Ancient and Islamic Coins, Antiquities

Samanid, Isma‘il b. Ahmad, Dirham, al-Shash 292h (A 1443; ICV 1490); Nasr II b. Ahmad, Dirham, Samarqand 304h (A 1451; ICV 1500); Fals, Bukhara 305h (A 1452; ICV 1502); Mansur I b. Nuh, Fals, Bukhara 356h (A 1467.1; ICV 1520); together with an imitation, possibly Volga Bulghar, of a dirham of Nasr II b. Ahmad, no mintname, dated ‘300h’ (A 1476H); BUWAYHID, ‘Adud al-dawla, Dirham, Shiraz 360h (A 1550.1; ICV 1587) [6]. Varied state £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Hon. Robert Erskine Collection.

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Provenance: First four bt S. Album 2000; fifth bt A. de Clermont 2008; last bt Baldwin 2000