Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2
Date: 2023-10-20 00:00:00
Lots: 387
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1001
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Byzantine. Imperial Image coinage. Æ Fals (34.8mm, 10.83 g, 11h). Justin & Sophia type. Abila mint. Undated. Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform scepter, seated facing on double throne, star between them and cross above; to left: XCH; to right: ABΛ / Large M; cross above, ANNO - ЧII to left nd right; in ex., NIK. Album 3509.3. Brown patina, some smoothing. Near VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1002
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Yazdigerd III. AR Drachm (35.6mm, 3.94 g, 2h). SK (Sistan) mint. Dated YE 20. =AH 31 (AD 651/52). Obverse margin: - / bismillah / - / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 948-949; SICA 1, 353-356; Album 1. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1003
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Khusraw II. AR Drachm (31.7mm, 4.11 g, 3h). DA (Darbjird) mint. Dated YE 35 = AH 46 (AD 666/7). Obverse margin: - / lillah / - / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 374; SICA 1, 236; Album A6. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1004
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Khusraw II. AR Drachm (30.1mm, 3.65 g, 8h). DA (Darabjird) mint. Dated YE 30 = AH 41 (AD 661/2). Obverse margin: - / lillah ∵ / ∵ - / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 369 (same dies); SICA 1, 235 (same obverse die); Album A6. Minor marks. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1005
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Khusraw II. AR Drachm (31.5mm, 4.08 g, 3h). DA (Darabjird) mint. Dated YE 25 = AH 36 (AD 656/57). Obverse margin: - / lillah / - / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian p. 129 = SICA 1, 231; Album A6. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1006
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Khusraw II. AR Drachm (31.9mm, 3.48 g, 8h). BYŠ (Bishapur) mint. Dated AH 47 (AD 667/68). Obverse margin: - / bismillah / al-Malik / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 258; SICA 1, 117; Album C6 (all silver). Plating virtually intact. Good VF. While fully literate, the style of the calligraphy on this piece is slightly coarse, especially the mint and date on the reverse. The coin is slightly underweight, as one would expect from a plated imitation, but the silver plating is intact except for a small patch below the star-and-crescent at 9h in the reverse margin. Arab-Sasanian drachms with bismillah al-malik in the obverse margin are only known from Bishapur dated AH 47.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1007
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Abdallah b. 'Amir. Circa AH 41-45 / AD 661-664. AR Drachm (31.3mm, 3.79 g, 3h). WH mint (probably Weh-Ardashir in Iraq). Dated AH 42 (AD 662/63). Governor's name 'Abdallah (without patronymic); obverse margin: - / bismillah / - / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 1277; SICA 1, p. 10, note 30; Album 6. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1008
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Ubaydallah b. Ziyad. AH 54-64 / AD 673-683. AR Drachm (31.4mm, 4.03 g, 9h). NY (Nihawand) mint. Dated AH 58 (AD 677/78). Obverse margin: - / bismillah ∵ / - / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 935; SICA 1, p.16, note 64; Album 12. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1009
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Ubaydallah b. Ziyad. AH 54-64 / AD 673-683. AR Drachm (32.8mm, 4.01 g, 3h). BH (Bihqubadh) mint. Dated AH 61 (AD 680/81). Obverse margin: - / bismillah :: / - / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 210 (same obverse die); SICA 1, p.16, note 64; Album 12. AU, lustrous.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1010
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Ubaydallah b. Ziyad. AH 54-64 / AD 673-683. AR Drachm (32.3mm, 3.78 g, 9h). SYW' mint (uncertain location). Dated AH 60 (AD 679/80). Obverse margin: - / bismillah :: / - / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 1221; Album 12. Toned. VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1011
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Mu'awiya I b. Abi Sufyan. Umayyad caliph, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.87 g, 3h). DA (Darabjird) mint. Dated AH 43 (frozen date; struck circa AH 54-55). Obverse margin: - / bismillah ∵ / ∵ - / - / GM monogram at 1h in reverse margin. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 403; SICA 1, 245-246 var. (without monogram in reverse margin); Album 14. Cleaned, some porosity in margins. Near EF. This is the first Islamic coin to bear the name of a caliph.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1012
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Abdallah b. al-Zubayr. Rival caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. AR Drachm (24.2mm, 2.68 g, 12h). KLMAN-ANAT (uncertain location in Kirman). Dated AH 67 (AD 686/7). Obverse margin: - / bismillah BYLWY / - / -. Cf. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 670 (with 'Commander of the Faithful' legend instead of governor's patronymic); SICA 1, -; Album 15. Clipped to the weight of a post-Reform dirham. VF. Rare. Drachms of 'Abdallah b. al-Zubayr which have his patronymic are considerably rarer than those which replace this with his title of 'Commander of the Faithful'.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1013
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Abdallah b. al-Zubayr. Rival caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. AR Drachm (31.4mm, 4.13 g, 9h). DA+P (Fasa) mint. Dated YE 56 = AH 67/68 (AD 687/88). Obverse margin: - / bismillah ∵ / ∵ - / - / GM monogram at 11h in reverse margin. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 501; SICA 1, 271-272; Album 16. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1014
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Abdallah b. al-Zubayr. Rival caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. AR Drachm (29.1mm, 4.14 g, 4h). DA+P (Fasa) mint. Dated YE 60 = AH 71/72 (AD 691/92). Obverse margin: - / bismillah ∵ / ∵ - / - / GM monogram at 11h in reverse margin. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 504; SICA 1, 273-277; Album 16. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1015
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Abdallah b. al-Zubayr. Rival caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. AR Drachm (30.4mm, 3.85 g, 12h). Without caliphal title. ART (Ardashir Khurra) mint. Dated AH 67 (AD 686/7). Obverse margin: - / bismillah / DWWYST / -; pellet after governor's name / Pellet before and two pellets after mint-signature. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 68-69; SICA 1, 18; Album A.15. Toned. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1016
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Abdallah b. Khazim. Circa AH 62-72 / AD 682-692. AR Dirham (32.4mm, 3.90 g, 3h). MLW (Marw) mint. Dated AH 69 (AD 688/9). Obverse margin: - / bismillah ∵ / ∵ - / - / Pellet before mint-name. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 866 (without pellet by mint); SICA 1, 336; Album 19. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1017
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Abdallah b. Khazim. Circa AH 62-72 / AD 682-692. AR Drachm (32.4mm, 3.88 g, 3h). BBA (the court or camp mint). Dated AH 67 (AD 686/7). Obverse margin: - / bismillah ∵/ ∵ - / - / Countermarks 51 (Varhran) and 47 Marw Rud in first and fourth quadrants respectively. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 143 (without countermarks); SICA 1, p. 23, note 123; Album 19. Near VF. It is very unusual for a coin struck elsewhere than Marw al-Rudh to bear the Marw Rud countermark
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1018
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Abd al-Malik b. 'Abdallah b. 'Amir. AH 66-67 / AD 685-686. AR Drachm (24.2mm, 2.33 g, 3h). BYŠ (Bishapur) mint. Dated AH 67 (AD 686/7). Malek, Arab-Sasanian 308; SICA 1, 155; Album 20. Clipped. Near VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1019
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Humran b. Aban. AH 72 / AD 691. AR Drachm (30.4mm, 3.76 g, 3h). ART (Ardashir Khurra) mint. Dated AH 72 (AD 691/2). Obverse margin: - / bismillah :: / - / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 86; SICA 1, 30; Album 23.2. VF. Rare. Ex Morton & Eden 82 (20 October 2016), lot 83.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1020
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Khalid b. 'Abdallah. Circa AH 73-75 / AD 692-694. AR Drachm (29.9mm, 3.63 g, 2h). BCLA (Basra) mint. Dated AH 73 (AD 692/3). Obverse margin: - / bismillah • / Muhammad rasul Allah / -; additional outer circle around reverse. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 204; SICA 1, p.32; Album 24. Slightly ragged edge and a little porosity. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 4 - Session 2 . 1021
Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Atiya b. al-Aswad. fl. AH 70-77 / AD 689-696. AR Drachm (30.6mm, 4.09 g, 5h). KLMAN-NAR (Narmashir) mint. Dated AH 72 (AD 691/2). Obverse margin: - ∣• / bismillah wali al-amr / - / -. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 757; SICA 1, 325; Album 28. Countermarked lillah at 10h in obverse margin. Good VF.