Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 169
Sallarids, n/a. n/a. Wahsudan b. Muhammad. Circa AH 330-355 / AD 942-966. AV Double Dinar (19.6mm, 9.08 g, 5h). Jalalabad mint. Dated AH 343 (AD 954/5). Obverse margin: Muhammad - 'Ali - al-Hasan - al-Husayn - 'Ali - Muhammad - Ja'far - Isma'il - Muhammad (the names of the Prophet and the Seven Isma'ili Imams), Obverse field: la ilaha illa / Allah Muhammad / rasul Allah / Reverse margin: mint and date, Reverse field: 'Ali khalifat / Allah (with isolated letters 'ayn, ba and kaf above) / Wahsudan bin / Muhammad; to right and left: Sayf - Al Muhammad. Cf. Vardanyan 149 (a dirham with similar legends, ascribed to the Sallarids); Album K1488 (as Kangarid). Good VF. Extremely rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 170
Ziyarids. Bakran b. Khurshid. AH 322 / AD 935. AV Dinar (22.6mm, 3.49 g, 2h). Mah al-Kufa mint. Dated AH 322 (AD 933/4). Ruler cited as Bakran in fourth line of obverse field / Letter nun below reverse field. Cf. Morton & Eden auction 79 (21 April 2016), lot 79 (same obverse die); cf. Bernardi type 297 (from al-Karaj, dated AH 323 only); Album 1530K. Edge clip at 5h on obverse. VF. Excessively rare. The name of Bakran is squashed into the bottom of the obverse field, and appears to have been added after the die was prepared. Bakran b. Khurshid's full name appears on extremely rare dinars struck at al-Karaj in AH 323 (Bernardi 297Jf)
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 171
Buwayhids (Buyids). Rukn al-Dawla Abu 'Ali al-Hasan. AH 338-366 / AD 949-977. AR Portrait Dirham (33mm, 5.69 g, 12h). Al-Muhammadiya mint. Dated AH 351 (AD 962/3). Obverse field: la ilaha illa Allah / wahdahu la sharik lahu / Muhammad rasul Allah / al-Muti' lillah / Rukn al-Dawla / Abu 'Ali Buwayh Obverse margin: bismillah duriba hadha al-dirham bi'l-Muhammadiya sanat ihda wa khamsin wa thalath miat hijra nabi salla Allah 'alayhi / Reverse: Facing Sasanian-style bust, Pahlawi XVARRAH APZWT / SHAHANSHAH to left and right.. Miles, G.C., 'A Portrait of the Buyid Prince Rukn al-Dawlah,' ANS Museum Notes 11 (1964), pp. 283-293. Good Fine, repaired, traces of past mounting. Extremely rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 172
Buwayhids (Buyids). Fakhr al-Dawla Abu al-Hasan 'Ali. AH 373-387 / AD 983-997. Æ Medallion (38.7mm, 7.64 g, 12h). Al-Muhammadiya mint. Dated AH 379 (AD 989/90). Cf NGSA 7 (27 November 2012) lot 1900; cf. Treadwell Mu377b. Broken piercing at 12h on obverse. Good Fine. Excessively rare. Like the specimen sold by Numismatica Genevensis in 2012, and in common with many other large early Islamic medallions, this handsome piece appears to have been cast and chased rather than struck.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 173
Seljuqs, Great Seljuq. Tutush. AH 486-488 / AD 1093-1094. AV Dinar (24.9mm, 3.62 g, 11h). Madinat al-Salam mint. Dated AH 487 (AD 1094). Reverse field: Taj al-dawla / al-Qahira / Tutush in fourth, fifth and sixth lines. Jafar, Seljuq S.MS.487B (same dies as illustration); Album 775A. EF, lustrous fields. Excessively rare. After the death of the Great Seljuq Malikshah in AH 485, the late Malikshah's wife, Turkhan Khatun, petitioned the 'Abbasid caliph, al-Muqtadi, to keep her husband's death a secret for the time being. This was to give her time to make plans whereby her son, Mahmud, would inherit the Seljuq Sultanate. But while al-Muqtadi agreed to Turkhan Khatun's request, continuing to strike coins in the dead Sultan's name for some months, he could not prevent the news eventually being public knowledge, and a three-way struggle for the Sultanate began in AH 486. Opposed to Mahmud were his half-brother Barkiyaruq and Mahmud's uncle, Tutush. Tutush, who had been the Seljuq ruler in Syria for a number of years before these events, led an army eastwards and initially enjoyed some success against Barkiyaruq's forces. This emboldened him to approach al-Muqtadi and ask to be formally recognised as Sultan. Al-Muqtadi demurred, and Tutush was obliged to retreat to Syria, having been betrayed by his main allies. But when Barkiyaruq was struck down by smallpox in AH 487, al-Muqtadi did turn to Tutush and formally nominate him as his choice for the Seljuq Sultanate. This dinar preserves the kunya which al-Muqtadi bestowed on Tutush: Taj al-dawla, 'Crown of the State'. Tutush's reign, however, was to last for no more than four months. Barkiyaruq survived his illness, recovering to lead the army which defeated Tutush near Rayy on 7 Safar AH 488. With both Mahmud and his mother Turkhan Khatun having died in the previous year, it was thus Barkiyaruq who emerged as the undisputed Seljuq Sultan.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 174
Seljuqs, Great Seljuq. Rukn al-Din Barkiyaruq. AH 486-498 / AD 1093-1105. AV Dinar (24.2mm, 4.24 g, 3h). Balkh mint. Dated AH 491 (AD 1097/8). Reverse field: Ayat al-Kursi (Qur'an 2:255) as far as ya'alamu. SNAT XIVc, 768. Typically weakly struck for the issue. Near VF. From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al Katib. Ex Morton & Eden 82 (20 October 2016), lot 438.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 175
Seljuqs, Great Seljuq. Mu'izz al-Din Ahmad Sanjar. AH 511-552 / AD 1118-1157. AV Dinar (19.8mm, 4.40 g, 5h). Madinat al-Salam mint. Dated AH 522 (AD 1128). Jafar, Seljuq S.MS.522 (same dies as illustration); Album 1686. AU, fully lustrous and virtually as struck. Rare. From the plates in Jafar's study, it appears that dinars struck at Baghdad in the year AH 522 were of markedly smaller module than other contemporary gold issues from the 'Abbasid capital.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 176
Khwarizmshahs. Jalal al-Din Mangubarni. AH 617-628 / AD 1220-1231. AV Dinar (24.5mm, 3.30 g, 10h). Tulak mint. Obverse: la ilaha illa Allah / Muhammad rasul Allah / al-Nasir li-din Allah / amir al-mu'minin, traces of marginal legend around / Reverse: Tulak / al-Sultan al-a'zam / Jalal al-dunya wa al-din d- / Mangubarni / ibn al-Sultan, traces of marginal legend around. Album 1742; cf. CNG Triton XXIV (19 January 2021), lot 1229 (same reverse die). Near VF, obverse double-struck, areas of flat strike. Extremely rare. The date, if any, is not visible on this specimen, but the name of the caliph al-Nasir indicates that this dinar must have been struck before the latter's death in AH 622.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 177
Khwarizmshahs. Jalal al-Din Mangubarni. AH 617-628 / AD 1220-1231. AR Broad Dirham (29.4mm, 8.68 g, 2h). Balad Kurraman mint. Dated AH 622 (AD 1225). Citing the 'Abbasid caliph al-Nasir (AH 575-622). Album 1744. Toned. VF, struck a little off centre with some weakness. Very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 178
Khwarizmshahs. Jalal al-Din Mangubarni. AH 617-628 / AD 1220-1231. AR Broad Dirham (24.9mm, 3.51 g, 10h). Nimruz mint. Dated AH 623 (AD 1226/7). Album 1744 (not listed for this mint). Some weak striking. VF, toned. Extremely rare.
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Great Mongols. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. AV Dinar (22mm, 3.76 g, 10h). Bukhara mint. Undated. Obverse: Bukhara / la ilaha illa / Allah Muhammad / rasul Allah / ◦; traces of marginal legend around / Reverse: Jinkiz Khan / al-'adil a- / l-a'zam; traces of marginal legend around. SNAT XVa, 267; Album 1964. Traces of red deposit. VF, ragged flan, minor double-striking on reverse.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 180
Great Mongols. temp. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. AV Dinar (21.2mm, 3.51 g, 3h). Jand mint. Undated. Obverse: la ilaha illa / Allah wahdahu / Muhammad rasul Allah; traces of Qur'an 9:33 around / Reverse: Jand / al-imam al-a- / 'zam al-Nasir li-d- / in Allah amir / al-mu'minin; traces of mint and date legend around. Cf. Zeno #15467. VF for issue, typically crudely struck. Excessively rare. The Mongol conquest of Jand is described by the historian Juvaini (Tarīkh-i Jahān-gushā, 'The History of the World Conqueror'), in the events of the year AH 616: 'On the 4th of Safar, 616, they halted in front of Jand, and the army busied themselves with filling the moat and setting up battering rams, catapults and scaling-ladders upon it. The inhabitants of the town, apart from closing the gates and seating themselves on the walls and embattlements like spectators at a festival, made no preparations for battle. And since the greater part of the citizens had never had any experience of warfare, they marvelled at the Mongols' activities, saying, "How is it possible to mount the walls of a fortress?" However, when the bridges had been built and the Mongols laid their scaling-ladders against the citadel, they too were moved to action and began to set a catapult in motion; but a heavy stone in falling to earth smashed the iron ring of the very catapult by which it had been propelled. Thereupon the Mongols scaled the wall from all sides and threw open the gates. No one was hurt on either side. The Mongols afterwards brought the inhabitants out of the town, and since they had withdrawn their feet from battle they laid the hand of mercy upon their heads and spared their lives; though a small number of the chief men, who had been insolent, were put to death.' [Juvaini, trans. J.A. Boyle, Harvard, 1958 (slightly abridged)].
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 181
Great Mongols. temp. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. AV Dinar (27.6mm, 3.01 g, 8h). Astarabad (?) mint. Dated AH 62x. Obverse: Astarabad (?) / la ilaha illa Allah / Muhammad rasul Allah./ al-Nasir li-din Allah, traces of marginal legend / Reverse: al-Khaqan / al-'adil / al-a'zam, traces of mint and date in margin. Album 1965. Near VF, typically crude strike. Album states that dinars with the title khaqan are believed to have been struck during the lifetime of Genghis Khan. The unit of the date on this coin is not legible, but the decade is clearly the 620s.
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Great Mongols. temp. Ögedei. AH 624-639 / AD 1227-1241. AV Dinar (23mm, 2.12 g, 3h). Shi'ite type. Astarabad mint. Dated AH 632 (AD 1234/5). Obverse: 'Ali wali Allah in third line of field / Reverse: mint-name at top of field above title Khaqan. Album 1965; ICV 1947. Some edge splits, small flan crack in centre. VF. Rare with legible date.
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Great Mongols. temp. Chingiz (Genghis). AH 602-624 / AD 1206-1227. AV Dinar (25.9mm, 2.72 g, 11h). Without mint or date. Obverse: la ilaha illa / Allah al-malik / al-haqq al-mubin, traces of mint and date legend in margin / Reverse: Muhammad rasul Allah / al-sayyid al-sadi- / q al-amin. Album B1967. VF for issue.
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Ilkhanids. Arghun. AH 683-690 / AD 1284-1291. AV Dinar (25mm, 4.24 g, 7h). Dar al-Mulk Shiraz mint. Dated AH 686 (AD 1287/8). Diler 157; Album 2144; ICV 2077. VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 185
Ilkhanids. Abu Sa'id Bahadur. AH 716-736 / AD 1316-1335. AV Dinar (28.4mm, 6.31 g, 12h). Type C ('Mihrab' type). Qays mint. Dated AH 720 (AD 1320/1). Diler 488; Album 2198. Fine. Rare. Qays is the Arabic name for the island of Kish, located in the lower Persian Gulf. For much of the 7/13th century it was under the control of the Sultans of Hormuz, but for a short period under the Ilkhanids it became the centre of a commercial empire, benefiting from its strategic position which gave it control over commercial maritime traffic between India, Yemen, Iran and Iraq. At this time Qays is reported to have been exceptionally prosperous, enjoying annual revenues of between 400,000 and 700,000 dinars annually,
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 186
Ilkhanids. Ghazan II. AH 757-758 / AD 1356-1357. AV Dinar (22.7mm, 7.35 g, 8h). Tabriz mint. Dated AH 757 (AD 1356). Diler 835; cf. Gorny & Mosch 153 (11 October 2006), lot 5513 (same dies); Album A2272. Some weak striking with mint-name weak but certain. Near VF. Excessively rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 187
Timurids. Timur (Tamerlane). AH 771-807 / AD 1370-1405. AV Fractional Dinar (11.7mm, 1.15 g, 1h). Khwarezm mint. Dated AH 781 (AD 1379/80). Obverse: duriba Khwarezm amir Timur gurkan / Reverse: al-sultan Suyurghatmish sanat 781. Album V2366. Good VF. Rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 188
Timurids. Sultan Husayn. Third reign, AH 873-911 / AD 1469-1506. AV Double Ashrafi (26mm, 9.53 g, 2h). Harat mint. Dated AH 894 (AD 1488/9). Reverse: al-sultan al-a'zam / al-sultan Husayn / al-ghazī / abu sultan / Bahadur - mulkahu / khallada Allah ta'ala / sultan 894; in central cartouche: bih bud Harat. Cf. Triton XXI (9 January 2018), lot 952 (dated AH 895). Pierced. Good VF. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished. While the Timurids struck an abundant silver coinage, gold Timurid coins are excessively rare. This handsome and impressive piece was almost certainly struck for presentation at the Timurid court, and this doubtless accounts for it having been pierced for wearing. Sultan Husayn Bayqara encouraged and presided over a brilliant cultural and political life in Harat, whose 'beh bud' ('prosperity') motto is proclaimed on the reverse of this coin. He became famous for the artistic excellence of his surviving buildings, and also as a patron of the arts, who encouraged the intellectual and artistic life of Harat and wrote his own poetry in both Persian and Turkish. Despite the words Allah ta'ala ('God the most high') on the obverse of this coin, Husayn Bayqara was not a religious zealot. He issued Sunni coins in Sunni areas and Shi'ite coins in Twelver Shi'a areas, and offended the pious with his neglect of the prescribed prayers, refusal to fast and enjoyment of wine. By AH 906 (1500/1) this style of rule made the fall of the Timurids inevitable. The Uzbek Sunni ruler Muhammad Shaybani conquered Samarkand, while the Sh''ite Shah Isma'il I laid the foundations of the great Safavid empire. One year after his death, the Shaybanis entered Herat and Husayn Bayqara's sons fled the city.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Islamic Auction 5 - Session 1 . 189
Ottoman Empire, n/a. n/a. Mehmet IV. AH 1058-1099 / AD 1648-1687. AV Sultani (22.8mm, 3.49 g, 12h). Tunis mint. Dated AH 1061 (AD 1650/1). Pere 451 (date read as 1091); Artuk 1708; Album 1383N; KM 25. Struck slightly off-centre, date weak. Good VF. Rare.