Islamic Auction 3
Date: 2023-04-27 00:00:00
Lots: 270
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Ottoman Empire. Sülayman II. AH 1099-1102 / AD 1687-1691. AV Sultani (23.2mm, 3.36 g, 6h). Tarablus Gharb mint. Dated AH 1099 (AD 1687/8). Pere 466; Artuk 1715. Struck slightly off-centre, hence date weak (but legible). Good VF. Rare.
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Ottoman Empire. Mustafa II. AH 1106-1115 / AD 1695-1703. AV jadid ashrafi (20.2mm, 3.52 g, 2h). Edirne mint. Dated AH 1106 (AD 1695/6). Pere 481; Artuk 1727; KM 129. Possibly once ring-mounted. Near VF. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib.
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Ottoman Empire. Mahmud I. AH 1143-1168 / AD 1730-1754. AV 3-Altınlık (36.1mm, 10.16 g, 3h). Islambul (Constantinople) mint. Dated AH 1143 (AD 1730/1). Pere 545; KM 238. Small piercing. Near EF. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib..
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Ottoman Empire. Mustafa III. AH 1171-1187 / AD 1757-1774. AV 3-Altınlık (35.7mm, 9.77 g, 12h). Islambul (Constantinople) mint. Dated AH 1171 and RY 9 (AD 1765/6). Pere 609; KM 350. Pierced, minor marks, fields burnished. Good VF. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib.
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Ottoman Empire. Mehmet V Reshad. AH 1327-1336 / AD 1909-1918. AV 100 Kurush - Liralık (22mm, 7.21 g, 12h). Mint visit issue. Kosova mint. Dated AH 1327 and RY 3 (AD 1911). Ölçer, Mehmed 35 322; Pere 1011; KM 800; Fr. 61b. Minor marks. EF.
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Ottoman Empire. Mehmet V Reshad. AH 1327-1336 / AD 1909-1918. AV 250-kurush (43.5mm, 17.5 g, 12h). Qustantaniya mint. Dated AH 1327 and RY 2 (AD 1910). Pere 1030; KM 757; Fr. 65. Traces of mounting at 12h, marks in reverse field. Near EF. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib. Ex Morton & Eden 101 (27 June 2019), lot 269.
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Saffarids. Ahmad b. Muhammad (Abu Ja'far). AH 311-352 / AD 923-963. AV Dinar (24.2mm, 3.75 g, 12h). Zaranj mint. Dated AH 320 (AD 932). Obverse field: citing al-Husayn (b. Bilal) in fourth line / Reverse field: citing the caliph al-Muqtadir billah in fourth line. Lloyd, Fourth Century Gold Coinage of Sistan 6 = Lloyd, Saffarid GZa320; Album A1411. Test cut in edge at 7h on obverse. VF. Excessively rare, apparently the second published example.
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Saffarids. Ahmad b. Muhammad (Abu Ja'far). AH 311-352 / AD 923-963. AV Dinar (22.1mm, 4.06 g, 5h). Sijistan mint. Dated AH 334 (AD 945/6). Obverse field: citing the 'Abbasid caliph al-Mustakfi in the fourth and fifth lines / Reverse field: Surat al-Ikhlas in four lines, below which Ahmad bin Muhammad / Khalaf . Lloyd, Fourth Century Gold Coinage of Sistan 21 (same dies); Album A1411. Good VF. Excessively rare, apparently the second published example.
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Samanids. Ahmad II b. Ismail. AH 295-301 / AD 907-914. AR Dirham (28.3mm, 2.89 g, 6h). Qaristan mint. Dated AH 299 (AD 911/2). Obverse field: A(bu) Nasr in fourth line / Reverse field: al-qudra in in final line. Kolosov & Kalinin Qa.299; SNAT XIVd, 831. Toned. VF. Excessively rare.
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Samanids. 'Abd al-Malik I b. Nuh. AH 343-350 / AD 954-961. AV Dinar (23.4mm, 4.69 g, 12h). Bukhara mint. Dated AH 343 (AD 954/5). Cf. SNAT XVa, 84 (dated AH 344); Album 1460. Faint edge marks. Good VF. Rare. This dinar omits the name of any 'Abbasid caliph. The Samanids continued to recognise al-Mustakfi until AH 343, even though he had been deposed in AH 334 and died in AH 337. Al-Muti', who succeeded al-Mustakfi, seems not to have been acknowledged on the Samanid gold coinage until AH 345.
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'Alids of Tabaristan. al-Hasan b. Zayd. AH 250-270 / AD 864-884. AR Dirham (21.6mm, 2.77 g, 5h). Naysabur mint. Dated AH 262 (AD 875/6). Obverse field: al-Da'i illa al-haqq in fourth line / Reverse field: al-Hasan b. Zayd in fifth line. Vardanyan 4 (citing a single specimen of this mint and date); Album 1523. Good VF. Extremely rare. It appears that the 'Alids briefly took control of Nishapur at least once during the 260s, when a nunber of rival warlords were struggling for power in Khurasan.
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Buwayhids (Buyids). 'Adud al-Dawla Abu Shuja' Fanakhusraw. AH 367-372 / AD 977-983. Uniface Silver Medallion (60.7mm, 34.47 g). Cast and chased in high relief. Sasanian-style figure, wearing winged crown and an elaborate tunic with decorated sleeves, his legs crossed, holding goblet in his right hand, sitting cross-legged on wide, bench-like throne, decorated with pellets and with tear-drop shaped terminals; supporting the throne are two crouching ibexes, facing each other and butting heads. To right (beginning in outer border, ending in field by bust): GDH APZWT - MLK 'N - MALK ('May the glory increase of the King of Kings') To left (beginning in outer border, ending in field by bust): ZIY DIR - SHA PANA (?) - HWSLA ('Long live Shah Fanna Khusraw') . Unpublished; cf. Miles, G.C., 'A portrait of the Buyid prince Rukn al-Dawlah,' ANS MN, 1964, pp. 283-293.. Tiny piercing above crown; minor surface marks and evidence of contemporary tooling in fields. Good VF. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished. There are clear similarities between the design of this beautiful medallion and a gold medal held in the Freer Gallery of Art, published by Mehdi Behrami more than seventy years ago in Archaeologica Orientalia in memoriam Ernst Herzfeld (New York, 1952), pp. 1-23. Miles reproduces Behrami's photograph in his article, and a more recent colour image of the obverse can be seen online at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Adud_al-Dawla#/media/File:Adud_al-Dawla_medallion.jpg. While this gold medallion is anepigraphic, with two attendants to the left and right of the seated ruler where the Pahlawi legends are placed on this piece, its composition is otherwise remarkably similar. There are minor differences in the treatment of the throne, which lacks the tear-drop terminals seen on the present piece, and the gold medallion depicts lions beneath the throne rather than ibexes, but the depiction and attitude of the seated figure is virtually identical in both cases. The inscriptions on this medallion are, to use Miles's phrase, 'in the perverse way of most Pahlevi legends, difficult to decipher.' The suggested reading here is a tentative one, based largely on that proposed by Bahrami and Henning for the legends of another gold medallion of 'Adud al-Dawla, also illustrated by Bahrami and stated to be in a private collection in Tehran. Miles, who also discusses this piece, noted that while its authenticity had apparently been questioned, he himself felt that 'while it might perhaps be a modern copy of an original, but I doubt very much that the busts and the legends are fabrications.' The Pahlawi script is skilfully rendered on the present piece and the calligraphy itself is beautiful, but because the medallion has been cast and chased (it would not have been possible to create the magnificent high relief on this piece through striking), there is some blurring in the outer legends in particular where the engraver has not chased the lettering perfectly. The back of the medallion is entirely plain and was evidently smoothed to give a completely flat surface. It retains traces of copper, possibly where it was attached to another uniface plate to create a two-sided piece. What the other side might have looked like is a matter of conjecture, but there are reasons for thinking it may have been an Islamic legend, written in Arabic, as seen on the medallion of Rukn al-Dawla published by Miles, and also on a similar cast piece in silvered bronze which was later sold in London. Both of these pieces bear on one side a facing portrait of the Buwayhid ruler, flanked by Pahawi inscriptions, while the other side carries entirely conventional numismatic legends, naming the caliph and the Buwayhid ruler and with mint and date in the margin. Interestingly, the outer border on this medallion contains five stars-in-crescents, similar to the five crescents seen on the unique and spectacular gold Buwayhid 10-dinar medallion issued at al-Muhammadiya in AH 362 (Morton & Eden 73 (23 April 2015), lot 166). Thus while its superb relief and striking imagery contrast with the more austere appearance of the regular Buwayhid coinage, this beautiful medallion nevertheless fits within the same tradition.
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'Annazids. Ali b. 'Umar. AH 417-424 / AD 1026-1033. AR Dirham (23.5§mm, 5.29 g, 3h). Sabur Khwast mint. Dated AH 424 (AD 1032/3). Hexagonal marginal legends on both sides. Obverse field: citing 'Ali b. 'Umad in fourth line / Reverse field: citing the Ghazavid Mas'ud. Cf. Album D1590 (dated AH 417 and citing the Kakwayhid Muhammad b. Dushmanzar as overlord). Small patch of staining in reverse margin. Good Fine. Apparently unpublished and believed unique.
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Seljuqs, Great Seljuq. Tughril I Beg Muhammad. AH 429-455 / AD 1038-1063. AV Dinar (23.5mm, 4.50 g, 12h). Al-Basra mint. Dated AH 448 (AD 1056/7). Alptekin -; Album 1665. Slight central weakness. Good VF. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib.
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Seljuqs, Great Seljuq. Muhammad Alp Arslan. AH 455-465 / AD 1063-1072. AV Dinar (21.2mm, 2.87 g, 3h). Al-Basra mint. Dated AH 459 (AD 1066/7). Cf. Morton & Eden 59 (13 November 2012), lot 430. Slightly wavy flan, minor edge marks. VF. Rare. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib.
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Seljuqs, Great Seljuq. Rukn al-Din Barkiyaruq. AH 486-498 / AD 1093-1105. AV Dinar (24.3mm, 4.59 g, 11h). Walwalij mint. Dated AH 491 (AD 1097/8). Reverse field: Ayat al-Kursi (Qur'an 2:255) as far as illa bi-idhnihi; sword to right. Album 1684A. Crudely struck. VF. Rare. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib. Ex Morton & Eden 82 (20 October 2016), lot 439.
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Seljuqs, Great Seljuq. Rukn al-Din Barkiyaruq. AH 486-498 / AD 1093-1105. AV Dinar (24.2mm, 4.24 g, 3h). Balkh mint. Dated AH 491 (AD 1097/8). Reverse field: Ayat al-Kursi (Qur'an 2:255) as far as ya'alamu. SNAT XIVc, 768. Typically weakly struck for the issue. Near VF. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib. Ex Morton & Eden 82 (20 October 2016), lot 438.
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Seljuqs, Kerman. Ahmad Qawurd (Qara Arslan). AH 440-465 / AD 1048-1073. AR Dirham (25.9mm, 4.96 g, 1h). Kazirun mint. Dated AH 455 (AD 1063/4). Citing the Great Seljuq ruler Tughril Beg as overlord. Album 1698. Some peripheral weakness. VF. Very rare.
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Khwarizmshahs. 'Ala al-Din Muhammad II. AH 596-617 / AD 1200-1220. AV Dinar (22.6mm, 5.13 g, 12h). Tirmidh mint. Dated AH [5]9x. Obverse: 'Iyyar, 'Standard', in central cartouche / Reverse: naming 'Ala al-din Muhammad and Muhammad bin al-Sultan (Muhammad b. Takash). Album 1712. Some weak striking. VF. Rare. While the date is almost entirely missing, enough remains of tisa'in to confirm that this coin must have been issued between AH 596-599.
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Khwarizmshahs. 'Ala al-Din Muhammad II. AH 596-617 / AD 1200-1220. AV Dinar (26.1mm, 6.65 g, 4h). Mint and date unclear. Obverse margin: bism Allah al-rahman al-rahim Nasr min Allah wa fath qarib / Album 1712. Reverse double-struck. VF.
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Khwarizmshahs. Jalal al-Din Mangubarni. AH 617-628 / AD 1220-1231. AR Dirham (17.8mm, 3.16 g, 9h). Qal'at Nay mint. Undated (struck circa AH 617-622). Obverse field: Jalal al-dunya / wa'l-din Mangubarni / bin al-Sultan / Reverse field: Qal'at Nay / al-Nasir li-din / Allah amir al-mu'- / minin. Album 1743A. Iridescent toning. Near EF. Rare. Qal'at Nay was a mountaintop fortress to the west of Ghazna. It was only active as a mint under Mangubarni. While the present coin is undated (as are all published coins from this mint), it must have been issued between the accession of Mangubarni in AH 617 and the death of the caliph al-Nasir in AH 622.