List 242


Gold Coins of the Islamic Dynasties
 
Item No. Photo Description Price
ABBASID: al-Mansur, 754-775, AV dinar (3.95g), NM, AH152, A-212, Very Good.
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ABBASID: al-Mahdi, 775-785, AV dinar (3.82g), NM, AH166, A-214, clipped, Very Good.
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ABBASID: al-Rashid, 786-809, AV dinar (3.72g), NM, AH172, A-218.7, Egyptian issue, citing Musa, clipped, Very Good.
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ABBASID: al-Amin, 809-813, AV dinar (3.78g), NM, AH194, A-220.4, rabbi Allâh above reverse field, clipped, Fine.
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ABBASID: al-Ma'mun, 810-833, AV dinar (4.12g), NM, AH213, A-222.11, li'l-khalifa above reverse field, struck in Egypt, Fine.
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ABBASID: al-Mutawakkil, 847-861, AV dinar (3.98g), Misr, AH242, A-229.2, Fine.
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MERINID: Abu'l-Hasan 'Ali, 1331-1351, AV dinar (4.47g), Fès, ND, A-528, Fine.
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  SA'DIAN SHARIFS: Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad, 1578-1603, AV dinar (4.55g), Baldat al-Kitawa, AH1006, A-565, Brethes-1506, bold strike, Extremely Fine, RR.
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'ALAWI SHARIFS: 'Abd al-Rahman, 1822-1859, AV ½ bunduqi (1.66g), Fès, AH1248, A-634, KM-145, about 40% weak strike, crude Very Fine, R.
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BURJI MAMLUK: Qansuh II al-Ghuri, 1501-1516, AV ashrafi, Dimashq, AH(9)20, A-1041, 20% weakly struck, Very Fine.
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AYYUBID: al-Kamil Muhammad I, 1218-1238, AV dinar (3.32g), al-Qahira, DM, A-811.3, probably dated AH632, Fine to Very Fine.
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BURJI MAMLUK: Qa'itbay, 1468-1496, AV ashrafi (3.39g), NM, ND, A-1027, Fine to Very Fine.
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  NAJJAHID: Jayyash b. al-Mu'ayyad, fl. 1073, AV dinar (2.3g), Zabid, "AH465", A-1074, frozen date, but clear; struck circa 465-480's, Very Fine.
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Süleyman I, 1520-1566, AV sultani (3.50g), Kostantiniye, AH926, A-1317, sana 926 fî from right to left, following by triplet of dots, hole plugged with gold, Very Fine.
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Süleyman I, 1520-1566, AV sultani (3.42g), Misr, AH926, A-1317, Very Good.
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Selim II, 1566-1574, AV sultani (3.31g), Misr, AH974, A-1324, very minor weakness, Very Fine.
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Murad III, 1574-1595, AV sultani (3.50g), Misr, AH982, A-1332.1, minor weakness, Extremely Fine.
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EGYPT: AV zeri mahbub (2.55g), Misr, AH1171, KM-105.1, initial xlii, some weakness, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
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EGYPT: AV 10 qirsh, AH1223 year 29, KM-213, Extremely Fine.
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GHAZNAVID: Ibrahim, 1059-1099, AV pale dinar, Ghazna, AH483, A-1637, attractive Very Fine.
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GHAZNAVID: Ibrahim, 1059-1099, AV dinar (3.26g), Ghazna, AH480, A-1637, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
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SELJUQS OF WESTERN IRAN: Mahmud II, 1118-1131, AV dinar (3.63g) (Isbahan?), AH517, A-1688, clear date, about Very Fine.
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KHWARIZMSHAHS: 'Ala al-Din Muhammad, 1200-1220, AV dinar, NM, ND, A-1712, very crude Extremely Fine.
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KHWARIZMSHAHS: Mangubarni, 1220-1231, AV dinar (2.60g), MM, DM, A-1742, about 40% clipped off, Very Fine, RR.
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  ATABEGS OF YAZD: Yusufshah, 1285-1297, AV dinar (5.55g), MM, DM/ND, A-V1934, Baydu in Arabic beneath obverse field, Yusufshah in Arabic below reverse field; minor weakness of strike, Extremely Fine, RRR, x.
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GREAT MONGOLS: Chingiz Khan, 1206-1227, AV dinar (3.71g), Almaligh, ND, A-A1967, in the name of the caliph al-Nasir, attrocious strike, about 80% flan, but with full clear mint name, crude Very Fine, RRR.

Possibly the earliest known coin of Almaligh, which began striking silver and gold coins under the Chaghatayids, beginning in AH638.
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ZAND: Karim Khan, 1753-1779, AV ¼ mohur (2.63g), AH1188, A-2791, ex-mount, Fine to Very Fine.
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QAJAR: Nasir al-Din Shah, 1848-1896, AV toman (3.22g), Rasht, AH1268, A-2921, ex-mount, scruffy Very Fine.
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