ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.97 g, 3h). Khosrau type. WYHC (Weh-az-Amid-Kavad) mint. Dated YE 34 (?) = AH 45 (AD 664/5). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left; mint to right. SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Sasanian M. 11 (ascribed to NIH [Nihavand]); Album 4: ICV 2. Near VF, toned, clipped.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (32mm, 4.05 g, 3h). Issue of Samura ibn Jundab, governor of al-Basra. DAP (Fasa) mint. Immobilized date AH 43 (AD 663/4). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah in Arabic in outer margin; triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent with pellet above / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left; mint to right. SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, p. 46, M. 26 and Sch. 2; Album 9; ICV 8. VF, lightly toned, trace of encrustation on obverse. Very rare.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Ibn al-Ash'ath. Rebel, AH 80-83 / AD 699-702. AR Drachm (30mm, 3.99 g, 4h). SK (Sijistan) mint. Dated AH 83 (AD 702/3). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; yaza (with addition of diacritics) and bismillah in Arabic in outer margin; triple pellets at end of bismillah / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left; mint to right. SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Sasanian –; Album 38; ICV 52 var. (issue without additional obv. legend); cf. Peus 392, lot 4620 (for type). VF, areas of light toning. Very rare with additional yaza legend.
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ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. al-Rashid. AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. Æ FAls (20mm, 2.08 g, 9h). Citing Isma'il ibn Mus'ab, governor and Yaqub ibn Ishaq as prefect. Jurjan mint. Dated AH 190 (AD 805/6). SICA 2, 1417; Album 327. Near VF, dark green patina, cleaning scratches. Rare.
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ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. al-Rashid. AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. AR Hemidrachm (24mm, 1.92 g, 10h). Issue of al-Harashi, governor in Tabaristan. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 151 (AD 802/3). Stylized crowned Sassanian style bust right; 'pd in Pahlavi to lower right in outer margin; nwk' in Pahlavi to lower left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; pellets flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 91.1-3; Album 61; ICV –. VF, small flan crack and light scrape in obersemargin. Rare.
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ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. al-Rashid. AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. AR Hemidrachm (23mm, 1.62 g, 3h). Anonymous APZWT issue. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 142 (AD 793/4). Stylized crowned Sassanian style bust right; 'pd in Pahlavi to lower right in outer margin; nwk' in Pahlavi to lower left; sy in Pahlavi to upper left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; pellets flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; alternating fleurs-de-lis and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 185-186.3; Album 73; ICV 120. EF, lustrous.
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ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. Second reign, AH 296-317 / AD 908-929. AR Dirham (27mm, 3.30 g, 4h). Citing the heir Abu'l-Abbas. al-Basra mint. Dated AH 298 (AD 910/11). Album 246.2; ICV 431. VF, find patina, areas of encrustation.
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ISLAMIC, Ayyubids. Mayyafariqin & Jabal Sinjar. al-Ashraf I Muzaffar al-Din Musa. AH 607-617 / AD 1210-1220. Æ Dirham (30mm, 12.60 g, 12h). Mayyafariqin mint. Dated AH 612 (AD 1215/6). Turbaned prince seated facing, with right leg drawn up, holding globe in right hand and placing left hand on hip / Legend citing al-Adil Abu Bakr as overlord within and around trilobe. Balog, Ayyubids 849; Album 859.1; ICV –. VF, lacquered brown surfaces, some light scratches.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Bavandids of Tabaristan. Shahriyar ibn Rustam. Circa AH 377-393 / AD 987-1003. AR Dirham (25mm, 5.73 g, 10h). Citing the Buwayhid Fakhr al-Dawla. Firim mint. Date off flan. Album 1525.1; ICV 1685. VF, toned, areas of flat strike.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Saffarids. Muhammad ibn 'Amr. Viceroy, AH 272-274 / AD 886-888. AR Dirham (28mm, 3.07 g, 6h). Shiraz mint. Dated AH 272 (AD 885/6). Album 1403; ICV 1443. Good VF, areas of toning. Rare.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Samanids. Ahmad II ibn Ismail. AH 295-301 / AD 907-914. AR Dirham (27mm, 4.23 g, 3h). Andaraba mint. Dated AH 297 (AD 909/10). Album 1446; ICV 1493. VF, toned.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Samanids. Nasr II ibn Ahmad. AH 301-331 / AD 914-943. AR Dirham (31mm, 2.86 g, 3h). Andaraba mint. Dated AH 318 (AD 930/1). Album 1451; ICV 1500. VF, toned, some deposits.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Samanids. Ahmad ibn Sahl. Rebel, AH 303-308 / AD 915-920. AR Dirham (28mm, 2.90 g, 12h). Andaraba mint. Dated AH 307 (AD 919/20). Album B1453; ICV 1504. VF, peripheral die rust and roughness.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Samanids. Nuh II ibn Mansur. AH 365-387 / AD 976-997. AV Dinar (22mm, 3.64 g, 6h). Herat mint. Dated AH 380 (AD 990/1). Album 1468; ICV 1521. VF, areas of weak strike at periphery.
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ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Great Seljuk. Mu'izz al-Din Ahmad Sanjar. AH 511-552 / AD 1118-1157. AV Dinar (24mm, 2.83 g, 3h). [Balkh mint]. [Dated AH 519 (AD 1125/6)]. Album 1687A; ICV 1835. VF, areas of weak strike.
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ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Kerman. Ahmad Qawurd (Qara Arslan). AH 440-465 / AD 1048-1073. AV Dinar (25mm, 4.11 g, 6h). Citing Chaghri Beg Da'ud as overlord. Jiruft mint. Dated AH 448 (AD 1056/7). Album 1697.1; ICV 1847. VF, traces of deposits in devices. Rare.
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