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 . 68
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-932. AV Dinar (23.9mm, 3.10 g, 12h). Al-Rafiqa mint. Dated AH 303 (AD 915/6). Pellet below reverse field. Cf. Bernardi 242Hn (this date not recorded); cf. Baldwin's Islamic Coin Auction 20 (8 May 2012, lot 296); Album 245.2. Faint edge marks. Near EF. Extremely rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 69
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-932. AV Dinar (24.6mm, 2.34 g, 1h). Al-Rafiqa mint. Dated AH 306 (AD 918/9). Bernardi 242Hn (this date not recorded); cf CNG Islamic Auction 3 (27 April 2023), lot 116 (same obverse die). Minor weakness, slightly ragged edge. VF. Extremely rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 70
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-932. AV Dinar (24.4mm, 3.98 g, 5h). Filastin mint. Dated AH 299 (AD 911/12). Jeselsohn 413; Bernardi 242Gn; SICA 4, 740 (same reverse die); Album 245.2. Obverse discoloration. Fine. Very rare, only three specimens recorded by Bernardi.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 71
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-932. AV Dinar (23.4mm, 4.00 g, 7h). Madinat Zaranj mint. Dated AH 302 (AD 914/5). Obverse field: without the name of the heir Abu'l-'Abbas (who is normally cited on dinars of this date). Lloyd, Fourth Century Gold Coinage of Sistan 1 (this piece cited); Bernardi 237Of (this piece cited); Album 245.1. VF. Excessively rare. Ex Spink Zurich 22 (17 March 1987), lot 414.The province of Sijistan fell to the Samanids in AH 298, when they defeated the last of the Saffarids and captured the cities of Bust and Zaranj. But the assassination of the Samanid ruler Ahmad b. Isma'il in AH 301 left a power vacuum in the region, and the caliph al-Muqtadir took advantage of this to send two commanders to re-establish 'Abbasid control in the region. 'Abbasid dinars from Zaranj were therefore struck in the year AH 302, and these coins are the only 'Abbasid gold issues known from Sijistan.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 72
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-932. AV Dinar (26.1mm, 4.21 g, 11h). Harran mint. Dated AH 305 (AD 917/8). Cf Bernardi 242Hj (this date not recorded); cf. Morton & Eden 73 (23 April 2015), lot 94 (same dies). VF. Extremely rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 73
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-932. AV Dinar (24.7mm, 3.80 g, 3h). Filastin mint. Dated AH 307 (AD 919/20). Jeselsohn 422; Bernardi 242Gn; Album 245.2. Rough surfaces. Fine, clear mint and date. Rare. Ex Morton & Eden 85 (27 April 2017), lot 64.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 74
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-932. AV Dinar (24.6mm, 4.70 g, 4h). Filastin mint. Dated AH 309 (AD 921/2). Obverse margin: ...duriba hadha al-dirham sanat.... Jeselsohn 425 (same obverse die); SICA 4, 746 (same obverse die); Bernardi 242Gn; Album 245.2. Some soft striking, minor marks in fields. Good VF for issue. Rare, only a single specimen recorded by Bernardi.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 75
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-932. AV Dinar (24.8mm, 4.86 g, 12h). Filastin mint. Dated AH 310 (AD 922/3). Jeselsohn 427; Bernardi 242Gn; SICA 4, 747 (same dies); Album 245.2. VF. Very rare, only a single specimen recorded by Bernardi. Ex Morton & Eden 85 (27 April 2017), lot 67.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 76
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-932. AV Dinar (24.4mm, 4.11 g, 10h). Dimashq mint. Dated AH 311 (AD 923/4). Bernardi 242Ge; Qatar 1319; Album 245.2. Edge shaved. Good VF. Very rare, only two specimens recorded by Bernardi.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 77
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-932. AV Dinar (25.2mm, 4.09 g, 7h). Filastin mint. Dated AH 311 (AD 923/4). Jeselsohn 430; Bernardi 242Gn; Album 245.2. Stained. VF. Very rare, only two specimens recorded by Bernardi. Ex Morton & Eden 85 (27 April 2017), lot 68.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 78
'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-932. AV Dinar (22.2mm, 3.26 g, 3h). Barda'a mint. Dated AH 318 (AD 930/1). Obverse field: legends in four lines; two bars above, two pellets in centre, bar and pellet below. Bernardi 242Kf (this piece cited); Vardanyan 96; Album 245.2. Fine. Very rare. Ex Morton & Eden 99 (2 May 2019), lot 42; ex Baldwin's Islamic Coin Auction 13 (30 October 2007), lot 168.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 79
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-932. AV Dinar (24.3mm, 3.82 g, 4h). Filastin mint. Dated AH 318 (AD 930/1). Jeselsohn 438 (same dies); Bernardi 242Gn; Album 245.2. Obverse flan fault, old scratches across reverse. VF. Rare, only three examples recorded by Bernardi.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 80
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-932. AV Dinar (23.4mm, 3.98 g, 5h). Filastin mint. Dated AH 320 (AD 932). Reverse field: citing 'Amid al-Dawla in sixth line. Jeselsohn 441; Bernardi 243Gn; Album 2487. Weak areas on both sides. VF. Rare. Dinars of al-Muqtadir bearing the name of 'Amid al-Dawla were only struck in the year AH 320.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 81
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-932. AR Dirham (23.9mm, 2.76 g, 7h). Makka (Mecca) mint. Dated AH 298 (AD 910/11). SICA 10, 493 (same reverse die); Album 246.2. Creased and straightened, edge clip. Fine, mint and date very clear. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 82
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-932. AR Cast Donative Medallion (17.6mm, 5.48 g, 12h). Of double dirham weight. Without mint-name. Undated. Obverse: al-Muqtad- / ir in two lines; traces of decoration in field below, all within double incuse linear border; plain outer margin with further incuse border around / Reverse: billah-; traces of decoration in field below, within double incuse linear border; plain outer margin with further incuse border around. Unpubished. Numerous surface marks. Fine. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished and believed unique. The handsome calligraphy on this piece, including the pronounced upward loop on the 'm' of 'Muqtadir', is paralleled on a struck half-dirham published by Ilisch (D III 17).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 83
'Abbasid Caliphate. Possibly temp. Al-Muqtadir. AH 295-320 / AD 908-932. AR Medallion (25.6mm, 5.46 g, 7h). No legends. Obverse: Eagle standing right with curved beak, wings spread / Reverse: Zebu kneeling left. Some deposit. VF. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished. The animal on the reverse of this anepigraphic medallion appears to be a zebu, identifiable by the distinctive hump on its back and dewlap on its neck. The zebu is depicted on silver donative issues of al-Muqtadir (Ilisch B I 1-4) and al-Muti' (Ilisch B I 5). The medallion itself appears to weigh approximately two dirhams.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 84
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Radi. AH 322-329 / AD 934-940. AV Heavy Dinar (24.8mm, 7.16 g, 4h). Al-Ahwaz mint. Dated AH 324 (AD 935/6). Pellets above and below obverse field, and below reverse field. Bernardi 285Nd; Album 254.1. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 85
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Radi. AH 322-329 / AD 934-940. AV Dinar (22.4mm, 3.48 g, 9h). Mah al-Kufa mint. Dated AH 326 (AD 937/8). Obverse field: letter 'ayn above. Bernardi 285Mr; Album 254.1. Edge shaved at 12h on obverse, some double-striking. Good VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 86
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Radi. AH 322-329 / AD 934-940. AV Fractional (2/5) Donative Dinar (12.6mm, 1.61 g, 4h). Type B. Without mint-name. Dated AH 325 (AD 935/6). Obverse: lillah / al-Radi / billah in field: la ilaha illa Allah Muhammad rasul Allah in margin / Reverse: amir / al-Mu' / minin in field: date in margin. Ilisch D III 26 (same dies); Bernardi 291; St James's Auction 34 (21 September 2015), lot 610 (same dies); Album 254B. Traces of deposit. EF, some lustre remaining. Extremely rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 87
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mustakfi. AH 333-334 / AD 944-946. AV Dinar (21.1mm, 4.46 g, 5h). Madinat al-Salam mint. Dated AH 334 (AD 945/6). Obverse field: letter sin / la ilaha illa Allah / wahdahu la sharik lahu / Abu'l-Hasan Muhammad / ibn amir al-mu'minin / Reverse field: lillah / Muhammad rasul / Allah salla Allah / 'alayhi wa salam / Imam al-Haqq / al-Mustakfi billah. Bernardi 338Jh. Superb EF, lustrous. Extremely rare. This is the last 'Abbasid gold coin struck before the Buwayhids occupied Baghdad. Al-Mustakfi had little choice but to recognise the Buwayhids' authority, but was nevertheless deposed and blinded, spending the remaining of his life as a prisoner in the caliphal palace. The Buwayhids replaced him with their puppet al-Muti', although al-Mustakfi was still acknowledged on coins struck by the Samanids, rivals of the Buwayhids, until his death.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 1 . 88
'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muti'. AH 334-363 / AD 946-974. AV Dinar (22.4mm, 2.81 g, 11h). Baysh mint. Dated AH 339 (AD 950/1). SICA 10, 18; Album 1062. Good VF. Extremely rare. The first 'tooth' of the unit of the date is longer than the following three, confirming the reading as '9' rather than '7'.