CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald). As Charles II, King of West Francia, 840-877. AR Denier (19.5mm, 1.64 g, 9h). Class 2. Curtisasonien (Courcessin or Courgeon) mint. Struck 864-877. + CRΛTIΛ D–I REX, Karolus monogram / + (HC)VRTISΛS◊NIEH, cross pattée. Depeyrot 375 (Courgeon); M&G 895 ("Curtisassonien"); MEC 1, 860-864 (Courcessin). VF, toned.Ex Simon Coupland Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 411, 13 December 2017, lot 506), purchased from ebaY France, November 2007.
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CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald). As Charles II, King of West Francia, 840-877. AR Obole (17mm, 0.85 g, 9h). Class 2. Metullo (Melle) mint. Struck 864-877. Karolus monogram / + METVLLO, cross pattée. Depeyrot 622; M&G 1060; MEC 1, 934. VF, toned.
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CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald). As Emperor Charles II, 875-877. AR Denier (21mm, 1.46 g, 12h). S[an]c[t]i Qu(in)tini (St. Quentin) mint. Struck 864-877 and later. + GRΛTIΛ D–I REX, Karolus monogram / + SC - I qVИTINI MO, cross pattée. Depeyrot 906; M&G 772; MEC 1, 899 var. (same). VF, toned, die flaws on obverse.
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ISLAMIC, Time of the Rashidun. Khosrau type. AH 31-41 / AD 651-661. AR Drachm (31mm, 4.04 g, 3h). Struck in the name and types of Husrav (Khosrau) II. ŠY mint. Dated YE 25 in Pahlavi = AH 36 (AD 656/7). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons, attendants flanking; star and crescent flanking flames. Cf. SICA I 381; cf. Walker, Arab-Sasanian 16 (mint attributed to al-Shirajan[?]); Album 5; ICV 2. VF, toned, light scratches in margins. A rarer mint.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan or Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya. AH 41-64 / AD 661-683. AR Drachm (29mm, 2.94 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, governor of Iraq. BCRA (al-Basra) mint. Dated AH 60 in Pahlavi (AD 679/80). Crowned Sassanian style bust right; bismillah in Arabic; four pellets to right of lowest star-in-crescent / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I 76; Album 12; ICV 11. VF, traces of fins patina, light porosity.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Æ Fals (23mm, 6.30 g, 3h). Imperial standing figure type (Type VI). Dimashq (Damascus) mint. Struck circa 660s-680. Standing imperial figure, holding long cross and globus cruciger; to left, T surmounted by bird; [...]Є to right / Large M; monogram above; upturned crescent below; jaza hada up left; ja'iz down right; dimashq in exergue in Arabic. Cf. SICA 1, 569-72; cf. DOCAB 53-5; cf. Walker, Arab-Byzantine, 19; Album 3517.2; ICV –. VF, brown patina, weakly struck at periphery.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. 'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. Rival Caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.93 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. KRMN-HRJN mint. Dated AH 67 in Pahlavi (AD 686/7). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah in Arabic and bplwy in Pahlavi in outer margin; triple pellets to left of lowest star-in-crescent / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; crescent and star flanking flames. Cf. Mochiri, Kirman 19; SICA 1 –; cf. Walker, Arab-Sasanian, p. 31, J. 1 and I. 15; Album 16; ICV 13. VF, toned, small flan split. Very rare mint.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan to al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik. AH 65-96 / AD 685-715. BI Pashiz (20mm, 1.00 g, 9h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of 'Umar. ST (Stakhr) mint. Struck circa AH 72-95 (AD 691-715). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; [GDH monogram and 'pzwt in Pahlavi to left]; 'wml in Pahlavi to right; [gwšn in Pahlavi in outer margin] / Fire altar with attandants; 'pst'n in Pahlavi to left; mint signature to right. Cf. Gyselen Type 104 (for type); cf. Album E46; ICV –. Near VF, crude strike. Very rare.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Fals (21mm, 3.69 g, 6h). Imperial bust type (Type VII). Hims (Emesa) mint. Struck circa 685-690s. Crowned facing imperial bust, holding globus cruciger; K/AΛ/O/N (= "good") to left, bi-hims to right / Large m; above, star between annulets, Є/M/I-C/H/C across, tayyib (= "good") in exergue. SICA 1, 548; DOCAB 74; cf. Walker, Arab-Byzantine, 57; Album 3524; ICV 133. VF, brown and green patina, light smoothing.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (32mm, 3.65 g, 10h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of 'Abd Allah ibn Umayya, governor (fl. 75-77 / AD 695-697). SK (Sijistan) mint. Dated AH 77 in Pahlavi (AD 696/7). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah, al-'izza lillah (the glory is Allah's) in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, –; Album 30; ICV 44. VF, find patina, slight green deposits, weakness on reverse.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. AR Drachm (33mm, 4.03 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. Eastern Sistan Series. Sears Class III. SK (Sijistan) mint. Blundered AH date in Pahlavi (but struck circa AH 80/AD 699/700). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; d in Pahlavi (or Arabic), bismillah and rabbi in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Sasanian –; Album 78; ICV 71. Good VF, toned, areas of weak strike, small flan crack.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Ibn al-Ash'ath ('Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad). Rebel, AH 80-84 / AD 699-704. AR Drachm (30mm, 3.28 g, 9h). Arab-Sasanian type. SK (Sīstān/Sijistān) mint. Dated YE 70(?) = AH 82 (AD 701/2). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah and rabbi in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants. SICA I –; Walker, Arab-Sasanian, –; Album 38A; ICV 52. Near VF, find patina, some roughness and deposits, slightly chipped flan . Rare.
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ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. al-Mahdi to Harun al-Rashid. AH 158-193 / AD 775-809. BI Drachm (31mm, 3.53 g, 58h). Eastern Sistan Series. Sears Class IV. Zaranj mint; (Salih) Rida, mintmaster or financial officer. Stylized crowned Sassanian style bust right; pseudo- GDH and 'pzwt in Pahlavi to left; pseudo- hwslwb in Pahlavi to right; in outer margins, bismillah rabbi, salih, and rida in Arabic / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; pseudo-date to left, pseudo-mint to right. Album 89D; ICV 86 . VF, toned, some crystallization.
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ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. al-Muqtadir. Second reign, AH 296-317 / AD 908-929. AV Dinar (25mm, 3.54 g, 6h). Citing Abu al-'Abbas as heir. Mah al-Basra mint. Dated AH 310 (AD 922/3). AGC I 242Mq; Album 245.2; ICV 427. VF, traces of deposits in devices, lamination on reverse. Very rare.
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ISLAMIC, al-Maghreb (North Africa). Almohads (al-Muwahhidun). temp. Abu Ya'qub Yusuf I to Abu'l-'Ula Idris II. AH 558-668 / AD 1163-1269. AR Dirham (16mm, 1.46 g, 12h). Hazard 1085; Album 4966; ICV 716. VF, toned, struck with slightly rusty dies.From the Macy Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 379 (27 July 2016), lot 451.
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ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Buwayhids (Buyids). Baha' al-Dawla Abu Nasr Firuz Kharshah. AH 379-403 / AD 989-1012. AR Dirham (30mm, 3.92 g, 10h). Fasa mint. Dated AH 399 (AD 1008/9). Treadwell –, but cf. Fa398; Album 1577; ICV 1615. VF, traces of deposits, areas of weakness.
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