Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1
Date: 2023-10-19 00:00:00
Lots: 233
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 1
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Khusraw II. AR Drachm (32.3mm, 4.03 g, 10h). APN mint (uncertain location). Dated year 35 (uncertain era). Obverse margin: - / bismillah / - / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian -; SICA 1, -; Album 4. A few scraches in fields. Good VF. Rare. The mint-signature on this coin appears to read APN; this might be a variation of APL (probably Abarshahr), a blundered version of SLCN, or represent a completely different mint-name. Malek records a similar drachm with the mint-signature APL, bearing a date read as YE 32 (Malek, Arab-Sasanian 28), while no Khusraw II drachms from SLCN are known. The coin is of quite coarse style, and may possibly be a contemporary imitation
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 2
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Khusraw II. AR Drachm (31.8mm, 4.05 g, 3h). WH (possibly Weh-Ardashir or Weh-Andiyok-Shapur) mint. Dated YE 35 = AH 46 (AD 666/7). Obverse margin: - / lillah / - / - / Reverse margin: 'bow-tie' symbol instead of star-in-crescent at 12h. Cf. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 1274 (with standard star-in-crescent on reverse); SICA 1, -; Album A6. Good VF. Very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 3
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Khusraw II. AR Drachm (33.1mm, 4.14 g, 2h). WH (possibly Weh-Ardashir or Weh-Andiyok-Shapur) mint. Dated YE 35 = AH 46 (AD 666/7). Obverse margin: - / lillah / - / - / Reverse margin: 'bow-tie' symbol instead of star-in-crescent at 6h. Cf. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 1274 (with standard star-in-crescent on reverse); SICA 1, -; Album A6. Toned. Good VF. Very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 4
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Anonymous. AR Drachm (31mm, 4.14 g, 9h). With legend MHMT PGTAMYY DAT, 'Muhammad is the Messenger of God', before bust in place of governor's name. KLMAN-GLM (Garmshir) mint. Dated AH 70 (AD 689/90). Obverse margin: - / bismillah wali / al-amr / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian p. 151, note 305; SCC 123; Album 34C. Cleaned. Near EF. Extremely rare. Ex CNG Islamic Auction 1 (25 May 2022), lot 23.This remarkable type, on which the governor's name is replaced by a Pahlawi version of the Arabic Muhammad rasul Allah, is only known for drachms issued at GRM-KRMAN in this year. Coins were struck in Garmshir citing 'Abdallah b. al-Zubayr from AH 65-70, and in the name of 'Atiya b. al-Aswad between AH 70 and AH 72, and these anonymous types were apparently issued during a brief interregnum between the two. It appears that the obverse die on this coin was modified during its lifetime, with the second part of the marginal legend changed to read wali al-amr. Only traces of the undertype are visible, but it appears to be consistent with the Pahlawi BPL - GDH legend seen on coins of Ibn al-Zubayr. A similar change is visible on another specimen, struck from different dies (The New York Sale XIV, 10 January 2007, lot 498). This suggests that the first of these anonymous drachms may have been issued by adherents of Ibn al-Zubayr, but as they lacked his name it was felt acceptable for 'Atiya b. al-Aswad to continue using the dies after he had become governor in the region, subject to this small modification of the obverse. These extremely rare drachms, from which the names of all secular rulers have been removed, represent a further development in the transition towards a distinctly Islamic coinage.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 5
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Humran b. Aban. AH 72 / AD 691. AR Drachm (27.6mm, 3.22 g, 3h). ART (Ardashir Khurra) mint. Dated AH 72 (AD 691). Obverse margin: - / • bismillah :: / Humran bin Aban / -; pellet after governor's name / Reverse: single pellet before and two pellets after mint-signature. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 85; SICA 1, 31 (same dies); Album 23.1. Lightly clipped. VF, toned. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 6
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian copper issues. Æ Pashiz (20.3mm, 0.64 g, 10h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 76 (AD 695/6). Sasanian bust with al-Hajjaj / ibn Yusuf in two lines before; shahada arranged radially in margin / Fire-altar with attendants, duriba sanat / sitt wa saba'in to right and left; uncertain legend in margin. Gyselen -; Malek, Arab-Sasanian -; Album A37 var. (without date). Rough surfaces, scratch on reverse. Fine. Excessively rare, . On this remarkable pashiz, the mint and date are engraved in Arabic rather than Pahlawi. The only silver drachms of al-Hajjaj to bear an Arabic date legend were also struck in the year AH 76, issued at the mint of al-Mada'in.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 7
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Abd al-Rahman b. 'Abdallah. fl. AH 79 / AD 697. AR Drachm (27.5mm, 2.97 g, 8h). AKWLA ('Aqola, near Kufa) mint. Dated AH 79 (AD 697). Obverse margin: - / bismillah / - / - / Reverse: mint-signature to left of fire-altar and attendants; date to right. Malek, Arab-Sasanian p. 267, 9.16; SICA 1, 6; Album A28. Near VF. Very rare. On this very rare type, the date is expressed in Pahlawi numerals and is to be read as '70+3+3+3'.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 8
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad (Ibn al-Ash'ath). fl. AH 80-84 / AD 700-703. AR Drachm (31.6mm, 3.76 g, 7h). SK (Sistan) mint. Dated AH 84 (AD 703). Obverse margin: Tash / bismillah / rabbi - / Reverse margin: ∴ - / - / - / - ∴. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 1063; SICA 1, -; Album 38A. VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 9
Pre-reform issues, Eastern Sistan. Anonymous. Circa AH 80s-130s / AD 700s-750s. AR Drachm (30.7mm, 3.91 g, 5h). SK (Sistan) mint. Dated AH 87 (AD 705/6). Obverse margin: - / bismillah / rabbi / - / Reverse margin: - / 'Abd / - / -. Cf. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 1076 (without 'Abd in reverse margin); cf. CNG Islamic Auction 1 (25 May 2022), lot 52. Near EF. Rare. It has been suggested that 'Abd in the reverse margin refers to 'Abd al-Rabba b. 'Abdallah, sub-governor in Sistan under Qutayba b. Muslim. Qutayba did not place his own name on the drachm coinage, but it is recorded that he appointed 'Abd al-Rabba b. 'Abdallah as his sub-governor in Sistan in AH 87 before dismissing him in favour of Nu'man b. 'Awf during the year AH 88. The name of 'Abd is placed in the reverse margin rather than on the obverse, as befitting his status as a sub-governor. Drachms with the addition of 'Abd are also known dated AH 88 (Malek, Arab-Sasanian 1077)
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 10
Pre-reform issues, Eastern Sistan. Anonymous. Circa AH 80s-130s / AD 700s-750s. AR Drachm (30.5mm, 3.75 g, 2h). SK (Sistan) mint. Dated AH 89 (AD 707/8). Obverse margin: - / bismillah :: / rabbi / - / Reverse margin: - / - / jayyid / barakat min Allah. Cf. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 1083 (with barakat lillah instead of barakat min Allah in reverse margin); cf. Morton & Eden 89 (25 October 2017), lot 5. Minor weakness. Near EF. Extremely rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 11
Pre-reform issues, Eastern Sistan. Anonymous. Circa AH 80s-130s / AD 700s-750s. AR Drachm (30.1mm, 3.25 g, 1h). SK (Sistan) mint. Dated AH 103 (AD 721/2). Obverse margin: sadaqa Allah / bismillah / rabbi / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 993 var. (with crescent above shoulder); Album 79. Mount removed. Good Fine. Very rare. The phrase sadaqa Allah in the obverse margin, meaning 'Allah has Declared the Truth', is taken from Qur'an 3:95.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 12
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Byzantine. Gold issues. AV Solidus (13.1mm, 3.84 g). Spania (Spain) mint. Dated Indiction XI / AH 94 (AD 712/3). Bernardi 30; Vives 2; Album 122. Toned. Good VF. Rare. From the St. George Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 13
Umayyad Caliphate, Gold coinage. AV Dinar (19.4mm, 4.22 g, 8h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 86 (AD 705). Point above d of duriba in reverse margin. ICV 164; Walker 197. Cleaned. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 14
Umayyad Caliphate, Gold coinage. AV Dinar (19.6mm, 4.28 g, 7h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 87 (AD 705/06). Points below d of duriba and b of sab'a in reverse margin. ICV 165; Walker 198. Faint graffiti in obverse field. EF, traces of lustre.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 15
Umayyad Caliphate, Gold coinage. AV Dinar (19.6mm, 4.31 g, 6h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 88 (AD 706/07). Reverse margin: two points below i of dinar. ICV166; Walker 199. Near EF, traces of lustre on reverse. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al-Katib.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 16
Umayyad Caliphate, Gold coinage. AV Dinar (20.8mm, 4.28 g, 6h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 90 (AD 708/9). Reverse margin: pellet below b of duriba. ICV 168; Walker 201. Trivial harlines on reverse. AU, retaining considerable lustre. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al-Katib.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 17
Umayyad Caliphate, Gold coinage. AV Dinar (19.5mm, 4.27 g, 7h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 94 (AD 712/13). ICV 176; Walker 207. Reverse slightly double-struck and with some deposit. In NGC encapsulation 6382233-021, graded , MS 62.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 18
Umayyad Caliphate, Gold coinage. AV Dinar (19.8mm, 4.26 g, 9h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 95 (AD 713/14). ICV 179; Walker 209. EF, traces of lustre.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 19
Umayyad Caliphate, Gold coinage. AV Dinar (19.7mm, 4.27 g, 8h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 96 (AD 714/15). ICV 180; Walker 210. AU, reverse fully lustrous. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al-Katib; bought from Scott Cordry and offered with his ticket.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 20
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (26.5mm, 2.76 g, 4h). Ard mint. Dated AH 82 (AD 701/2). Klat 30 (same obverse die as illustration); al-'Ajlan 82/3 (same obverse die as illustration). Attempted piercing at 1h on obverse, graffiti above reverse field. VF. Extremely rare, only two specimens recorded by Klat. 'Ard' is one of the rarest Umayyad mint-names. Initially read as Urdu, meaning 'camp,' Michael Bates subsequently proposed that Ard was 'nothing more than a die-engraver's error for Ardashir Khurra' (Bates, M., 'Mystery Mints of the Umayyads', ONS Occasional Paper 22, 1987). Since Bates wrote, however, another dirham from 'Ard' dated AH 79 has come to light (Klat 29), and it is far less likely that the same error should have been made on two occasions three years apart. Thus 'Ard' is now generally regarded as being an authentic mint-name in its own right, even though its location is not yet established.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 21
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (26.3mm, 2.78 g, 7h). Al-Andalus mint. Dated AH 106 (AD 724/5). Klat 119; al-'Ajlan 106/6. Pin marks in obverse field. Good Fine. Rare.