Ilkhanids. Abu Sa'id Bahadur. AH 716-736 / AD 1316-1335. AR 6-Dirhams (31.3mm, 10.72 g, 9h). Type C ('Mihrab' type). Baward mint . Dated AH 719 (AD 1319/20). Diler 488; Album 2199. Patchy toning, uneven striking. Near EF.
Umayyad/'Abbasid. Glass weight (19.5mm, 2.28 g). Dark bottle green glass. Undated. 'Am[... / [unread letters]. Pressed onto a piece of glass much smaller than the stamp, hence legends largely off flan. Good VF, minor chips. Rare. It is difficult to read the second line of this weight as Arabic. Balog (Umayyad, 'Abbasid and Tulunid Glass Weights and Vessel Stamps, 808) describes a very rare glass weight on which the denomination is expressed in Coptic numerals, and it has been tentatively suggested that the second line of this piece might be something similar.
Ilkhanids. Abu Sa'id Bahadur. AH 716-736 / AD 1316-1335. AR Dirham (21mm, 1.43 g, 10h). Type F. Qastamuniya mint. Dated AH 723 (AD 1323). Album C2221 var. (with lobated square on reverse rather than plain circle) . Near VF. Rare.
Umayyad Caliphate, Bronze coinage. Æ Half-Dirham Weight (8.4mm, 1.37 g). A small square uniface weight, the three line legend reading: lillah / mizan / waf; three small circular punch-marks in the otherwise plain reverse. Near VF.
Ilkhanids. Abu Sa'id Bahadur. AH 716-736 / AD 1316-1335. AR 2-Dirhams (21.1mm, 3.58 g, 1h). Type F. Tiflis (Tblisi) mint. Dated AH 725 (AD 1324/25). Diler 506 (this date not recorded); Album 2210. Good VF. Ex Dr Ernst Eichler Collection, Dorotheum (13 November 2019), lot 1418 (part).
Polyhedral Bronze Weight for 20 dirhams (24mm, 59 g). Of characteristic barrel-shape with five bands of square faceted 'birds eyes' on sides; concentric circles on the circular ends. VF.
Ilkhanids. Abu Sa'id Bahadur. AH 716-736 / AD 1316-1335. AV Dinar (24.6mm, 9.22 g, 7h). Type G. Shahristan mint. Date not visible (confirmed as AH 730 by die link). Cf. Stephen Album Rare Coins 43 (12 May 2022) lot 569 (same dies); Diler 525; Album 2212. Surface marks, some flat striking (obscuring date). Good Fine. Rare. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al-Katib.
Polyhedral Bronze Weight for 20 dirhams (24mm, 58.65 g). Of characteristic barrel-shape with triangular faceted sides decorated with 'birds eyes'; concentric circles on the square ends. VF.
Ilkhanids. Abu Sa'id Bahadur. AH 716-736 / AD 1316-1335. AV Dinar (17.5mm, 4.82 g, 2h). Type G. Mint name unclear (probably Yazd). Dated AH 729 (AD 1328/29). Diler 525; Album 2212. Plugged, ex-mount. Near VF. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al-Katib.
Polyhedral Bronze Weight for 20 dirhams (21mm, 59.79 g). With six larger diamond-shaped faces, each stamped with the Seal of Solomon surrounded by eight small flowers, interspersed with eight smaller triangular faces, each stamped with the Seal of Solomon alone. VF.
Ilkhanids. Abu Sa'id Bahadur. AH 716-736 / AD 1316-1335. AR 6-Dirhams (25.1mm, 9.62 g, 3h). Type G. Isfarayin mint. Dated AH 730 (AD 1329/30). Diler 525 (this mint not listed); Album 2213. Minor weakness in margins. Good VF.
Polyhedral Bronze Weight for 10 dirhams (19mm, 29.03 g). Of characteristic barrel-shape with three bands of pentagonal faceted 'birds eyes' on sides. Good Fine.
Ilkhanids. Muhammad Khan. AH 737-738 / AD 1337-1338. AR 6-Dirhams (25.2mm, 7.39 g, 6h). Type B. Jurjan mint. Dated AH 738 (AD 1337/38). Diler 696; Album 2228. Toned. Good VF.
Bronze Weight for 10 dirhams (15mm, 29.06 g). In the form of a cube, each face with a large 'bird's eye' in the centre, surrounded by four, six or eight further 'bird's eyes' with matching numbers on opposing faces . VF.
Bronze Weight for 10 dirhams (16mm, 29.05 g). In the form of a cube, the top and bottom faces decorated with a shield pattern, the other four sides decorated with a simpler vertical line flanked by two conforming semicircles; edges all notched with simple cut decoration. VF.
Jalayrids. Ghiyath al-Din Sultan Ahmad. AH 784-813 / AD 1382-1410. AR Dinar (16.5mm, 1.25 g, 10h). Van mint. Undated. Cf. Markov 158 (different reverse). Good Fine. Very rare.
Safavids. Tahmasp I. AH 930-984 / AD 1524-1576. AV Quarter-Mithqal (11.6mm, 1.15 g, 3h). Yazd mint. Dated AH 961 (AD 1553/4). Album O2593. Traces of mounting. Good VF.