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 . 127
Fatimids. al-'Aziz billah. AH 365-386 / AD 975-996. AV Dinar (19.2mm, 4.13 g, 12h). Atarablus mint. Dated AH 377 (AD 987/8). Nicol 643a. File-marks on edge. VF. Extremely rare, only a single (inferior) specimen recorded by Nicol.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 128
Fatimids. al-'Aziz billah. AH 365-386 / AD 975-996. AV Dinar (19.8mm, 4.12 g, 7h). Atarablus mint. Dated AH 381 (AD 991/2). Cf. Nicol 645 (dated AH 384). Good Fine. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished and believed unique.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 129
Fatimids. al-'Aziz billah. AH 365-386 / AD 975-996. AV Dinar (20.5mm, 4.08 g, 8h). Atarablus mint . Dated AH 384 (AD 994/5). Nicol 645. Lightly clipped, minor marks. Good Fine. Extremely rare, only a single example recorded by Nicol.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 130
Fatimids. al-'Aziz billah. AH 365-386 / AD 975-996. AV Dinar (20.5mm, 4.12 g, 12h). Atarablus mint. Dated AH 385 (AD 995/6). Unit of date written as ﺧﻤﺴﺔ (the feminine form). Nicol -; cf. CNG Islamic Auction 3 (27 April 2023), lot 142 (same obverse die). Good Fine. Excessively rare, apparently only the second published example.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 131
Fatimids. al-'Aziz billah. AH 365-386 / AD 975-996. AV Dinar (20mm, 4.16 g, 12h). Atarablus mint. Dated AH 386 (AD 996). Unit of date written as ﺳﺘﻪ (the feminine form). Cf. Nicol 646 = Kazan 518 (mint-name reportedly engraved as 'Tarablus', without the initial alif visible on the present coin). Die-rust on reverse. Good Fine. Excessively rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 132
Fatimids. al-'Aziz billah. AH 365-386 / AD 975-996. AV Dinar (23.1mm, 4.00 g, 4h). Filastin mint. Dated AH 376 (AD 986/7). Nicol 678. Fine. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 133
Fatimids. al-'Aziz billah. AH 365-386 / AD 975-996. AV Dinar (22.2mm, 2.51 g, 11h). Makka mint. Dated AH 366 (AD 976/7). Nicol 735 = BMC IV, 51 (same dies). Small edge chip, some die rust on reverse. Fine. Excessively rare, only a single example recorded by Nicol.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 134
Fatimids. al-'Aziz billah. AH 365-386 / AD 975-996. AV Dinar (23.1mm, 2.80 g, 1h). Makka mint. Dated AH 380 (AD 990/1). Nicol 746 = Morton & Eden 54 (23 April 2012), lot 118. VF. Extremely rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 135
Fatimids. al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. AH 386-411 / AD 996-1021. AV Dinar (22.1mm, 4.01 g, 1h). Al-Mansuriya mint. Dated AH 387 (AD 997). Four-line legends in the centres and double marginal legends on both sides. Cf. Wilkes & Curtis 2 (15 September 2014), lot 152 (same dies); Nicol -. Edge shaved, double-striking on obverse. VF. Extremely rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 136
Fatimids. al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. AH 386-411 / AD 996-1021. AR Half-Dirham (17.8mm, 1.27 g, 12h). Al-Mahdiya mint. Dated AH 387 (AD 997). Double marginal legends (partly off-flan) on both sides. Nicol 1273. Some weak striking. VF. Extremely rare, only two specimens recorded by Nicol.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 137
Fatimids. al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. AH 386-411 / AD 996-1021. AV Dinar (22.2mm, 4.20 g, 7h). Type N1. Dimashq mint. Dated AH 401 (AD 1010/11). Cf. Nicol 908 (dated AH 403). Small flan split. Near VF. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished and believed unique.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 138
Fatimids. al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. AH 386-411 / AD 996-1021. AV Dinar (21.5mm, 3.20 g, 9h). Type N1. Tabariya mint. Dated AH 401 (AD 1010/11). Cf. Nicol 1016 (dated AH 404); Jeselsohn -. Traces of mounting on edge. VF. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished and believed unique. Nicol records only two gold dinars from Tabariya for the entire twenty-five year reign of al-Hakim, dated AH 395 and 404.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 139
Fatimids. al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. AH 386-411 / AD 996-1021. AV Dinar (20.3mm, 4.05 g, 3h). Al-Mansuriya mint. Dated AH 390 (AD 999/1000). Pellet above field on both sides. Cf. Nicol 1134 (reportedly with 'adl below obverse field). Lightly clipped, minor marks, slightly double-struck on reverse. VF. Excessively rare, apparently an unpublished variety.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 140
Fatimids. al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. AH 386-411 / AD 996-1021. AV Dinar (22.1mm, 4.14 g, 7h). Al-Mansuriya mint. Dated AH 393 (AD 1002/3). Cf. Nicol 1135 (dated AH 392); cf Baldwin's Islamic Coin Auction 20 (8 May 2012), lot 396. Slightly bent. VF. Excessively rare. Nicol records quarter-dinars from al-Mansuriya dated AH 393, but lists no full dinars with this mint and date. The specimen offered in Baldwin's Islamic Coin Auction 20 is from different dies and markedly different in style, and the accompanying image is not sufficiently clear to confirm the attribution securely.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 141
Fatimids. al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. AH 386-411 / AD 996-1021. AV Dinar (20.6mm, 4.02 g, 6h). Al-Mahdiya mint. Dated AH 390 (AD 999/1000). Cf. Nicol 1212 (dated AH 389). Edge shaved, some surface marks. Near VF. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished. While Nicol records quarter-dinars of al-Mahdiya for AH 390 (Nicol 1213), this appears to be the first recorded full dinar of this mint and date.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 142
Fatimids. al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. AH 386-411 / AD 996-1021. AV Dinar (20mm, 4.08 g, 11h). Al-Mahdiya mint. Dated AH 393 (AD 1002/3). Nicol -; cf Stephen Album Rare Coins 27 (19 January 2017), lot 502 (same obverse die). Edge shaved. VF. Extremely rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 143
Fatimids, n/a. n/a. al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. AH 386-411 / AD 996-1021. AV Dinar (20.6mm, 4.10 g, 6h). Al-Mahdiya mint. Dated AH 394 (AD 1003/4). Nicol 1219. Lightly clipped. VF. Extremely rare, only one specimen recorded by Nicol.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 144
Fatimids. al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah. AH 411-427 / AD 1021-1036. AV Dinar (21mm, 3.96 g, 6h). Barqa mint. Dated AH 414 (AD 1023/4). Nicol 1391 (this coin cited). Edge marks. Near VF. Extremely rare. Ex Spink Zurich 31 (20 June 1989), lot 66.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 145
Fatimids. al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah. AH 411-427 / AD 1021-1036. AV Dinar (22.2mm, 4.26 g, 6h). Misr mint. Dated AH 423 (AD 1031/2). 'Adl in centres on both sides. Nicol 1531. AU, fully lustrous. A superb example, very rare thus.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 146
Fatimids. al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah. AH 411-427 / AD 1021-1036. AV Dinar (22.5mm, 4.16 g, 5h). Misr mint. Dated AH 424 (AD 1032/3). 'adl in centre on both sides. Nicol 1532. Test-mark on edge. Good VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 147
Fatimids. al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah. AH 411-427 / AD 1021-1036. AV Dinar (23.2mm, 4.10 g, 1h). Al-Mahdiya mint. Dated AH 418 (AD 1027/8). Obverse field: letter ع below. Nicol 1593 = Qatar 2538. Edge shaved at 12h above obverse. Good VF. Very rare, only a single example recorded by Nicol.