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Abbasid, al-Mansur, Dirhams (2), al-Basra 137h, al-Muhammadiya 151h (A 213.1, 213.2; ICV 377); al-Mahdi, Dirham, Madinat al-Salam 164h (A 215.1; ICV 379); al-Rashid, Dirhams (3), Madinat al-Salam 175h, 189h, 193h (A 219.6a, 219.2; ICV 384); al-Amin, Dirham, Madinat al-Salam 194h (A 221.1; ICV 387) [7]. Varied state £60-£80
Hammer Price: £60
Abbasid, temp. al-Ma’mun, Dinar, Misr 217h, 3.68g/12h (Bernardi 116De; A 222A; ICV 389). Slightly clipped, otherwise about very fine, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £280
Abbasid, temp. al-Ma’mun, Dirham, Madinat Samarqand 218h, 2.97g/7h (SNAT XVa, 660; A 223.6; ICV 390). Very fine, scarce £50-£70
Hammer Price: £25
Abbasid, Fulus (3), Sabur 156h, 4.08g/10h (A 333; ICV 508); Samarqand 144h, citing al-Ash‘ath b. Yahya, 3.02g/1h (A 334; ICV 510); al-Kufa 169h, 2.93g/9h (BMC I, 119; ICV 530) [3]. Fine to very fine, all rare £80-£100
Hammer Price: £150
Hamdanid, Nasir al-dawla & Sayf al-dawla, Dirham, Halab 334h, citing the caliph al-Mustakfi, 2.85g/9h (Bikhazi 82-4; A 748; ICV 856). Slightly bent and weak in parts, otherwise very fine, rare £50-£70
Rassid (second period), al-Mansur ‘Abd Allah (583-614h), posthumous Mansuri Dirham, Zafar 659h, 1.79g (A 1083; ICV 1113). Some deposit, otherwise very fine, rare £100-£120
Hammer Price: £50
Artuqid of Hisn Kayfa and Amid, Nur al-din Muhammad, Æ Dirham, al-Hisn 578h, 12.76g/6h (SS 11; A 1821.3; ICV 1183). About very fine, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £75
Artuqid of Mardin, Nasir al-din Artuq Arslan, Æ Dirham, Mardin 599h (A 1830.2; ICV 1212), Æ Dirham, no mint, 611h (A 1830.4; ICV 1214), Æ Dirham, no mint, date (628h) unclear (A 1830.9; ICV 1220), Najm al-din Ghazi I, Dirhams (2), mint and date unclear (A 1834.4; ICV 1223), Dirham, mint unclear, 656h (A 1834.5; ICV 1223); ZENGID OF MOSUL, Qutb al-din Mawdud, Æ Dirham, no mint, 556h (A 1858; ICV 1240); ZENGID OF SYRIA, al-Salih Isma‘il, Fals, Halab 572h (A 1854.2; ICV 1271) [8]. Varied...
Hammer Price: £40
Seljuq of Rum, Sulayman II (592-600h), Fals, date unclear (A 1205.2; ICV 1327); Kayqubad I (616-634h), Dirham, mint and date unclear (A 1211; ICV 1334); Kaykhusraw II, Dirhams (2), lion and sun type, Sivas 638h, 639h (A 1218; ICV 1340); Kayka’us II, Dirham, Quniya 646h (A 1223.1; ICV 1344); Three Brothers, Dirham, Quniya 655h (A 1227; ICV 1349); Kaykhusraw III (663-682h), Dirhams (2), mint and/or date unclear (A 1232; ICV 1356) [8]. Varied state £60-£80
Ottoman, Murad II (Second reign), Akçe, Serez 848h (A 1304N; ICV 3143); Mehmed II (second reign), Akçe, Bursa 855h (A 1308.1; ICV 3147); Mahmud I, Kharub, Tunis 1152h (OC 24-057-01; ICV 3329); Mahmud II, ninth silver series, 5 Kurush, Qustantiniya 1223h, yr 25 (OC 30-068-03; ICV 3537), Half-Kurush (3), Qustantiniya 1223h, yrs 25, 29, 32 (OC 30-075-05; ICV 3540); Abdul Mejid, Half-Kurush, Qustantiniya 1255h, yr 4 (OC 31-024; ICV 3620), 40 Para (2), Qustantiniya 1255h, yrs 19, 20 (KM. 670),...
£50–£70
Ottoman, Ahmed III, Abbasi, Tabriz 1115h, mint and date below toughra, 5.68g/4h (OC 23-059-01; A 2708; ICV 3286). Flat in parts, otherwise very fine, very rare £80-£100
Hammer Price: £120
Saffarid, Ya‘qub b. al-Layth, Dirham, al-Banjhir 261h, 3.17g/1h (A 1401.1; ICV 1434); Subkari, Dirham, Fars 297h, 2.80g/12h (A 1406; ICV 1446); Ahmad b. Muhammad, Dirham, Sijistan 32[–]h, with the name of the caliph al-Radi, 2.74g/1h (A 1412; ICV 1455) [3]. Fine or better, latter two scarce £60-£80
Samanid, Nasr II b. Ahmad, Dirhams (5), al-Shash 302h, 309h, 312h, 316h (2) (A 1451; ICV 1500); together with Arab-Byzantine copper coins (7) and a Chaganiyan Drachm [13]. Varied state, last chipped, the Dirhams toned £80-£100
£80–£100
Samanid, Ya‘qub b. Ahmad, Fals, al-Shash 265h (A 1442; ICV 1487); Nasr II b. Ahmad, Fals (2), Bukhara 315h, Nawkat Ilaq 312h (A 1452; ICV 1502); Nuh b. Nasr, Fals (2), both Bukhara, 333h, citing ‘Abd al-Malik as regent (A 1457A; ICV 1511), 338h, citing Quttegin (A 1457; ICV 1511) [5]. Varied state, one pierced, all scarce or rare £80-£100
Buwayhid, Mu‘izz al-dawla, Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 351h, citing ‘Izz al-dawla as heir and Rukn al-dawla as overlord, 4.18g/12h (Treadwell Ms351G; A 1544; ICV 1579). About extremely fine, scarce £200-£300
Hammer Price: £380
Buwayhid, Abu Kalijar, Dinar, Suq al-Ahwaz 421h, 3.83g/9h (Treadwell –; A B1584; ICV 1626). Good very fine £120-£150
Hammer Price: £160
‘Alid, al-Hasan b. Zayd, Dirham, Jurjan 264h, 3.58g/3h (A 1523; ICV 1661). Crude style, about very fine, the date extremely rare £50-£70
Great Seljuq, Sanjar (511-52h), pale gold Dinar, mint and date off flan, citing the caliph al-Mustarshid, 3.52g/6h (A 1687; ICV 1835). Small edge chip broken and repaired, cleaned, otherwise about very fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £95
Pishkinid, Mahmud b. Pishkin, Æ Dirham, Ahar 613h, citing the Ildegizid ruler Uzbek b. Muhammad as overlord, 16.63g/1h (Hennequin 1590; A 1916; ICV 1875). Weak in parts otherwise very fine, scarce with clear mint and date £40-£50
Hammer Price: £20
Khwarizmshahs, ‘Ala al-din Muhammad (596-617h), base gold Dinar, no mint or date, 3.96g/11h (A 1713; ICV 1900). About very fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £110
Khwarizmshahs, ‘Ala al-din Muhammad, Dirham, mint and date unclear (A 1715; ICV 1901), Half-Dirham, no mint, date unclear (A 1720A; ICV –), Jitals (3), no mint, Zamin-Dawar, Farwan, undated (A 1726, 1728, 1730; ICV 1904); GHORID, Ghiyath al-din Mahmud (602-609h), Jital, no mint or date (A 1785A; ICV 1922), Taj al-din Yildiz (602-612h), Jital, no mint or date (A 1798; ICV 1926); together with other coins in base metal (9) [16]. Varied state £60-£80
Great Mongol, Anonymous, Jital, no mint or date, 4.14g/12h (A 1969; ICV 1946); CHAGHATAYID, Anonymous, Dirham, Otrar, date uncertain, 1.73g (A 1985/6; ICV 1974/5); SHAHS OF BADAKHSHAN, Bahramshah (fl. 769-776h), Sixth-Dinar, no mint or date visible, 1.24g/10h (A 2017; ICV 2010) [3]. Fine or better, second scarce, last rare £70-£90
Hammer Price: £45
Ilkhanid, Abaqa, Dirham, Tabriz 67[–]h, 2.08g/8h (Diler 90; A 2128.2; ICV 2070); Anonymous, Dirham, Jurjan 679h Sha‘ban, 2.77g/9h (Diler –; A 2132; ICV 2074); Gaykhatu, Dirham, Baghdad 691h, 2.30g/2h (Diler 234; A 2159.1; ICV 2087); Taghay Timur, 6 Dirhams, type KF, Jurjan 742h, 4.31g/8h (Diler 743; A 2245; ICV 2165) [4]. About very fine or better, second and third scarce £80-£100
Ilkhanid, Abu Sa‘id, 2 Dirhams (3), type G, Tabriz 731h, Tabriz, date unclear, mint and date unclear (A 2214; ICV 2145), Dirham, type G, mint unclear, 729h (A 2215; ICV 2146), 2 Dirhams, type H, Khuy 34Kh (A 2218.1; ICV 2149); KURZUWAN, Anonymous, Jital, Kurzuwan 618h Jumada I (A 1971; ICV 1965) [6]. Varied state, fifth rare £40-£60
Walid, temp. Amir Wali, 4 Dirhams, type WA, Astarabad 760h, 2.66g/2h (A 2344.1; ICV 2258), 4 Dirhams, type WB, Jurjan 764h, 2.62g/1h (A 2344.2; ICV 2258); KART, temp. Mu‘izz al-din Husayn, 12 Dirhams, type AB, Baldat Herat 759h, 8.40g (A 2351.1; ICV 2266); TIMURID, Shahrukh, Tanka, Herat 828h, 5.06g/8h (A 2405; ICV 2310) [4]. Fine to very fine, second and third scarce £50-£70
Timurid, Timur, 2 Dinars, pre-reform type, Furg 789h, citing Suyurghatmish as overlord (A 2367.1; ICV 2294), Shahrukh, Tankas (2), Tabriz 823h (A 2403; ICV 2310), Nimruz 815h, countermarked shahrukh bahadur within square (A 2402.1; ICV 2311), ‘Abd Allah, Tanka, Samarqand 854h (A 2415; ICV 2323); JALAYRID, Sultan Husayn I, silver Dinar, type B, Dizful, date (777h?) unclear (A 2306.2; ICV 2228); SHAYBANID, Muhammad Shaybani, Tankas (2), Marw, Nimruz, dates not visible (A 2978.2; ICV 4037),...
£150–£200
Shirvanshahs, temp. Farrukhsiyar, Tanka, Shimakhi 877h, 5.13g/8h (A 2471.1; ICV 2357); SAFAVID, ‘Abbas I, Shahi, type D, Tabriz 1030h, 1.89g/11h (A 2636; ICV 3672); SHAYBANID, Muhammad Shaybani (905-16h), Tanka, Nimruz, no date visible, 5.20g/3h (A 2978.2; ICV 4037); JANID, Baqi Muhammad (1009-14h), Tanka, no mint or date visible, 3.94g/9h (A 3013; ICV 4066, this coin illustrated) [4]. Very fine or better, first two scarce £80-£100
Qara Qoyunlu, Qara Yusuf (Second reign, 809-23h), Third-Tanka, citing Pir Budaq, unidentified mint, no date visible, 1.90g/6h (Zeno 173188, this coin; A 2479; ICV 2362); Jahanshah (841-72h), Tanka, mint and date not visible, 5.11g/6h (A 2493; ICV 2370); Hasan ‘Ali (872-3h), unidentified Tankas (2), each countermarked ‘adl mirza ‘ali, 5.01g, 4.93g (A 2497; ICV 2373) [4]. About very fine or better, first rare £60-£80
Hammer Price: £30
Durrani, Ahmad Shah, Rupee, Bareli 1173h, yr 14 (A 3092; ICV 3940), Taimur Shah, Rupee, Kashmir 1207h, yr 19 (A 3100; ICV 3949), Mahmud Shah, Rupee, Dar al-Sultanat Herat, date (1220h?) uncertain (A 3138.1; ICV 3964), Shah Shuja‘ (second reign), Rupee, Peshawar 1219h (A 3122; ICV 3971), Ayyub Shah, Rupee, Dar al-Sultanat Kabul 1237h, yr 3 (A 3135; ICV 3985); ALIKOZAI, temp. Yar Muhammad Khan, Qiran, Dar al-Sultanat Herat 1263h (A 3153.2; ICV 3997); BARAKZAI, Dost Muhammad (first reign),...
Khoqand, Sher ‘Ali, Tilla, Dar al-Sultanat Khoqand 1260h, 4.48g/4h (NS K36c; A 3057; ICV 4099). Small weak area on each side, possible traces of mounting on edge, otherwise very fine, extremely rare £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £850
Miscellaneous, ALMOHAD, Anonymous, square Dirham, no mint or date (A 496; ICV 716), together with a contemporary Christian imitation or Millares (A 498); AYYUBID OF ALEPPO, al-Nasir Yusuf II, Dirham, Halab, date unclear (A 842.4; ICV 931); MAMLUK, al-‘Adil Kitbugha (694-696h), Dirham, al-Qahira, date unclear (A 905; ICV 973); OTTOMAN, Bayazid I, Akçe, no mint, 792h (A 1291; ICV 3128), Suleyman Çelebi, Akçe, no mint, 806h (A 1296; ICV 3130), Mehmed Çelebi, Akçe, Amasya 808h (A 1293.1;...
Miscellaneous, DABWAYHID, Farkhan, Half-Drachms (2), tpwrstan (Tabaristan), 75pye, 77pye, 1.86g/9h, 1.78g/9h (A 50), Khurshid, Half-Drachm, tpwrstan (Tabaristan) 96pye, 1.92g/3h (A 52); ABBASID, al-Muktafi, Dirham, Surra man Ra’a 293h, 3.23g/9h (A 244.1; ICV 426); OTTOMAN, Mahmud II, Para, Trablus Gharb 1223h, 4.35g/12h (OC 30-123-13; ICV 3588); SAFAVID, ‘Abbas II, Shahi, type B, Tabriz 1056h, 1.89g/4h (A 2648.1; ICV 3682); MALDIVES, Muhammad Ghiyath al-din, Half-Larin, 1186h, 1.71g/12h...
Miscellaneous, GREAT MONGOL, Anonymous, Jital, no mint or date (A 1969; ICV 1946); MALIK OF KURZUWAN, Anonymous, Jital, Kurzuwan 618h Rabi‘ II (A 1971; ICV 1965); ILKHANID, Abu Sa‘id, 2 Dirhams, type H, Hamadan 33Kh (A 2218.1; ICV 2149), Sulayman, 2 Dirhams, type G, Hisn 745h (A 2257; ICV 2175); MUZAFFARID, Shah Shuja‘, 2 Dinars, type G, Shiraz 771h (A 2282.7; ICV 2213); TIMURID, Shahrukh (807-850h), Tanka, Samarqand, date unclear (A 2405; ICV 2310), Sultan Husayn, Tanka, Astarabad...
Miscellaneous, SAMANID, Nasr II b. Ahmad, Dirham, Nishapur 313h (A 1451; ICV 1500); GHAZNAVID, Sebuktekin (366-387h), Dirham, mint and date off flan (A 1599; ICV 1698); Khusraw Malik (555-582h), Jitals (2), no mint or date (A 1663.2, 1664.2); together with other coins in silver (13), base metal (4) [21]. Varied state £60-£80
Hammer Price: £55
Greek Coinages, BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia, Stater, c. 475-425, Apollo walking right, small stag in right field, rev. stag standing right, 7.91g (HN Italy 2044; BMC 17). Struck from a flawed obverse die, otherwise good fine, toned £100-£120
Greek Coinages, SICILY, Entella, Punic issue, Tetradrachm, c. 300-289, head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin head-dress, rev. horse head to left, palm tree with two date clusters behind, 16.32g (Jenkins, Punic, 396 [O121/R324], this coin illustrated; same dies as SNG Lloyd 1648 and Hunterian p.602, 14, pl. xciii, 12). Faint scratches, otherwise good very fine, attractive old cabinet tone £1,000-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,400
Greek Coinages, KINGS OF MACEDON, Alexander the Great, posthumous Tetradrachm, Byblos, c. 330-320, head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin, rev. Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, ar monogram in front, αλεχανδρου behind, 17.30g (Price 3426). Slight die shift on obverse, otherwise extremely fine, lightly toned £300-£360
Hammer Price: £340
Greek Coinages, THESSALY, Larissa, Drachm, 460-450, Thessalos holding band across horns of bull, petasos flying behind, rev. λα ρι, bridled horse bounding right, 5.61g (BCD Thessaly 355.2, same dies; McClean 4587, same dies; Lorber Thessalian pl. 41, 9, same obv.; BMC 6). Light porosity, very fine £200-£260
£200–£260
Greek Coinages, ATTICA, Athens, Tetradrachm, late standardised type, c. 440-405, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. owl standing right, olive sprig to left, αθε to right, all within incuse square, 17.15g (Kroll 8; Kroll Empire fig. 2.8; BMC Gp β, 46ff). Good very fine, portrait of fine style £340-£400
Hammer Price: £480
Greek Coinages, CRETE, Gortyna, Stater, c. 330-270, Europa seated right within tree branches, resting head in left hand, rev. bull standing right, head reverted and examining raised hind leg, 11.64g (Svoronos, Numismatique 59; Le Rider, Crétoises, p.66, 23, pl. xiv, 16-21, same dies; SNG Copenhagen 440-2; BMC 6). Struck from a worn obverse die, otherwise very fine, lightly toned, rare £500-£600
Hammer Price: £650
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