Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1
Date: 2024-04-18 00:00:00
Lots: 199
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Total realized: $ 0.00 (+0.00%)
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 22
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (27.2mm, 2.37 g, 5h). Bizamqubadh mint. Dated AH 80 (AD 699/700). Klat 161; al-'Ajlan p. 99, 7. Stained, edge chip. Fine. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 23
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (26mm, 2.69 g, 7h). Tustar mint. Dated AH 79 (AD 698/9). Klat 196 (same obverse die); al- 'Ajlan p. 92, no. 21. Minor graffiti in fields. VF, lightly toned. Excessively rare. Tustar, the modern Shushtar, was located in Khuzistan, about sixty miles north of Ahwaz. It was watered by the Dujayl river, and mediaeval accounts speak of it as being surrounded by gardens where fruit including grapes, oranges, dates, pomegranates and pears grew plentifully. Tustar was also the location of the celebrated Band-i Kaisar, a dam and arched bridge built across the river in Sasanian times. Its name, which translates as 'Caesar's Dam', refers to a tradition that this remarkable structure was built by Roman prisoners of war captured after the defeat of Valerian by Shapur I in AD 260.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 24
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (26.6mm, 2.67 g, 6h). Shaqq al-Taymara mint. Dated AH 79 (AD 698/9). Klat 201; al-'Ajlan p. 95, no. 41. Near Fine. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 25
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (27.2mm, 2.27 g, 12h). Al-Jazira mint. Dated AH 79 (AD 698/9). Klat -; al-'Ajlan p. 92, no. 22. Staining, some edge losses and a small piece broken and repaired. Fine. Excessively rare, the earliest date for the mint and unknown to Klat.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 26
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (28.1mm, 2.86 g, 6h). Al-Jazira mint. Dated AH 95 (AD 713/14). Obverse margin: pellet below b of bi'l-Jazira in margin. Klat 220 var. (no pellet below mint-name); al-'Ajlan p. 189, no. 14 (same obverse die as illustration). Choice EF, some lustre. Extremely rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 27
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (27.2mm, 2.80 g, 9h). Jayy mint. Dated AH 79 (AD 698/9). Klat 253.b; al-'Ajlan p.93, no. 26. Good VF, toned.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 28
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (25mm, 2.73 g, 2h). Hulwan mint. Dated AH 90 (AD 708/9). Obverse margin: pellet to right of mint name. Klat 279 (same dies as illustration); al-'Ajlan p. 143, no. 21. VF, light Arabic graffiti in obverse field. Very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 29
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (26.2mm, 2.63 g, 6h). Dabil mint. Dated AH 86 (AD 705). Klat 287; al-'Ajlan p. 128, no. 4. Good VF, some staining.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 30
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (26.1mm, 2.59 g, 2h). Ramhurmuz mint. Dated AH 80 (AD 699/700). Klat 380.2; al-'Ajlan p. 102, no. 24. VF, stained.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 31
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (25.6mm, 2.70 g, 3h). Al-Rayy mint. Dated AH 80 (AD 699/700). Obverse marginal legend begins at 10h. Klat 395; al-'Ajlan p. 102, no. 26). VF, stained and obverse graffiti. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 32
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (25.7mm, 2.57 g, 4h). Al-Rayy mint. Dated AH 82 (AD 701/2). Klat 397; al- 'Ajlan p. 116, no. 23. VF, some staining. Very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 33
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (24.6mm, 2.15 g, 2h). Sabur mint. Dated AH 79 (AD 698/9). Klat 415; al-'Ajlan p. 94, no. 37. Minor edge losses, some discoloration and pitting. VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 34
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (25.3mm, 2.83 g, 10h). Sijistan mint. Dated AH 127 (AD 744/5). Seven large annulets in obverse margin. Klat 445; al-'Ajlan p. 307, no. 8. Near EF. Extremely rare, only two examples recorded by Klat.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 35
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (27.5mm, 2.85 g, 9h). al-Sus mint. Dated AH 97 (AD 715/16). Klat 482 (same dies as illustration); al-'Ajlan p. 216, no. 34 (same dies as illustration). Good VF, lightly toned. Rare, only four examples recorded by Klat.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 36
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (26mm, 2.62 g, 12h). Fasa mint. Dated AH 80 (AD 699/700). Klat 511; al-'Ajlan p. 104, no. 35. Good VF, edge chip, some staining. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 37
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (25.5mm, 2.75 g, 6h). Mah al-Kufa mint. Dated AH 81 (AD 700/1). Obverse margin: unit of date ends with alif. Cf. Klat 555 (unit of date ends with alif maqsura); cf. al-'Ajlan p. 111, no. 32 . Pin marks in obverse field. Near VF. Apparently an unpublished variety of this extremely rare issue.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 38
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (24.5mm, 1.84 g, 1h). Harat mint. Dated AH 80 (AD 699/700). Obverse field: without Pahlawi mint-name below / Reverse: margin ends al-mushrikn. Klat –; al-'Ajlan -. Clipped. Fine. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished. The first years of minting post-reform Umayyad dirhams at Harat seem to have been somewhat chaotic. Dirhams struck in the year AH 79 have standard legends and the normal five small annulets on the obverse, but we have examples on which the mint-name is variously misspelled as 'Ahbahr' (with the letters of the mint-name engraved in reverse order) and 'Hr' (with the final two letters omitted). Those coins on which the name is correctly engraved, however, inexplicably have seven annulets on the reverse, while 'Ahbahr' and 'Hr' have the normal five. Equally inexplicably, in AH 80 it was evidently decided to add the Pahlawi mint-signature below the obverse field, as was standard on dirhams struck at Marw and Marw al-Rudh between AH 79 and AH 84, while retaining the unusual extra annulets in the reverse border.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 39
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (26.2mm, 2.29 g, 1h). Revolutionary Period issue, struck by Abu Muslim. Balkh mint. Dated AH 131 (AD 748/9). Klat 188 (same reverse die as illustration); Wurtzel 20; al- 'Ajlan p. 323, no. 3. Near VF, cleaned, some porosity. Very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 40
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (25.3mm, 2.41 g, 6h). Revolutionary Period issue, struck by Abu Muslim. Marw mint. Dated AH 130 (AD 747/8). Klat 604; al-'Ajlan p. 322, no. 13; Wurtzel 22. Near VF, cleaned. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 41
Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (25.6mm, 2.87 g, 4h). Revolutionary Period issue, struck by Abu Muslim. Marw mint. Dated AH 133 (AD 750/51). Klat 607; al-'Ajlan p. 326, no. 11; Wurtzel 27. Choice EF some lustre under light toning.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 42
Umayyad Caliphate, n/a. Silver coinage. n/a. n/a. AR Pattern or Trial (18mm, 6.58 g, 12h). Without mint or date. Obverse: la ilaha illa / Allah wahdahu / la sharik lahu, five simple annulets in outer margin, double linear border around field and outer margin / Reverse: Muhammad / rasul / Allah, five simple annulets in outer margin, double border of dots around field and outer margin. Unpublished. Test marks on edge and below reverse field. VF. Apparently unpublished and believed unique. This enigmatic piece could be Umayyad or early 'Abbasid. The presence of Muhammad rasul Allah on the reverse recalls early 'Abbasid dirhams, but the five plain annulets are a characteristic of Umayyad post-Reform silver, and are also occasionally found on Umayyad fulus. Its status is unclear, but it has been carefully made on an exceptionally thick flan (2.4mm) and was presumably intended as a pattern or trial of some kind. Both test marks suggest that the piece is made of solid silver.