Islamic Auction 3
Date: 2023-04-27 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 3 . 106
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tadid. AH 279-289 / AD 892-902. AV Dinar (22.8mm, 4.24 g, 11h). Nisibin mint. Dated AH 285 (AD 898). Cf. Bernardi 211Hg (this date not recorded). Buckled flan. Near Fine. Excessively rare, apparently an unpublished date for this very rare 'Abbasid gold mint.
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'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tadid. AH 279-289 / AD 892-902. AV Dinar (23.5mm, 3.24 g, 12h). Wasit mint. Dated AH 288 (AD 900/1). Bernardi type 211 (this mint not recorded); cf. NGSA 7 (27 November 2012), lot 1872 (dated AH 287). Edge slightly ragged at 5h on obverse, tiny spots of accretion on obverse. EF. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished. Apart from the specimen offered at NGSA (listed above, hammered for CHF 14,000), this appears to be the only recorded 'Abbasid dinar of Wasit from the reign of al-Mu'tadid.
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'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tadid. AH 279-289 / AD 892-902. AV Dinar (24.1mm, 4.41 g, 7h). Amid mint. Dated AH 289 (AD 901/2). Cf. Bernardi type 211 (where this mint is not recorded); Album 241. Good VF. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished. Amid is one of the rarest mints for 'Abbasid gold, and Bernardi records examples from jusr four years: AH 291, 292, 293 and 311. The present coin appears to be the only known example from the reign of al-Mu'tadid and is also the earliest known gold coin from the mint.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 3 . 109
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tadid. AH 279-289 / AD 892-902. AR Donative Dirham (25.5mm, 2.95 g, 11h). Medallic type with broad margins. Amid mint. Dated AH 286 (AD 899). Obverse margin: bismillah duriba bi-Amid sanat fathuha wa huwa sitt wa thamanin wa mi'atain. Cf. Album 242M; cf. Leu auction 7 (24 October 2020), lot 2075 (standard dirhams with similar legends). Minor spotting on reverse. Superb EF. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished as a donative and believed unique. This handsome presentation dirham was doubtless struck to mark al-Mu'tadid's capture of the city of Amid in AH 286. The siege is described in some detail by al-Tabari: In Rabi II, 286 al-Mu'tadid billah had reached Amid and encamped with his soldiers to lay siege to the city. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. 'Isa b. Shaykh had locked the gates of the city of Amid against him and against his partisans in it. Al-Mu'tadid had distributed his armies around the city and laid siege to the inhabitants. This took place late in the second half of Rabi I, 286. Following that, battles broke out between them. Mangonels were set up against the inhabitants of Amid who in turn set up mangonels on their wall, and they bombarded each other. On Saturday, Jumada I 19, 286 Muhammad b. Ahmad b. 'Isa sent word to al-Mu'tadid seeking guarantees of safe-conduct for himself, his family, and the inhabitants of Amid. Al-Mu'tadid granted that to him. On the same day, Muhammad b. Ahmad b. 'Isa with his men and allies left and went to al-Mu'tadid. The Caliph bestowed robes of honour upon him and his ranking men...On Jumada I 25, 286, a1-Mu'tadid's dispatch reporting his conquest reached Madinat al-Salam, whereupon it was read from the pulpit in the Friday Mosque. Al-Mu'tadid stayed on in Amid for the remainder of Jumada I and through twenty-three days of Jumada II. On Saturday, Jumada II 22, 286 he travelled from Amid to al-Raqqah. In his place at Amid, he left his son 'Ali with troops that he had attached to him in order to secure the region and establish administrative control of Qinnasrin and the fortified cities as well as Diyar Rabi'ah and Diyar Mudar...Al-Mu'tadid ordered the destruction of the wall of Amid, and a portion of it was destroyed, while the rest could not be destroyed and was left intact. (Al-Tabari 2186-2188, slightly abridged from Rosenthal, Frank, The History of Al-Tabari, Volume XXXVIII: The Return of the Caliphate to Baghdad, New York, 1985).
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'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muktafi. AH 289-295 / AD 902-908. AV Dinar (21.9mm, 4.29 g, 12h). Al-Muhammadiya mint. Dated AH 292 (AD 904/5). Bernardi 226Mh; Miles, Rayy 144a = BMC IX, 394e (with triplet of pellets below reverse field). Good Fine. Extremely rare, only three specimens recorded by Bernardi .
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 3 . 111
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muktafi. AH 289-295 / AD 902-908. AR Dirham (25.5mm, 2.77 g, 2h). Makka mint. Dated AH 291 (AD 903/4). Obverse field: without the name of Wali al-dawla. SICA 10, 489; SCC 1429. Cleaned, with patchy, dark glossy toning. Good Fine. Rare. While virtually all 'Abbasid precious coins dated AH 291 name the vizier Wali al-dawla, he is never cited on gold or silver issues struck in Mecca during this year.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 3 . 112
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muktafi. AH 289-295 / AD 902-908. AR Dirham (23.7mm, 3.16 g, 8h). Al-Qasr al-Fakhir mint. Dated AH 295 (AD 907/8). SICA 4, 755-6; Qatar 2116; SCC 1476; Album 244.1. Toned. VF. Rare. The rare mint of al-Qasr al-Fakhir was only active in the years AH 295-6. It appears to have issued silver dirhams only.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 3 . 113
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-932. AV Dinar (25.6mm, 4.05 g, 5h). Qumm mint. Dated AH 301 (AD 913/4). Bernardi 242Mn = Dauwe 29 = Cairo 1382. Slightly buckled flan. Near Fine, with very clear mint and date. Extremely rare, apparently the second published specimen.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 3 . 114
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-933. AV Dinar (28mm, 3.94 g, 2h). Hims mint. Dated AH 301 (AD 913/4). Cf. Bernardi 242Gd (only recorded for AH 310). Light deposit. VF. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished and believed unique.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 3 . 115
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-933. AV Dinar (25.2mm, 4.08 g, 5h). Al-Muhammadiya mint. Dated AH 302 (AD 914/5). Bernardi 302Mh (this date not recorded); cf Miles, Rayy 149 (dated AH 301). Good Fine. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished. While Miles records standard 'Abbasid dinars from al-Muhammadiya for the years AH 301 and 303, the only gold coin known to him dated AH 302 additionally bore the name of Muhammad b. 'Ali, the Sa'lukid governor of Rayy who held the city at various times between AH 302 and 314. It is recorded that Muhammad b. 'Ali led an army from Rayy in AH 301 or 302 (our sources are inconsistent) against an 'Alid rebel, al-Hasan b. 'Ali al-'Utrush, but was defeated and forced to return to Rayy. Whether the present coin, which is purely 'Abbasid in its legends, was struck during Muhammad b. 'Ali's absence on campaign or in the aftermath of his defeat is not clear, but when writing about the dinar dated AH 303 Miles comments: 'There is no record in the chronicles of Rayy having been reoccupied by the central 'Abbasid authorities, but this would seem to have been the case, if we are to judge by the numismatic evidence.'
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 3 . 116
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-933. AV Dinar (22.2mm, 1.85 g, 7h). Al-Rafiqa mint. Dated AH 306 (AD 918/9) . Bernardi 242Hn (this date not recorded). Pin-marks in obverse field. Good VF. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 3 . 117
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-933. AV Dinar (22.3mm, 4.39 g, 10h). Ardabil mint. Dated AH 316 (AD 928/9). Obverse field: annulet and letter fa / la ilaha illa Allah / wahdahu la sharik lahu / Abu'l-'Abbas bin / amir al-mu'minin / letter ha; pellet to left and right / Reverse field: annulet below. Vardanyan 89 (citing a single example); Bernardi -. Edge split, minor deposit. VF. Excessively rare, apparently only the second published example. This dinar dates from the brief period after the death of Yusuf b. Diwdad in AH 315 and the formal appointment of al-Fath b. al-Afshin, as governor of Armenia in the following year. It is possible that the letters f and h above and below the obverse field represent the first and last letters of al-Fath's name, although dinars of this mint and date which bear al-Fath b. al-Afshin's name in full are also known (Vardanyan 90; Bernardi 253Ka). Something similar may be seen on Ziyarid gold dinars issued at Mah al-Basra, where examples dated AH 322 bear the full name of Mardawij b. Ziyar, while coins dated AH 318 have the letters m-r only. Might these both be a case of a ruler using initials to indicate de facto control of a mint, while waiting until his authority had been formally confirmed before using his full name on the coinage?
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 3 . 118
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-933. AR Donative Dirham (27.2mm, 2.63 g, 7h). Medallic type with broad margins. Madinat al-Salam mint. Dated AH 310 (AD 922/3). Ilisch DI 21; Album 246A. Traces of corrosion in obverse margin between 8h and 12h; tiny attempted piercing in outer marginal legend at 3.30h. Good VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 3 . 119
'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-933. AV Dinar (21.9mm, 3.68 g, 5h). Barda'a mint. Dated AH 319 (AD 931). Obverse field: legends arranged in four lines, with pellets at top and bottom, pellets below lam-alif of la sharik lahu / Reverse field: pellets to either side of lillah, horizontal bar below d of Muhammad, two horizontal bars bellow s of rasul, horizontal bar and vertical bar below name of caliph. Bernardi 242Kf; Vardanyan 99 var.. Good VF. Extremely rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 3 . 120
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Qahir. AH 320-322 / AD 932-934. AV Dinar (22.4mm, 4.21 g, 8h). Madinat al-Salam mint. Dated AH 320 (AD 932). Obverse field: three-line legend without the name of the heir, Abu'l-Qasim / Bernardi 275Jh; Album 250.1. EF. Extremely rare, only one specimen recorded by Bernardi.
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'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Qahir. AH 320-322 / AD 932-934. AV Dinar (20.8mm, 4.00 g, 5h). Hamadhan mint. Dated AH 321 (AD 933). Obverse field: citing the caliphal heir Abu'l-Qasim bin / Amir al-mu'minin in fourth and fifth lines. Bernardi 277Mu (this coin cited); Album 250.2. Some weakness in margins. Good VF. Rare. Ex Morton & Eden 37 (9 June 2009), lot 597.
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'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Radi. AH 322-329 / AD 934-940. AV Dinar (24.1mm, 3.94 g, 7h). Tabariya mint. Dated AH 322 (AD 934/5). Obverse field: pellet above h of ilaha in first line. Bernardi 285Gi (this date not recorded). Some deposit, minor marks in fields. Good VF. Of the highest rarity and apparently unpublished. Bernardi records only a single 'Abbasid dinar for the entire reign of al-Radi: a unique example dated AH 323 which was first published by Lavoix in the nineteenth century.
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'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mustazhir. AH 487-512 / AD 1094-1118. AV Dinar (26.3mm, 4.24 g, 3h). Madinat al-Salam mint. Dated AH 491 (AD 1098/9). Reverse field: citing the caliphal heir 'Umdat al-Dawla. Jafar A.MS.491; Album B266; ICV 464. Flan crease, some weakness in centres. Good VF. Very rare. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib. Ex Morton & Eden 82 (20 October 2016), lot 277 (offered with ticket).During every year between AH 491-496, three different types of dinar were struck at Baghdad: one purely 'Abbasid, another citing the caliph with the Great Seljuq ruler Barkiyaruq, and the third citing the caliph with the Barkiyaruq's Great Seljuq rival Muhammad.
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'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Nasir. AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225. AV Dinar (30.3mm, 8.00 g, 11h). Madinat al-Salam mint. Dated AH 620 (AD 1223/4). BMC I, 493; Album 268. Some double-striking on obverse but well struck for the issue with reflective, proof-like surfaces. AU. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib.
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'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Nasir. AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225. AV Dinar (26.6mm, 4.72 g, 11h). Daquqa mint. Dated AH 608 (AD 1211/2). Cf. Jafar, Fourth Abbasid Period 85 (dated AH 609). Wavy flan and slightly ragged edge. VF. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished.
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'Abbadids. al-Mu'tadid 'Abbad. AH 433-461 / AD 1042-1069. AV Dinar (22.6mm, 2.87 g, 8h). Al-Andalus mint. Dated AH 450 (AD 1058/9). Obverse field: citing al-hajib Muhammad. Vives 908; Album 401.4. Good Fine. Rare. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib.