Seljuqs, Great Seljuq. Jalal al-Dawlah Malikshah I. AH 465-485 / AD 1072-1092. AV Fractional Dinar (14.5mm, 0.85 g, 11h). Shiraz(?) mint. Dated AH 470 (AD 1077/8). Reverse: Surat al-Ikhlas (Qur'an cxii) in field. Album –; cf. Baldwin's 83 (24 September 2013), lot 5117. Loop-mount attached. Fine. Extremely rare.
Umayyad Caliphate, Gold coinage. AV Dinar (20mm, 4.29 g, 7h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 98 (AD 716/7). Reverse margin: point below b of duriba. ICV 185; Walker 213. EF.
Umayyad Caliphate, Gold coinage. AV Dinar (20mm, 4.24 g, 2h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 99 (AD 717/8). Reverse margin: point below b of duriba. ICV 186; Walker 214. EF.
Atabegs of Khuzistan. Husam al-Din Ildeghizi. Circa AH 550-570 / AD 1155-75. AV Dinar (21.5mm, 1.32 g, 7h). 'Askar mint. Dated AH 503 (sic, for AH 553) (AD 1158/9). Citing the 'Abbasid caliph al-Mustanjid and the Great Seljuq brothers Arslan b. Tughril and Muhammad b. Tughril. Album 1921K (RRR). Clipped. Near VF. Rare.
Umayyad Caliphate, Gold coinage. AV Dinar (20mm, 4.25 g, 6h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 100 (AD 718/9). Reverse margin: point below b of duriba. ICV 189; Walker 216. Choice EF.
Khwarizmshahs. Jalal al-Din Mangubarni. AH 617-628 / AD 1220-1231. AV Double (?)-Dinar (25mm, 7.26 g, 3h). Mint illegible. Dated AH 620 (AD 1223/4). Obverse field: la ilaha illa Allah / Muhammad rasul Allah / al-Nasir li-din Allah / amir al-mu'minin / Reverse field: al-Sultan al-a'zam / jalal al-dunya wa al-din / abu'l-muzaffar Mangubarni / b. al-Sultan. Cf. Baldwin's of St James's 41 (19 January 2020), lot 52 (same dies). Areas of flat strike. VF. Extremely rare.
Khwarizmshahs. Jalal al-Din Mangubarni. AH 617-628 / AD 1220-1231. AR Broad Dirham (30mm, 7.12 g, 1h). Kurraman mint. Dated AH 626 (AD 1228/9). Album 1755; cf. Album 30 (18 January 2018), lot 547 (sold for $2,400 hammer). Some weak striking. Good VF. Extremely rare.
Khwarizmshahs. Jalal al-Din Mangubarni. AH 617-628 / AD 1220-1231. AR Dirham (16.5mm, 4.15 g, 11h). Hadrat Nimruz mint. Dated AH 624 (AD 1226/7). Album 1745.3. Near EF. Extremely rare. Ex Album 15 (18 January 2013), lot 465.
Umayyad Caliphate, Gold coinage. AV Third-Dinar / Thulth (12mm, 1.44 g, 7h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 100 (AD 718/9). ICV 191; Walker 217. Minor marks in obverse field. Near EF. Rare thus.
Umayyad Caliphate, Gold coinage. AV Dinar (20mm, 4.26 g, 10h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 101 (AD 719/20). Reverse margin: pellet below b of duriba. ICV 192; Walker 218. Minor marks in reverse field. Near EF.
Great Mongols. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. AV Dinar (23mm, 3.65 g, 8h). Bukhara mint. Date (if any) not visible. Obverse: Bukhara / la ilaha illa / Allah Muhammad / rasul Allah / Reverse: Jinkiz Khan / al-a'dil / al-a'zam. SNAT XVa, 267; Album 1964. VF. Rare.
Umayyad Caliphate, Gold coinage. AV Dinar (19.5mm, 4.26 g, 5h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 103 (AD 721/2). Reverse margin: without pellet below b of duriba. ICV 196; cf. Walker 220 (pellet below b of duriba). Faint marks in fields. EF.
Great Mongols. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. AR dirham (16.5mm, 3.16 g, 6h). Without mint name (probably struck in Ghazna). Undated. Obverse: citing the 'Abbasid caliph al-Nasir (AH 575-622) / Reverse: al-'adil / al-a'zam / Jinkiz Khan. Album 1967. Near EF. Rare. It has been suggested that this type may have been issued at a travelling mint during the Mongol pursuit of Jalal al-Din Mangubarni towards the Indus.
Ilkhanids. Hülegü (Hulagu). AH 654-663 / AD 1256-1265. AR Dirham (21mm, 2.78 g, 12h). Dimashq mint. Dated AH 658 (AD 1260/1). Reverse field: 'The Great Möngke Qa'an, and by his grace the conqueror of the coast, his brother Hülegü' in five lines. Diler 20; Album 2124. Legends partly off-flan. VF. Rare and historically interesting. This coin was struck during the brief Ilkhanid occupation of Syria, and the 'coast' mentioned is the Levantine coast of the Mediterranean. However, the proud boast in the reverse field was never realized. Just six months after capturing Damascus, the Ilkhanids were comprehensively defeated by the Mamluks under Baybars at the battle of 'Ayn Jalut. Baybars drove the Ilkhanids out of Syria, establishing himself as Sultan soon afterwards.