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Islamic Dynasties

Item No.	Photo	Description	Price
Item 35828		ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-660s, AR drachm (4.10g), SK (Sijistan) YE20, A-1, first Islamic coin, lovely strike, Nearly Extremely Fine. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42325		ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-674, AR drachm (4.12g), DAP (Fasa), AH43 (sic), A-8, pellet at 0h30 reverse, Extremely Fine. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 41206		ARAB-SASANIAN: Samura b. Jundab, ca. 671-672, AR drachm (4.15g), DA (Darabjird), "AH43", A-9, bold bust & inscriptions; some light hornsilver in the margin only, Extremely Fine, RR. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 32395		ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, 673-683, AR drachm (3.96g), DSh (Dasht Mishan), AH62, A-12, very rare mint, Extremely Fine. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 36937		ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, 680-692, AR drachm (4.14g), DA+P (Fasa) YE 53, A-16, bold strike, full flan, Choice Extremely Fine+. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 32393		ARAB-SASANIAN: Salm b. Ziyad, ca. 680-684, AR drachm (4.08g), MRW (Marv), AH64, A-18, c/m #3, About Uncirculated. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 41209		ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Umayya b. 'Abd Allah, fl. 694-697, AR drachm (2.33g), BBA (the court mint), AH77, A-29, attractive and evenly worn; pellets left & right of wings; "GANBWT" written in third obverse quarant obverse, clipped down to reduced denominational value, Fine to Very Fine, RRR. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 35834		ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf, 694-713, AR drachm (3.85g), YZ (Yazd) AH81, A-35.2, "Mansur" in Pahlavi in ObQ3; nice strike, evenly worn, Fine to Very Fine, R. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 41210		ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusraw type, AE pashiz (1.37g), ART (Ardashir Khurra), AH60?? A-K41, Gyselen #1, based on standard design of Khusraw II silver drachms; holed, Very Fine, RRR. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 41211		ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 700-710, AE pashiz (0.50g), NM, ND, A-43A, Gyselen #85, two busts derived from Heraclius & son on Byzantine gold solidi / cross on steps, totally blundered calligraphy, believed struck in Fars province, good Very Fine, RR. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 35366		EASTERN SISTAN: Anonymous, ca. 690's, AR drachm (4.06g), SK (Sijistan), blundered date, A-P75, Khusraw type, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42326		EASTERN SISTAN: Anonymous, ca. 790s, BI drachm (4.01g), Zaranj, ND, A-A80, Khusraw type, nearly pure bronze, pierced, good Very Fine, RR. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42327		EASTERN SISTAN: Bakkâr, ca. 770s/early 780s, AR drachm (3.29g), SK (Sijistan), ND, A-87E, Very Fine, R. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 36930		ARAB-BYZANTINE: Anonymous, ca. 700, AE follis (5.66g), Skythopolis (Baysan), A-98 (3509.1), Amitai-Preiss A14-var, "NIK" mintmark, weak strike, Fine. View details and enlarged photos	No Longer Available
Item 42330		UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AR dirham (2.84g), Sijistan, AH93, A-128, lightly cleaned, choice Extremely Fine. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42329		UMAYYAD: Hisham, 724-743, AR dirham (2.95g), al-Mubaraka, AH119, A-137, superb Extremely Fine. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42328		UMAYYAD: Hisham, 724-743, AR dirham (2.77g), Ifriqiya, AH114, A-137, Very Fine. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42331		UMAYYAD BRONZE: Anonymous, AE fals (2.47g), Ba'albak, ND, A-168, without circle around star, attractive patina, good Very Fine. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42332		UMAYYAD: Anonymous, AE fals (5.41g), al-Madina Ma'dan Amir al-Mu'minin, ND, A-A183, struck circa AH110's. This type has been attributed to Madina in Arabia, but actual find spots are in eastern Syria, especially along the Euphrates. Possibly the palace compound of al-Rusafa in eastern Syria, Very Good, RR. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 41554		UMAYYAD: Anonymous, ca. 705-715, AE fals (3.66g), Tanukh, ND, A-189, same reverse die as Walker #P.134, rare mint near Aleppo, Choice Very Fine, R. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42681		ABBASID: al-Saffah, 749-754, AR dirham, al-Kufa, AH132, A-211, first year of 'Abbasid coinage, Very Fine. View details	Sold
Item 36455		ABBASID: al-Mansur, 754-775, AR dirham (2.86g), al-Hashimiya, AH138, A-213, extremely rare mint, temporary caliphate capital during construction of Baghdad; faint trace of mount, Very Fine, RR. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42679		ABBASID: al-Mahdi, 775-785, AR dirham, Kirman, AH168, A-215.1, bakh below reverse, Very Fine. View details	Sold
Item 42680		ABBASID: al-Mahdi, 775-785, AR dirham, Arminiya, AH162, A-215.1, crescent below reverse, pleasing About Very Fine. View details	Sold
Item 42678		ABBASID: al-Mahdi, 775-785, AR dirham, al-'Abbasiya, AH159, A-215.2, citing Yazid, Very Fine. View details	Sold
Item 42333		ABBASID: al-Hadi, 785-786, AR dirham (2.8g), al-Muhammadiya, AH170, A-217, cleaned, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42677		ABBASID: al-Hadi, 785-786, AR dirham, al-Muhammadiya, AH170, A-217, br below reverse, Very Fine. View details	Sold
Item 42334		ABBASID: al-Rashid, 786-809, AR dirham (2.86g), Sijistan, AH173, A-219, citing governor Ibn Khuzaym, five annulets around obverse, bakh and dot below on reverse, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, ex. William F. Spengler. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 36992		ABBASID: al-Rashid, 786-809, AR dirham (2.91g), Madinat al-Salam AH170, A-219.6a, al-Rashid cited as caliph in broad inner marginal legend on reverse, choice Very Fine. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42335		ABBASID: al-Rashid, 786-809, AR dirham (2.82g), Balkh, AH189, A-219, citing 'Ali b. Isa, Fine. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42675		ABBASID: al-Rashid, 786-809, AR dirham, al-Rafiqa, AH190, A-219.2, Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated. View details	Sold
Item 42676		ABBASID: al-Rashid, 786-809, AR dirham, Bukhara, AH193, A-219.2, citing governor Hamawayh, first standard silver Abbasid issue of Bukhara, Choice Very Fine. View details	Sold
Item 42674		ABBASID: al-Amin, 809-813, AR dirham, Balkh, AH194, A-221.4, Very Fine. View details	Sold
Item 42336		ABBASID: al-Ma'mun, 810-833, AR dirham (2.9g), al-Kufa, AH204, A-223, Very Fine. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42337		ABBASID: al-Mutawakkil, 847-861, AR dirham (2.94g), Fars, AH246, A-230, Very Fine. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42338		ABBASID: al-Mu'tamid, 870-892, AR dirham (3.02g), al-Kufa, AH271, A-240, lightly cleaned, choice for mint, crude Extremely Fine. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42339		ABBASID: al-Muktafi, 902-908, AR dirham (2.23g), al-Muhammadiya, AH291, A-244.2, with Wali al-Dawla, two minor flan cracks, Extremely Fine, RR. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42340		al-Muqtadir (908-932/295-320 AH), AR dirham, A-246, unusually superb! crude Extremely Fine. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42341		ABBASID: al-Muqtadir, 908-932, AR dirham (3.01g), Madinat al-Salam, AH305, A-246A, donative type, superb strike and beautiful surfaces, Extremely Fine, R, ex. Sotheby's, October 1994 sale, lot 241. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 38721		UMAYYAD OF SPAIN: 'Abd al-Rahman II, 822-852, AR dirham (2.17g), al-Andalus, AH231, A-A346, slotted with additional piece of silver, good Very Fine, RR. The additional metal was apparently added to increase the weight of the coin, for reasons unknown. Specimens with such slots but lacking the added piece of silver are much more common than intact examples. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42342		NASRID OF GRANADA: Anonymous, late 15th C, AE fals (3.04g), Gharnata, ND, A-418, Vives-2227, mule of two obverses, struck circa AH879-94, crude Very Fine. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42343		SA'DIAN SHARIFS: al-Walid, 1630-1636, AR dirham (0.96g) (Marrakesh), AH1042, A-578, fully clear date, crude Very Fine, RR. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42344		'ALAWI SHARIFS: Muhammad III, 1757-1790, AR mazuna (0.77g), Asfi, AH1178, A-A589, with ruler's name on obverse, crude Fine, RRR. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42345		TULUNID: Khumarawayh, 884-896, AE fals (2.24g), Dimashq, AH273, A-665A, nice tan patina, Cilician issue citing the local governor Ahmad b. Ya'qub as vassal, Very Good, RR. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 41565		FATIMID: al-Mustansir, 1036-1094, BI dirham aswad (0.27g), Sur, ND, A-723, mint name divided between obverse & reverse central areas; nice example of this miniscule denomination, Very Fine+, RR. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42671		HAMDANID: Nasir al-Dawla & Sayf al-Dawla, 942-967, AR dirham (3.77g) (al-Masisa), ND/DM, A-748, rare mint in Cilicia province, Very Fine, RR. View details	Sold
Item 42346		'UQAYLID: Abu'l-Muni' b. Husam al-Dawla, 1002, AR dirham (3.29g), al-Mawsil, AH393, A-759M, as vassal of Nur al-Dawla Mus'ab & the Buwayhid Baha al-Dawla, bold mint & date, Very Fine, RRR. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 42673		MARWANID: Mumahhid al-Dawla Sa'id, 997-1011, AR dirham (4.27g), Mayyafariqin, AH399, A-764, rare with full mint & date, Very Fine. View details	Sold
Item 42672		MIRDASID: Shibl al-Dawla Nasr I, 1029-1038, AR dirham (1.58g) (Thaghr Halab), AH42x, A-767, mint name means "frontier of Aleppo", Very Fine to Extremely Fine. View details	Sold
Item 38722		AYYUBID: Saladin, 1169-1193, AR dirham (2.98g), Dimashq, AH573, A-787.1, with caliph al-Mustadi, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, R. View details and enlarged photos	Sold

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