Islamic Auction 3
Date: 2023-04-27 00:00:00
Lots: 270
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Fatimids. al-Mustansir billah. AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094. AV Dinar (21.1mm, 3.15 g, 7h). Tarablus mint. Dated AH 446 (AD 1054/5). Obverse margin: pellet over d of duriba. Nicol 2001. Softly struck. Good VF. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib.
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Fatimids. al-Mustansir billah. AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094. AV Dinar (22.8mm, 4.19 g, 5h). Tarablus mint. Dated AH 471 (AD 1078/9). Nicol 2017. VF. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib.This is the latest confirmed date for dinars of al-Mustansir from Tarablus, with no gold struck there during the final decade and a half of his reign
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Fatimids. al-Mustansir billah. AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094. AV Quarter-Dinar (14.8mm, 0.91 g, 7h). Filastin mint. Dated AH [4]36 (AD 1044/5). Cf. Nicol 2083 (a quarter-dinar with similar legends but lacking a legible date). Clipped. Good VF. Of this highest rarity, apparently unpublished and believed unique. Fatimid quarter-dinars of al-Mustansir from the mint of Filastin are extremely rare. This previously unrecorded coin shows that their designs followed those of contemporary full dinars; the legends on the present coin are similar to those on full dinars struck at Filastin in this year (Nicol 2066), while full and fractional dinars of Filastin dated AH 454 also have similar legends (Nicol 2079, 2080).
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Fatimids. al-Musta'li billah. AH 487-495 / AD 1094-1101. AV Quarter-Dinar (12.4mm, 1.15 g, 7h). Without mint or date. Nicol 2427. Near EF. Very rare, only two specimens recorded by Nicol. Ex Morton & Eden 103 (24 October 2019), lot 258.This attractive gold fractional dinar was possibly struck as a donative issue
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Fatimids. al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah. AH 495-524 / AD 1101-1130. AV Dinar (22.1mm, 4.44 g, 3h). 'Asqalan mint. Dated AH 503 (AD 1109/10). Obverse margin begins bismillah al-rahman al-rahim duriba.... Nicol 2500. EF. Extremely rare, only four specimens recorded by Nicol. An important port city in Palestine, 'Asqalan was was one of the last Byzantine cities in the region to fall to the victorious Muslims, being finally captured around AH 19 / AD 640 by the future Umayyad caliph, Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan. The Byzantines retook the city during the 60s / 680s, but 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan recaptured and refortified it a few years later. 'Asqalan remained in Muslim hands thereafter, and the 'Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi (AH 158-169) constructed a mosque there. Under the Fatimids, 'Asqalan became an important frontier city on the borders of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. As well as its military and strategic significance, 'Asqalan acquired a particular religious significance under the Fatimids. An inscription from the time of al-Mustansir dated AH 484 recalls that the severed head of Husayn b. 'Ali was rediscovered there by the Fatimid grand vizier, Badr al-Jamali, who accordingly constructed a new mosque and shrine for it. The minbar from this mosque is still extant, and survives today in the Sanctuary of the Patriarchs in Hebron. The head itself remained in situ until AH 548 / AD 1153/4, when it was removed to the safety of Cairo following the surrender of 'Asqalan to the forces of King Baldwin III. The shrine itself was destroyed in 1950, but a small marble mosque was subsequently built on the site half a century later.
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Fatimids. al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah. AH 495-524 / AD 1101-1130. AV Dinar (21.7mm, 4.22 g, 10h). Misr mint. Dated AH 505 (AD 1111/2). Nicol 2524. Small test mark on edge. EF. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib.
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Fatimids. al-Hafiz li-Din Allah. AH 526-544 / AD 1131-1149. AV Dinar (20.9mm, 4.36 g, 5h). Misr mint. Dated AH 530 (AD 1135/6). Nicol 2620 (same dies as illustration). Near EF. Rare.
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Fatimids. al-Hafiz li-Din Allah. AH 526-544 / AD 1131-1149. AV Dinar (20mm, 4.27 g, 11h). Misr mint. Dated AH 540 (AD 1145/6). Nicol 2634. Light deposit, slightly wavy flan. VF. Rare, only four specimens recorded by Nicol. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib.
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Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. AV Bezant (24.1mm, 4.14 g, 7h). Imitating a dinar of al-Mustansir . Uncertain mint. Obverse field: al-Imam in first line; cross in plain band above field. Balog/Yvon 17 (same obverse die) = CCS p. 126, 12 ('believed unique). Of coarse style. Near VF. Extremely rare.
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Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. AV Bezant (23.2mm, 3.03 g, 11h). Imitating a dinar of al-'Amir. Third Phase (circa AD 1220-1260). Heavily stylised and legends with mint and date illegible. Balog/Yvon 28; CCS p. 117, 5b. Near EF. Ex Stephen Album Rare Coins 42 (20 January 2022), lot 1196.
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Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. AR Dirham (21.1mm, 2.68 g, 7h). 'Akka (Acre) mint. Dated AD 1251. Obverse: 'One God, One Faith, One Baptism' in four lines, arranged around large cross within circle; mint and date in segments around / Reverse: 'The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, one godhead alone' in three lines; 'His is the glory for ever and ever, amen and amen' in segments around. Balog/Yvon 42; Metcalf, Crusades 227-8; CCS 13. Near EF. Rare thus.
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Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. AR Dirham (20.5mm, 2.67 g, 3h). 'Akka (Acre) mint. Dated AD 1251. Obverse: 'One God, One Faith, One Baptism' in three lines, arranged around small cross; mint and date in segments around / Reverse: 'The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, one godhead alone' in three lines; 'His is the glory for ever and ever, amen and amen' in segments around. Balog/Yvon 45; Metcalf, Crusades 229-231; CCS 15. Margins weakly struck. Near EF.
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Crusaders. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. AR Dirham (21.8mm, 2.73 g, 5h). 'Akka (Acre) mint. Dated AD 1251. Obverse: 'One God, One Faith, One Baptism' in three lines; mint and date in segments around. No cross in centre / Reverse: 'The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, one godhead alone' in three lines; 'His is the glory for ever and ever, amen and amen' in segments around. Balog/Yvon 47; CCS 17. Margins a little weak. Near EF.
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Lead Personal Seal (22.6mm, 9.23 g, 12h). Obverse: Facing bust of the Virgin, nimbate, raising both hands in benediction, MP - ϴV to either side of her head / Reverse: Allah / Isma'il / bin b.r.t.j.l / al-Hafiz. Cf. CNG Islamicj Auction 2 (27 October 2022), lot 250. Attractive cream patina. Near EF. Very rare. The name of Isma'il, if this is the correct reading of the second line of the reverse, is slightly defectively written; the patronymic on the third line has not been deciphered.
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Hamdanids. Sayf al-Dawla Abu al-Husayn & Nasir al-Dawla Abu Muhammad. Joint reign, AH 330-356 / AD 942-967. AV Dinar (23.8mm, 4.96 g, 11h). Madinat al-Salam mint. Dated AH 331 (AD 942/3). Reverse: ibriz, 'pure gold', in seventh line of field. Bernardi 312Jh; Album 260. Near EF.
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Ayyubids (Main line in Cairo). al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin). AH 564-589 / AD 1169-1193. AV Dinar (21.1mm, 4.09 g, 10h). Al-Qahira mint. Dated AH 572 (AD 1176/7). Three concentric marginal legends on each side. Balog, Ayyubids 14; Album 785.1. Slightly wavy flan. VF.
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Ayyubids (Main line in Cairo). al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin). AH 564-589 / AD 1169-1193. AV Dinar (19.3mm, 4.64 g, 2h). Al-Qahira mint. Dated AH 575 (AD 1179/80). As independent ruler, citing the 'Abbasid caliph al-Mustadi. Balog, Ayyubids 17; Album 785.1. Choice EF, lustrous.
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Bahri Mamluks. al-Mansur Nur al-Din 'Ali I. AH 655-657 / AD 1257-1259. AV Dinar (20.6mm, 4.56 g, 9h). Al-Qahira mint. Dated AH 657 (AD 1258/9). Balog, Mamluk 18; Album 873. Good VF. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib. Ex Morton & Eden 66 (7 November 2013), lot 623.
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Bahri Mamluks, n/a. n/a. al-Mansur Husam al-Din Lajin. AH 696-698 / AD 1296-1299. AV Dinar (23.6mm, 6.10 g, 7h). Dimashq mint. Dated AH 696 (AD 1296/7). Cf. Balog, Mamluk 163 (date off flan); Album 908. Some weak striking in margins. EF. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib. Ex Morton & Eden 68 (10 June 2014), lot 846..
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Burji Mamluks. al-'Adil Sayf al-Din Tumanbay I. AH 906 / AD 1501. AV ashrafi (16.5mm, 3.40 g, 6h). Mint and date not visible. Balog, Mamluk 867; Album 1040. Near VF. Rare. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib.
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Rassids (First Period). al-Hadi. AH 284-298 / AD 897-911. AV Dinar (19.9mm, 2.90 g, 12h). Sa'da mint. Dated AH 298 (AD 910/11). Bernardi 373Ek; Album 1065. Near EF.