Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1
Fecha: 2023-10-19 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 148
Fatimids, n/a. n/a. al-Mustansir billah. AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094. AV Quarter-Dinar (16.8mm, 1.05 g, 11h). Al-Iskandariya mint. Dated AH (4)65 (AD 1072/3). Nicol 1696 (same dies). Full marginal legends. VF. Excessively rare, only a single example recorded by Nicol.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 149
Fatimids. al-Mustansir billah. AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094. AV Dinar (21mm, 3.85 g, 10h). Barqa mint. Dated AH 444 (AD 1052/3). Nicol 1700. VF. Extremely rare, only two examples recorded by Nicol.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 150
Fatimids. al-Mustansir billah. AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094. AV Dinar (22.6mm, 4.05 g, 12h). Tabariya mint. Dated AH 439 (AD 1047/8). Nicol 1976 (same obverse die as illustration); Jeselsohn 576 (same dies). VF. Very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 151
Fatimids. al-Mustansir billah. AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094. AV Dinar (22.8mm, 3.58 g, 12h). Trablus mint. Dated AH 463 (AD 1070/1). Nicol 2014. Minor double striking, some die rust evident. Good VF. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al-Katib.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 152
Fatimids. al-Mustansir billah. AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094. AV Quarter-Dinar (13.3mm, 0.73 g, 6h). 'Akka mint. Dated AH 483 (AD 1090/1). Cf. Nicol 2039 (dated AH 485). Good VF. Excessively rare, apparently unpublished.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 153
Fatimids. al-Mustansir billah. AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094. AV Quarter-Dinar (12.4mm, 0.99 g, 12h). Qal'at Kirkant mint. Dated AH 468 (AD 1075/6). Nicol 2086. Irregular flan. EF, with fully clear mint and date. Extremely rare. Bought Spink (London); offered with their dealer's ticket.This is the only known Fatimid issue from the Sicilian mint of Agrigento. Having been driven out of Sicily by the Normans four years previously, in AH 468 the Fatimids made a short-lived and unsuccessful attempt to retake some of their former territories there. This coin demonstrates that the Fatimids must have briefly retaken Agrigento and held the town long enough to strike coins there.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 154
Fatimids. al-Mustansir billah. AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094. AV Dinar (20.5mm, 3.23 g, 1h). Mu'izziya mint. Dated AH 470 (AD 1077/8). Nicol 2184 (this piece). Minor edge marks. Good VF. Of the highest rarity, apparently unique. Ex Spink Zurich 22 (17 March 1987), lot 45.Nicol notes that Mu'izziya was the formal name of Taormina (Arabic Tabarmin), captured by the forces of al-Mu'izz after a seven month siege in AH 351 (AD 962). This coin was struck around the time that Taormina was besieged by the forces of the Norman ruler, Roger of Sicily.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 155
Fatimids. al-Mustansir billah. AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094. AV Eighth-Dinar (12.2mm, 0.51 g, 8h). Without mint or date. Obverse field: 'Ali / wali / Allah / Reverse field: al-I- / Ma'add / -mam. Nicol 2260 (this piece). Pierced, slightly ragged edge. Good Fine. Of the highest rarity, the only specimen recorded by Nicol. Ex Spink Zurich 27 (1 June 1988), lot 133 (part).Nicol describes this piece as being 'probably an issue of Sicily'.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 156
Fatimids. al-Muntazar bi-Amr Allah. AH 524-526 / AD 1130-1131. AV Dinar (20.1mm, 4.34 g, 7h). Misr mint. Dated AH 525 (AD 1130/1). Obverse: Abu'l-Qasim al-Muntazar bi-amr Allah Amir al-Mu'minin in inner margin; al-Imam / Muhammad in centre. Nicol 2590. File marks on edge. Near EF. Rare. Coins naming the fictive caliph al-Muntazar were in fact struck by Kutayfat, the son of al-Amir's vizier, who seized power after al-Amir's death in AH 524. Kutayfat neatly sidestepped the problem of his own legitimacy by proclaiming the sovereignty of al-Mahdi, the twelfth imam of the Twelver Shi'is, whose coming had been expected for more than 250 years. This meant that Kutayfat could declare the Fatimid dynasty ended, while also allowing him to rule without being answerable to any earthly authority. Nevertheless, Kutayfat was deposed and executed in AH 526, being succeeded by the Fatimid heir, al-Hafiz.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 157
Lead Personal Seal (28mm, 30.17 g, 12h). Obverse: Nimbate bust of St. George facing, wearing armour and holding spear and shield; traces of Greek legend in field to right / Reverse: In three lines:billah (?) / 'Isa ibn Ibrahim / yasta'in ('In God does 'Isa b. Ibrahim seek help'). String canal running from 12h to 6h. Attractive cream patina. VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 158
Hamdanids. Sayf al-Dawla Abu al-Husayn & Nasir al-Dawla Abu Muhammad. Joint reign, AH 330-356 / AD 942-967. AV Dinar (24mm, 4.42 g, 1h). Madinat al-Salam mint. Dated AH 331 (AD 942/3). Reverse: ibriz, 'pure gold', in bottom line of field. Bernardi 312Jh; Album 260. Minor weakness in margins. Good VF. From the St. George Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 159
Hamdanids. Sayf al-Dawla Abu al-Husayn & Nasir al-Dawla Abu Muhammad. Joint reign, AH 330-356 / AD 942-967. AV Dinar (23.1mm, 4.01 g, 5h). Antakiya mint. Dated AH 337 (AD 948/9). Album 747; Bikhazi, Struggle for Syria -; cf. Morton & Eden 103 (24 October 2019), lot 75 (a Hamdanid dinar of al-Mawsil dated AH 337 with similar legends). File marks on edge. VF. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished and believed unique. Diler (Islamic Mints) records no Hamdanid gold from Antioch
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 160
Burids. Shihab al-Din Mahmud. AH 529-533 / 1135-1140. AV Dinar (20.8mm, 3.68 g, 8h). Dimashq mint. Dated AH 530 (AD 1135/6). Obverse: citing the 'Abbasid caliph al-Muqtafi (with the title al-Imam) / Reverse: citing the Seljuq rulers Sanjar and Mas'ud. Album A784; ICV 883. Edge shaved. VF. Very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 161
Burids. Abaq. AH 534-549 / AD 1140-1154. Pale Gold Dinar (21.8mm, 3.63 g, 11h). Dimashq mint. Dated AH 540 (AD 1145/6). Citing the Great Seljuq rulers Mas'ud and Sanjar as overlords. Album A784. Scrapes on reverse, slightly buckled flan, some edge marks. Good Fine. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 162
Ayyubids (Main line in Cairo). al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin). AH 564-589 / AD 1169-1193. AV Dinar (21mm, 4.58 g, 2h). Al-Qahira mint. Dated AH 571 (AD 1175/6). Balog, Ayyubids 13; Album 785.1. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 163
Ayyubids (Main line in Cairo). al-'Aziz I 'Uthman. AH 589-595 / AD 1193-1198. AV Dinar (19.5mm, 3.70 g, 9h). Makka mint. Dated AH 594 (AD 1197/8). Balog, Ayyubids 498; Album 794. Double-striking visible in obverse centre, minor weakness. Superb EF. Extremely rare. Ex Sotheby's (20 April 1983), lot 57.Balog asserts that 'there is no political event which would explain the recognition of al-'Aziz 'Uthman at Mecca.' However, he proceeds to quote Leuthold's statement that one of the Fulaytid Sharifs of Mecca had displeased one of Saladin's brothers; the latter threatened to abolish the Sharifate, but was appeased by an undertaking to name the Ayyubid sultan in the khutba and acceptance of Ayyubid leadership of the Pilgrimage. Balog identifies Saladin's brother as Shams al-Din Turanshah I, the future governor of the Yemen, while the offending Fulaytid Sharif was presumably Mukaththir b. 'Isa b. Fulayta (AH 584-593). As the Sotheby's cataloguer noted, the striking of this coin would confirm that the Ayyubids were indeed appointed Governors of the Holy Places.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 164
Bahri Mamluks. al-Mansur Sayf al-Din Qala'un. AH 678-689 / AD 1279-1290. AV Dinar (22.6mm, 6.48 g, 4h). Al-Iskandariya mint. Date off-flan. Balog 119.a; Album 893. UNC, fully lustrous fields. Rare thus.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 165
Bahri Mamluks. al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Muhammad I. AH 693-4, 698-708, 709-41 / AD 1293-4, 1299-1309, 1310-41. AV Dinar (22.9mm, 5.51 g, 7h). al-Qahira al-Mahrusa mint. Dated AH 707 (AD 1307/8). Balog, Mamluk 168; Album 912. A little weakly struck in centres. Near EF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 166
Bahri Mamluks. al-Salih Imad al-Din Isma'il. AH 743-746 / AD 1342-1345. AV Dinar (25mm, 6.46 g, 4h). Al-Qahira mint. Dated AH 743 (AD 1342/3). Balog, Mamluk 273; SICA 6, -; Album 932. AU, lustrous. Extremely rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 167
Bahri Mamluks. al-Kamil Sayf al-Din Sha'ban I. AH 746-747 / AD 1345-1346. AV Dinar (24.5mm, 5.99 g, 8h). al-Qahira mint. Dated AH 747 (AD 1346/7). Balog, Mamluk 298; Album 936. Colourful toning on reverse. AU, lustrous. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 168
Ziyadids. Ishaq b. Ibrahim. AH 343-362 / AD 955-973. AV Dinar (24.9mm, 2.78 g, 2h). Zabid mint. Dated AH 349 (AD 960/1). SICA 10, 91ff; Album 1070. EF. Rare.