g. MBC.
Aureo & Calicó, S.L. - Auction 427 . 105
Caliphate. AH 335. Abd al-Rahman III. Al Andalus. Dirhem. (V. missing) (Fro. missing) (NUMISMA 237 page 293, no. 3, same example). Obv.: ?wv! @(b. Minor crack that does not affect readability. Rare. 2,54 g. MBC.