Islamic Auction 2
Date: 2022-10-27 00:00:00
Lots: 330
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 190
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Nasir. AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225. AV Dinar (27mm, 5.37 g, 6h). Daquqa mint. Dated AH 600 (AD 1203/4). Jafar –. Slightly buckled flan. Near VF. Excessively rare, apparently unpublished and unique.
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Umayyads of Spain. temp. 'Abd al-Rahman I b. Mu'awiya. AH 138-172 / AD 756-788. AR Dirham (27mm, , 4h). Al-Andalus mint. Dated AH 145 (AD 762/3). Obverse: six plain annulets in border. Cf Miles 37 (dated AH 146); Album 339. In NGC encapsulation, where graded 'AU Details, Cleaned'. Excessively rare. This is the earliest recorded date for silver dirhams of the Umayyads of Spain. The first year known to Miles was AH 146.
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Umayyads of Spain. 'Abd al-Rahman III b. Muhammad. As Caliph, AH 316-350 / AD 929-961. AV Quarter-Dinar (13mm, 1.07 g, 9h). Madinat al-Zahra mint. Dated AH 338 (AD 949/50). Cf. Miles 227c (dated AH 337). Minor scuff on obverse. Near EF. Rare. Ex St. James's 52 (26 October 2021), lot 3056.
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Nasrids. Muhammad V b. Yusuf. AH 755-760, 763-793 / AD 1354-1359, 1362-1391. AV Dinar (33mm, 4.64 g, 12h). Madinat Gharnata mint. Undated. Lorente 11; Vives 2170; Album 411. Near EF. Very rare.
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Nasrids. Muhammad VIII b. Yusuf III. AH 819-821, 831-832 / AD 1417-1419, 1427-1429. AV Dinar (34mm, 4.59 g, 12h). Madinat Gharnata (Granada) mint. Undated. Lorente 19; Vives 2174; Album E412. Traces of toning on reverse. EF. Rare. The reverse field of this dinar gives Muhammad VIII's full name and titles as al-Ghani billah Muhammad b. Yusuf b. Yusuf b. Muhammad b. Yusuf b. Isma'il b. Nasr.
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Aghlabids. Ibrahim I b. al-Aghlab b. Salim. AH 184-197 / AD 800-812. AV Dinar (18.5mm, 4.00 g, 4h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 189 (AD 804/5). Reverse field: Ghalab ('Victory') below. Al-'Ush 1; Bernardi 119. Marks in obverse field. Good Fine. Extremely rare. Unlike his silver dirhams, Ibrahim I's gold coins omitted his personal name, carrying only the title Ghalab from which the dynasty's name is derived.
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Aghlabids. Ibrahim II b. Ahmad. AH 261-289 / AD 875-902. AV Dinar (18.5mm, 4.27 g, 12h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 281 (AD 894/5). Al-'Ush 131; Bernardi 138. Patchy dark toning. Near EF.
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Almoravids (al-Murabitun). 'Ali b. Yusuf. AH 500-537 / AD 1107-1142. AR Qirat (13.5mm, 0.74 g, 6h). Qurtuba (Cordoba) mint. Undated. Reverse: Allah nasrahu, in naskkhi script, within circle above field. Hazard 965. Near VF. Rare. Ex Morton & Eden 79 (21 April 2016), lot 279.
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Ziyanids. Abu Tashufin 'Abd al-Rahman I. AH 718-737 / AD 1318-1337. AV Dinar (31.5mm, 4.66 g, 11h). Tilimsan (Tlemcen) mint. Undated. Hazard 648; Album 515.2. Choice EF.
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Sa'dian Sharifs. Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad I. AH 986-1012 / AD 1578–1603. AV Dinar (28mm, 4.62 g, 12h). Square-in-circle type. Hadrat Marrakush mint. Dated AH 1002 (AD 1593/4). Album 565.2; cf Lavoix 1053 (dated AH 1002). Choice EF. An exceptional specimen and very rare in this condition.
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Tulunids. Ahmad b. Tulun. AH 254-270 / AD 868-884. AR Double Dirham (25mm, 5.81 g, 5h). Al-Rafiqa mint. Dated AH 268 (AD 881/2). Obverse field: citing al-Mufawwad 'ala-'llah / Reverse field: citing Ahmad b. Tulun and Lu'lu'. Cf. Morton & Eden 112 (25 November 2021), lot 194 (same dies). VF. Extremely rare.
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Tulunids. Khumarawayh b. Ahmad. AH 270-282 / AD 884-896. AV Dinar (21.5mm, 3.98 g, 12h). Hims mint. Dated AH 274 (AD 887/8). Bernardi 193Gd; Grabar 28. Faint graffiti in reverse field. Good VF. Rare.
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Tulunids. Harun b. Khumarawayh. AH 283-292 / AD 896-904. AV Dinar (21.5mm, 4.29 g, 4h). Hims mint. Dated AH 285 (AD 898). Bernardi 215Gd; Grabar 75. Pin marks and light crease. Good VF. Rare.
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Tulunids. Harun b. Khumarawayh. AH 283-292 / AD 896-904. AV Dinar (22.5mm, 4.33 g, 5h). Filastin mint. Dated AH 291 (AD 903/4). Bernardi 230Gn; Grabar 96. Flan split. VF. Very rare. Ex Wilkes & Curtis 1 (16 June 2014), lot 247.This is the final year in which the Tulunids struck dinars in Palestine before the Abbasids were able to re-establish their own authority there. Abbasid dinars are also known for this date and for subsequent years into the reign of al-Muqtadir.
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Amirs of Crete. Shu'ayb b. 'Umar. Circa AH 270s-280s / AD 880s-890s. AV Dinar (21.5mm, 4.29 g, 12h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 270 (AD 883/4). Obverse field: Ja'far in fourth line / Reverse field: Shu'ayb in fourth line. Bernardi 190 (this date not recorded); Miles Class C. Some edge damage. VF. Of the highest rarity, believed unique. Ex Morton & Eden 52 (29 November 2011), lot 1013.This appears to be the earliest known gold dinar issued by the Arab Amirs of Crete, and was evidently overstruck on a Byzantine solidus of Theophilus (AD 829-842). The undertype is largely obscured, but the legend *ΘΕΟ is clearly visible on the obverse at 2 o'clock.
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Fatimids. al-Mahdi billah. AH 297-322 / AD 910-934. AV Dinar (19mm, 4.17 g, 6h). Al-Qayrawan mint. Dated AH 303 (AD 915/6). Nicol 30. Minor deposit. Near EF. Rare, especially in this condition.
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Fatimids. al-Mahdi billah. AH 297-322 / AD 910-934. AV Dinar (19.5mm, 4.16 g, 8h). Al-Qayrawan mint. Dated AH 304 (AD 916/7). Nicol 32. VF. Rare.
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Fatimids. al-Mahdi billah. AH 297-322 / AD 910-934. AR Half-Dirham (17.5mm, 1.44 g, 10h). Al-Mahdiya mint. Dated AH 311 (AD 923/4). Nicol XXX. Good Fine. Rare.
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Fatimids. al-Mahdi billah. AH 297-322 / AD 910-934. PB Weight (68mm, 486 g). Dated AH 303 (AD 915/6). Obverse margin:Muhammad rasul Allah arsulahu bi'l-huda wa din al-haqq li-yuzhirahu 'ala al-din kullihi Obverse field: lillah / mimma amr bihi al-Imam / al-Mahdi billah 'Abd Allah / amir al-mu'minin bi'l-wafa / wa'l-a'adil sanat / thalath wa thalath mi'at / Reverse: Traces of three-line inscription (unread). Good VF. Of the highest rarity.
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Fatimids. al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah. AH 322-334 / AD 934-946. AR Half-Dirham (16mm, 1.34 g, 1h). Al-Mahdiya mint. Dated AH 330 (AD 941/2). Nicol 175. Fine. Rare.
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Fatimids. al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah. AH 322-334 / AD 934-946. AR Half-Dirham (17.5mm, 1.37 g, 5h). Al-Mahdiya mint. Dated AH 331 (AD 942/3). Nicol 177. Fine. Rare.