Islamic Auction 2
Date: 2022-10-27 00:00:00
Lots: 330
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 85
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (26.5mm, 2.75 g, 5h). Abrashahr mint. Dated AH 80 (AD 699/700). Klat 3. Some staining and accretion. Near EF. Extremely rare, only one specimen recorded by Klat.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 86
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (25.2mm, 2.54 g, 3h). Abarqubadh mint. Dated AH 82 (AD 701/2). Klat 18. Slightly wavy flan, scratches on obverse. Good Fine. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 87
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (26.5mm, 2.93 g, 7h). Al-Andalus mint. Dated AH 116 (AD 734/5). Klat 129. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 88
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (28mm, 2.45 g, 5h). Aoudh mint. Dated AH 88 (AD 706/7). Klat 140. Minor staining. Good VF. Extremely rare. One of the rarest mints for Umayyad silver, Aoudh is only known to have issued dirhams in AH 88.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 89
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (25.5mm, 2.47 g, 11h). Bizamqubadh mint. Dated AH 80 (AD 699/700). Klat 161. Good Fine. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 90
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (26mm, 2.73 g, 12h). Bizamqubadh mint. Dated AH 91 (AD 709/10). Klat 163. Near VF. Rare. Ex Morton & Eden 54 (23 April 2012), lot 46.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 91
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (26mm, 2.71 g, 6h). Bamm mint. Dated AH 80 (AD 699/700). Small portion of edge chipped and refixed. Near EF. Of the highest rarity, apparently unique. Founded by the Sasanians, Bamm was a strongly fortified town in the province of Kirman. Its citadel was described by one contemporary writer as being impregnable, but the local water was apparently bad, and a complex network of aqueducts supplied most of the Bamm's water supply. According to Arab geographical writers of the 9/10th century, the town's prosperity was primarly based on dates and especially cotton, which was grown locally and used to manufacture fabric. Speaking of Bamm, the great traveller Ibn Hawqal reported that 'they weave splendid, beautiful and durable cotton garments which are sent to places all over the world. They also make fine clothes, each of which costs around thirty dinars, and these are sold in Khurasan, Iraq, and Egypt.' This is the first Umayyad dirham known from Bamm. It is extremely rare for a new Umayyad dirham mint to come to light, and this is only the second such discovery within the past decade, the other being a coin from the mint of al-Hind, which sold for $140,000 hammer in CNG Triton XXII (8 January 2019), lot 1229. While more than a hundred mints struck Umayyad silver dirhams between AH 78-132, for much of this period only a small number were active at any one time, with production generally centred on Wasit and Damascus. But we can observe two clear periods when this centralised model of Umayyad dirham production clearly did not apply, and as many as forty or fifty different mints were operational in a given year. The first period, to which this coin belongs, spanned the six years between the introduction of the reformed silver coinage in AH 78 and the foundation of Wasit in AH 84. Virtually all of the mints operating during these years were located in the East and had previously issued Arab-Sasanian drachms; this is hardly surprising given that these locations would have already had the personnel, resources and infrastructure to strike the new coins. Almost all of them were closed after AH 84, when dirham production in the East was focused on Wasit. A few years later, dozens of Eastern dirham mints were opened again in AH 90, but not all of those which had been operational from AH 78-84, were reopened, and some of the mints which began striking in AH 90 were completely new. This may suggest that the decision to revert to a decentralised pattern of dirham production in AH 90 was part of a wider series of changes in Umayyad taxation and provincial administration. Bamm was one of those mints which were not reopened during the 90s, and the recent study by Diler records no further coins being produced there before a small issue of Buwayhid dirhams was struck at Bamm in the 360s. It is surprising that Bamm has not previously been confirmed as an Arab-Sasanian drachm mint. In his latest Checklist of Islamic Coins, Album has tentatively proposed that the Pahlawi mint-signature KRMAN-BN might refer to Bamm (Album p. 21), and this identification is followed by Diler in his monumental Islamic Mints, although the most recent study of the Arab-Sasanian coinage by Malek still considers KRMAN-BN as unidentified. However, the existence of the present coin suggests that Bamm had indeed previously been an Arab-Sasanian mint, as many of the early reform dirham mints were. That being so, KRMAN-BN would seem to be the most likely candidate.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 92
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (21.5mm, 1.68 g, 6h). Tawwaj mint. Dated AH 82 (AD 701/2). Klat 199. Evenly clipped, areas of dark toning. Good Fine. Extremely rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 93
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (22.5mm, 2.46 g, 4h). Jur mint. Dated AH 83 (AD 702/3). Klat 251. Evenly clipped. Fine. Rare. The rare mint of Jur was completely unknown to Walker when he compiled his landmark study of this coinage.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 94
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (25.5mm, 2.50 g, 7h). Jayy mint. Dated AH 102 (AD 720/1). Klat 267. Evenly clipped, toned, minor marks. Near VF. Very rare. Ex Morton & Eden 73 (23 April 2015), lot 27.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 95
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (26.5mm, 2.93 g, 10h). Hulwan mint. Dated AH 91 (AD 709/10). Klat 280 (same dies as illustration). Lustrous, trace of double strike, slight discoloration on reverse. AU. Very rare, especially in this condition. Ex Baldwin's Islamic Auction 18 (26 July 2011), lot 110.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 96
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Drachm (27mm, 2.85 g, 1h). Darabjird mint. Dated AH 81 (AD 700/1). Klat 290. Toned. Good VF. Very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 97
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (25mm, 2.89 g, 2h). Al-Daybul mint. Dated AH 95/4 (AD 713/4). Klat 337. Pin marks in reverse field. Near EF. Extremely rare. Al-Daybul was a port town on the coast of Sind. It was captured by the Muslims in AH 92 when al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf, Governor of the East, dispatched a force under Muhammad b. al-Qasim b. al-Thaqafi to address troublesome pirate activity in the region. All known Umayyad dirhams from al-Daybul are dated AH 95. However, in the date legend on the present coin the unit khams, '5', has clearly been re-engraved on the die over arba', '4', demonstrating that the die had been prepared for use in the previous year. It is not clear whether any dirhams were in fact struck at al-Daybul in AH 94 - if so, these would be the earliest Islamic silver coins from the Indian sub-continent. Nevertheless, this coin provides important evidence for the establishment of a mint at al-Daybul a year earlier than was previously known.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 98
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (26mm, 2.75 g, 6h). Dimashq mint. Dated AH 129 (AD 746/7). Klat 373. Patch of staining on reverse, some knocks and marks in field. Near VF. Extremely rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 99
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (24mm, 2.48 g, 5h). Ramhurmuz mint. Dated AH 81 (AD 700/1). Klat 381. Cleaned. Fine. Extremely rare, only one specimen recorded by Klat. Ex Morton & Eden 79 (21 April 2016) lot 43.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 100
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (26mm, 2.77 g, 11h). Sijistan mint. Dated AH 96 (AD 714/5). Pellet below reverse field. Klat 436 var. (no pellet on reverse). VF. Rare variety. Ex Album 26 (15 September 2016) lot 179.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 101
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (28mm, 2.80 g, 2h). Sarakhs mint. Dated AH 96 (AD 714/5). Reverse marginal legend ends mushrikn. Klat 456.b. VF. Rare. Klat records only two specimens of this variety with mushrikn rather than mushrikūn at the end of the reverse marginal legend.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 102
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (27.5mm, 2.65 g, 6h). Surraq mint. Dated AH 81 (AD 700/1). Klat 462. Near VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 103
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (27.5mm, 2.84 g, 11h). Sus mint. Dated AH 83 (AD 702/3). Mint-name omits al- and reads bi-Sus. Klat 476. Light obverse graffiti. Good VF. Toned. Ex Morton & Eden 42 (23 April 2012), lot 57.Susa, a rare mint for Umayyad dirhams, is usually rendered in Arabic as al-Sus. For the year AH 83 alone, however, the definite article is omitted, and the mint is simply written as Sus.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 104
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (28mm, 2.85 g, 7h). Tabaristan mint. Dated AH 102 (AD 720/1). Klat 496. Minor staining. EF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 2 . 105
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (24.5mm, 2.47 g, 10h). Fil mint. Dated AH 80 (AD 699/700). Klat 515. Evenly clipped, some deposit. VF. Extremely rare, apparently no specimens of this mint and date recorded on CoinArchives.