Sale 27

Auction 27


Iran - The Early Period
 
 
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Lot 718

Item 217305
TAHIRID: Talha, 822-828, AE fals (1.98g) (Bust), AH209. A-1394. Sasanian bust in obverse center, date reasonably legible, mint name off flan, Fine, RR.
Estimated Value$100 - 125
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Lot 719

Item 215565
SAFFARID: Ya'qub b. al-Layth, 861-879, AR damma (2.80g), NM, ND. A-A1402. Bull and horseman type with the Sanskrit title Sri Khudaraiyaka above the bull // Arabic 'adl above the horseman to right, VF to EF.
Estimated Value$100 - 125
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Lot 720

Item 214080
SAFFARID: Ahmad b. Muhammad, 923-963, AR dirham (2.89g), Sijistan, AH325. A-1412. With the name Abu Ja'far beneath the obverse field, which was the kunya of Ahmad b. Muhammad, one flan crack, VF, RRR.
Estimated Value$150 - 200.

All dirhams of Ahmad b. Muhammad struck from AH324 and later are extremely rare.
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$170
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Lot 721

Item 213602
SAMANID: Muhammad b. Ishaq, 911-912, AE fals (2.91g), Akhsikath, AH294. A-C1477. Date written incorrectly as tis' wa arba' wa mi'tayn, "nine and four and two hundred", which is an error for 294, suggesting that year 299 does not exist for this type, Very Good, RRR, ex Hans Mondorf Collection.
Estimated Value$100 - 150
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Lot 722

Item 213901
SAMANID: Nuh II, 943-954, AV dinar (3.94g), Nishapur, AH340. A-1454. Citing the deposed caliph al-Mustakfi, lightly crinkled, VF.
Estimated Value$200 - 250
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Lot 723

Item 216274
SAMANID:LOT of 8 better quality silver dirhams: Ahmad b. Isma'il: Andaraba 300 and 301, Samarqand 299; and Nasr II b. Ahmad: Andarabad 310 and 315, Balkh 313, Farwan 315, and Nishapur 313, lovely group, all VF-EF or better, retail value $440, lot of 8 pieces.
Estimated Value$250 - 350
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Lot 724

Item 217330
SAMANID:LOT of 5 copper fulus: Nasr II, 914-943: A-1452, Binkath AH306 (nice VF), Bukhara 322 (F-VF), and Nawkat Ilaq 305 (bold VF); and Nuh III b. Mansur: A-1471, Balkh 368 (VF, some porosity), and uncertain mint 380 (possibly Bukhara but unclear, F-VF, some weakness), retail value $360, lot of 5 pieces.
Estimated Value$200 - 300
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Lot 725

Item 216273
SAMANID:LOT of 24 copper coins: Akhsikath AH320; Bukhara 322, 352 (5 pcs), 354, 355 (3 pcs), 356 (2 pcs), and 357 (2 pcs); Ferghana 328; Samarqand 281, 287 (2 pcs), and 288 (2 pcs); al-Shash 290 and 292; and Tunkath Ilaq 31x, interesting group with a few rare mints & dates, average Fine to VF, retail value $530, lot of 24 pieces.
Estimated Value$250 - 350
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Lot 726

Item 217325
QARAKHANID: Salar b. Muhammad, 999, AE fals (2.88g), Ilaq, AH399. A-3431. Citing Salar b. Muhammad in reverse field, and Qutb al-Dawla (=Ahmad b. 'Ali) as suzerain in reverse margin, light porosity, VF, RR.
Estimated Value$100 - 150
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Lot 727

Item 217326
QARAKHANID: Irtash, fl. 1013-1015, AE fals (2.99g), Ilaq, AH406. A-3431D. Citing Muhammad b. 'Ali in reverse margin, minor weakness, VF, RR.
Estimated Value$100 - 125
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Lot 728

Item 217329
QARAKHANID: Muhammad b. Mansur, 1001-1006, AE fals (2.65g), Ilaq, AH395. A-3430. VF.
Estimated Value$80 - 100
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Lot 729

Item 217327
QARAKHANID: Yusuf b. 'Abd Allah, 1004-1006 & 1012-1014, AE fals (1.41g), al-Shash, AH395. A-3306A. Kochnev-143. In obverse center the name yusuf within large crescent, without reference to any overlord, lovely VF, R.
Estimated Value$100 - 150
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Lot 730

Item 217328
QARAKHANID: Anonymous, ca. 1029, AE fals (2.23g), Kharashkath, AH420. A-3437M. Kochnev-717. Ornamental square in obverse center, actual issuer undetermined, VF, RR.
Estimated Value$100 - 150
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Lot 731

Item 217324
QARAKHANID: Ibrahim b. Nasr, 1017-1040, AE fals (3.01g), Ilaq, AH408. A-3325. Also citing Husayn b. Hasan in reverse margin, light porosity, bold strike, VF, RRR.
Estimated Value$120 - 140
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Lot 732

Item 214081
BAVANDID OF TABARISTAN: Rustam b. Sharwin, 964-980, AR dirham (3.80g), Firrim, AH363. A-1524. Citing the Buwayhid ruler Rukn al-Dawla as overlord, and with the Shi'ite kalima in the reverse field, EF, R.
Estimated Value$180 - 220.

Also citing the Abbasid caliph al-Muti', despite the Shi'ite preference of the Bavandids under Rustam.
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$240
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Lot 733

Item 214057
ZIYARID: Mardawij, 927-935, AV dinar (4.62g), Hamadan, AH322. A-1530. Citing the caliph al-Qahir, nice strike, with full mint & date, excellent VF, RR.
Estimated Value$500 - 700.

Only the mint of Mah al-Basra has become common for this formerly extremely rare ruler. All the other 3 mints, al-Karaj, Qumm and Hamadan, remain rare, with fewer than 10 pieces known for each.
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Lot 734

Item 217968
BUWAYHID: Mu'ayyid al-Dawla, 967-983, AV dinar (3.49g), al-Muhammadiya, AH365. A-1553. Treadwell-Mu365G (same dies), slightly crinkled, VF to EF, R.
Estimated Value$350 - 450.

Gold dinars of Mu'ayyid al-Dawla are rare, unlike his common silver coinage.
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$375
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Lot 735

Item 213904
BUWAYHID: Samsam al-Dawla, 978-983, AV dinar (5.15g), Suq al-Ahwaz, AH370. A-1567. Ruler cited as al-Marzuban, citing his father 'Adud al-Dawla, bold strike, About Unc.
Estimated Value$300 - 400
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$400
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Lot 736

Item 213905
KAKWAYHID: Faramurz, 1041-1051, AV dinar (3.95g), Isbahan, AH435. A-1592.2. Citing the Great Seljuq overlord Tughril Beg, bow & arrow above obverse field, shams above reverse field, Unc.
Estimated Value$300 - 400
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Lot 737

Item 213906
GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AV dinar (4.20g), Nishapur, AH417. A-1606. Star below reverse field, EF to About Unc.
Estimated Value$250 - 300
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Lot 738

Item 216384
GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AV dinar (4.03g), Nishapur, AH417. A-1606. Final date digit weak, but confirmed by the previous lot in this auction, which is struck from the same dies, VF to EF.
Estimated Value$200 - 240
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Lot 739

Item 213907
GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AV dinar (3.44g), Herat, AH404. A-1607. Light waviness, Fine to VF.
Estimated Value$160 - 200
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Lot 740

Item 213908
GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AV dinar (4.43g), Herat, AH405. A-1607. Interesting ornament right of reverse field, choice VF.
Estimated Value$220 - 300
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Lot 741

Item 213909
GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 999-1030, AV dinar (4.31g), Herat, AH407. A-1607. VF.
Estimated Value$200 - 250
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Lot 742

Item 213910
GHAZNAVID: Muhammad, 1030, AV dinar (5.55g), Ghazna, Muharram AH421. A-1616. Pierced and plugged, VF, RR.
Estimated Value$400 - 500
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$325
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