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Iran - The Early Period (Islamic)

Item No.	Photo	Description	Price
Item 819683		TAHIRID: Tahir I, 821-822, AR dirham, Harat, AH206, A-1391A, citing Shakr b. Ibrahim, crude Fine to Very Fine. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 51619		TAHIRID: Tahir II, 845-862, AE fals, al-Shash, AH241, A-B1395, pleasing Fine, R. View details	Sold
Item 54028		TAHIRID: Tahir b. 'Abd Allah, 845-862, AE fals (al-Shash), AH(241), A-B1395, Very Good, R. View details	No Longer Available
Item 54316		BANIJURID: Ahmad b. Muhammad, 899-910, AR dirham (4.34g), Andaraba, AH287, A-1435, citing the Samanid Isma'il (without his patronymic), Very Fine, RR. View details and enlarged photos	No Longer Available
Item 819706		BANIJURID: Ahmad b. Muhammad, 899-910, AR dirham, Andaraba, AH294, A-1435, with Isma'il b. Ahmad, pitted areas, Fine to Very Fine. View details	No Longer Available
Item 100339		BANIJURID: Sahlan b. Maktum, 974-988, AR multiple dirham, Andaraba, AH374, A-1439U, 7.19g, without Samanid overlord (has name replaced by al-izza lillah, Qur'an 65:3 in reverse margin, moderate weakness, Extremely Fine, R. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 100335		BANIJURID: Sahlan b. Maktum, 974-988, AR multiple dirham, Andaraba, AH367, A-A1440, 7.12g, citing the Samanid ruler Nuh III, but without caliph, Quran 9:34 in reverse margin, minor weakness, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, RR. The caliph's name is replaced by the words tawakkal yakfi below the obverse field. Obverse die same SNAT-202. This is the first year inscribed with Qur'an 65:3, "And there are those who bury gold and silver and spend it not in the way of Allah". View details and enlarged photos	No Longer Available
Item 819727		SAMANID: Isma'il I, 892-907, AR dirham (2.86g), al-Shash, AH284, A-1443, solely in the name of the 'Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tadid, small hole, Very Fine. View details	Sold
Item 819715		SAMANID: Isma'il I, 892-907, AR dirham, Andaraba, AH290, A-1443, some pitted areas, Very Fine, R. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 819718		SAMANID: Isma'il I, 892-907, AR dirham, Andaraba, AH292, A-1443, crude Very Fine to Extremely Fine. View details	Sold
Item 819723		SAMANID: Isma'il I, 892-907, AR dirham, Balkh, AH293, A-1443, reverse double-struck, very crude Very Fine, R. View details	Sold
Item 819720		SAMANID: Isma'il I, 892-907, AR dirham, Andaraba, AH293, A-1443, some pitted areas especially on reverse, crude Fine. View details	No Longer Available
Item 819722		SAMANID: Isma'il I, 892-907, AR dirham, Andaraba, AH295, A-1443, scruffy, Very Fine. View details	Sold
Item 819736		SAMANID: Ahmad II, 907-914, AR dirham, Balkh, AH299, A-1446, crude Very Fine. View details	Sold
Item 819734		SAMANID: Ahmad II, 907-914, AR dirham, Andaraba, AH300, A-1446, citing Abu Nasr, crude Very Fine. View details	No Longer Available
Item 819735		SAMANID: Ahmad II, 907-914, AR dirham, Andaraba, AH301, A-1446, shallow strike, good Very Fine. View details	No Longer Available
Item 100299		SAMANID: Nasr II, 914-943, AR multiple dirham, NM, ND, A-1450, 5.37g, same reverse die as the example with the pseudo-mint & date of Balkh 326, also citing Balkategin but no reference to any of the later Samanids, small chip, probably caused during manufacture, no weakness at all, Extremely Fine, RR. View details and enlarged photos	No Longer Available
Item 819739		SAMANID: Nasr II, 914-943, AR dirham, Andaraba, AH310, A-1451, abbreviated date, Very Fine. View details	Sold
Item 819742		SAMANID: Nasr II, 914-943, AR dirham, Balkh, AH320, A-1451, citing Nuh b. Nasr, crude Very Fine. View details	No Longer Available
Item 819749		SAMANID: Ahmad b. Sahl, 915-920, AR dirham, Andaraba, AH304, A-B1453, letter sin below reverse, weak strike, Extremely Fine. View details	Sold
Item 819747		SAMANID: Ahmad b. Sahl, 915-920, AR dirham, Andaraba, AH302, A-B1453, letter sin below reverse, crude Very Fine. View details	Sold
Item 819748		SAMANID: Ahmad b. Sahl, 915-920, AR dirham, Andaraba, AH304, A-B1453, letter sin below reverse, date weak, poor strike, crude Very Fine. View details	Sold
Item 819761		SAMANID: Nuh II, 943-954, AR dirham, Samarqand, AH336, A-1456, very crude Very Fine. View details	No Longer Available
Item 819760		SAMANID: Nuh II, 943-954, AR dirham, Samarqand, AH336, A-1456, crude Very Fine. View details	Sold
Item 819756		SAMANID: Nuh II, 943-954, AR dirham, Ma'dan, AH333, A-1456, Very Good. View details	No Longer Available
Item 819767		SAMANID: 'Abd al-Malik I, 954-961, AR dirham, Bukhara, AH348, A-1462, nice Very Fine. View details	Sold
Item 819766		SAMANID: 'Abd al-Malik I, 954-961, AR dirham, Bukhara, AH347, A-1462, Very Fine. View details	No Longer Available
Item 100292		SAMANID: Mansur I, 961-976, AR multiple dirham, NM, ND, A-1465A, 10.28g, pelleted annulet below reverse field and atop obverse margin, Extremely Fine, R. View details and enlarged photos	No Longer Available
Item 100277		SAMANID: Mansur I, 961-976, AR multiple dirham, NM, ND, A-1465, 12.90g, with name of Nuh b. Nasr in obverse field, al-Harith cited in left of reverse margin (SNAT—), minor weakness, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 819778		SAMANID: Mansur I, 961-976, AR dirham, Samarqand, AH355, A-1466, SNAT-XVa:852, fa'iq above obverse, crude Very Fine. View details	No Longer Available
Item 100322		SAMANID: Nuh III, 976-997, AR multiple dirham, Warwarliz, AH470, A-1469W, 6.32g, mint spelled walwâlîj, citing the governor Fa'iq, nice strike, About Uncirculated, R. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 100303		SAMANID: Nuh III, 976-997, AR multiple dirham, al-Ma'dan, ND, A-1469.1, 10.51g, nasr min Allah above obverse field, clear mint name, citing Muhammad in obverse margin, Extremely Fine, RR. Bottom of reverse inscribed nuh [bi]n mansu, with final letter R below. This example is an early stage of the debasement of the name Mansur into what looks like Nasr. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 819784		SAMANID: Nuh III, 976-997, AR dirham, Balkh, AH368, A-1470, SNAT-XIVc:633-4, with fa'iq below obverse, very crude Very Fine. View details	No Longer Available
Item 101378		AMIR OF BUST: Baytuz, 970-976, AE fals (2.00g), Bust, AH359, A-D1478, Very Fine, RR. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 101334		QARAKHANID: Mansur b. Ahmad, 992-999, AE fals (2.14g), Ilaq, AH389, A-3429, citing Ahmad b. 'Ali in reverse margin, with title dihqan al-jalil in central circle on obverse, Very Fine. View details and enlarged photos	No Longer Available
Item 99870		QARAKHANID: Nasr b. 'Ali, 993-1012, AE fals (3.14g), Ferghana, AH385, A-3303, Koch-25, with mu'ayyid al-'adil in obverse center, lovely Very Fine. View details and enlarged photos	No Longer Available
Item 55345		QARAKHANID: Nasr b. 'Ali, 993-1012, AE fals (2.80g), Farghana, AH387, A-3303, Kochnev-53, Fine, RR. View details and enlarged photos	Sold
Item 87124		QARAKHANID: Ilyas Hajjaj, fl. 1014, AE fals (3.06g), Kharashkath, AH405, A-3437, Kochnev-403, also citing Ahmad b. 'Ali, nice strike, some modest corrosion on reverse, About Very Fine, RRR. View details and enlarged photos	No Longer Available
Item 59040		BUWAYHID: 'Imad al-Dawla 'Ali, 934-949, AR dirham, Shiraz, AH323, A-1538, decent Very Fine. View details	Sold
Item 57655		BUWAYHID: 'Adud al-Dawla, 949-983, AR dirham, Siraf, AH353, A-1550.1, some weakness, mount removed, Fine. View details	No Longer Available
Item 57658		BUWAYHID: 'Adud al-Dawla, 949-983, AR dirham, Shiraz, AH361, A-1550.1, nice strike, crude Very Fine. View details	No Longer Available
Item 800297		BUWAYHID: 'Adud al-Dawla, 949-983, AR dirham, Shiraz, AH362, A-1550.1, Extremely Fine. View details	Sold
Item 57660		BUWAYHID: 'Adud al-Dawla, 949-983, AR dirham, Siraf, AH363, A-1550.1, crude Very Fine. View details	Sold
Item 57656		BUWAYHID: 'Adud al-Dawla, 949-983, AR dirham, Siraf, AH366, A-1550.1, lightly crimped, nice Fine. View details	No Longer Available
Item 57663		BUWAYHID: 'Adud al-Dawla, 949-983, AR dirham, Siraf, AH366, A-1550.1, mount removed, Fine, R. View details	Sold
Item 84780		BUWAYHID: 'Adud al-Dawla, 949-983, AR dirham (3.97g), Siraf, AH371, A-1552, Extremely Fine, R. View details	Sold
Item 51709		BUWAYHID: Samsam al-Dawla, in Fars, 990-998, AR dirham (4.92g), Fasa, AH382, A-1570.1, annulet below obverse field, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, S. View details	Sold
Item 84793		BUWAYHID: Baha' al-Dawla, 989-1012, AR dirham, Shiraz, AH391, A-1574, some stain, crude Fine, R. View details	No Longer Available
Item 106611		GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 994-997, AR dirham, NM, ND (388-89), A-1605, Very Fine. View details	No Longer Available
Item 106612		GHAZNAVID: Mahmud, 994-997, AR multiple dirham, Andaraba, AH389, A-1608, Mitch-AN16, very crude Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated. View details	Sold

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