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Lot 1310 BRITISH INDIA: George VI, 1937-1947, AR rupee, 1939(b), KM-555, with dot below ruler's head, PCGS graded MS-64, RRR. This example has received the highest grade for this date and type, by either NGC or PCGS. A much lower quality specimen graded NGC AU-55 sold in the Heritage Auction 3019, lot 24911 for $11,000. Estimate $20,000-30,000 |
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Lot 313 AYYUBID: al-Nasir Yusuf I (Saladin), 1169-1193, AV dinar (4.17g), Dimashq, AH583, A-785.3, B-79, Extremely Fine, RR. Since the year AH583 corresponds with his conquest of Jerusalem, this type, the only Ayyubid gold coin struck at Dimashq, is logically regarded as a commemorative of Saladin's conquest. The piece is die-identical on the obverse with the specimen in the Ashmolean Museum that was acquired as a gift from C.J. Chester in 1891 (Balog-79, SICA-881). Estimate $20,000-30,000 |
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Lot 1244 MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AR 2 rupees (haidari), Patan, AM1219 year 9, KM-127A, superb strike, lustrous, NGC graded MS-65. This is the finest graded by NGC and perhaps the finest known example of this popular and scarce type. An NGC MS-62 similar example sold in the Stack's Bowers & Ponterio Sale 165 for $6500 plus buyer's fee. Estimate $9,000-11,000 |
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Lot 111 UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AR dirham (2.89g), Mah, AH90, A-128, Klat-—, unpublished and probably unique, some minor stain (removable), Extremely Fine, RRRR. The mint Mahayy operated AH90-99 and then briefly during the Abbasid revolution, AH128-129. The name means "the two Mahs", which are Mah al-Basra & Mah al-Kufa, which had oparated AH79-83 and 79-81, respectively. The mint name Mah was never again used, except for an extremely rare Abbasid copper fals dated AH150. The Umayyad Mah, which is in the singular form, is also known for AH96 (very rare) and 98 (extremely rare), and might refer to either Mah al-Basra (aka Nihawand) or Mah al-Kufa (aka Dinawar). Mah was the Arabic name for the region known in ancient times as Media in west-central Iran, and it seems quite plausible that Mah referred to a mint at a third city in the Mah region, neither Mah al-Basra nor Mah al-Kufa. With three different years now known, it is clearly not a misspelling of Mahayy. Estimate $7,000-9,000 |
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Lot 339 RASULID: al-Zahir Yahya, 1428-1439, AV dinar (4.05g), Zabid, AH834, A-C1113, pointed quatrefoil / pointed hexafoil, date in numerals, very lightly creased, believed to be unique, Very Fine, RRRR. Estimate $5,000-7,000 |
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Lot 1113 GUPTA: Samudragupta, ca. 335-380, AV stater (7.67g), Mitch-4791/92, Altekar pl.I, 10, same obverse die, Samudragupta's parents, Chandragupta I & Kumaradevi standing, facing each other, crescent above / Lakshmi seated on a lion, superb strike, choice Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated, R. Estimate $4,500-5,500 |
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Lot 1231 BHOPAL: Shah Jahan Begam, 1868-1901, AR nazarana 1½ rupees (16.43g), AH(1286 year 2), KM-B14, Extremely Fine, RR, ex. the SCWC plate coin. Estimate $4,500-5,500 |
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Lot 39 ROMAN EMPIRE: Nerva, 96-98 AD, AV aureus (7.29g) (96 AD), S-—, RIC-1, IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II PP, laureated bust right / AEQVITAS AVGVST, Aequitas standing left, holding scales & cornucopiae, several very minor scratches, barely noticeable without magnification, nice strike, Very Fine, RR. Estimate $4,000-5,000 |
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Lot 98 ARAB-ARMENIAN: Muhammad, ca. 700, AR zuzun (3.21g), "ShY", year "37", A-H97, with Muhammad in Arabic in ObQ2 & awsrwy (Khusro) in Pahlavi before the obverse bust, Extremely Fine, RRR. This type is believed to have been issued within the regions of Armenia or Azerbaijan. This mint name is of uncertain meaning, perhaps derived from a prototype from the Shiraz mint, and date, while convincing 37, is probably just a copy from the prototype. Also of considerable interest is the Greek letter Φ instead of a star withint the right crescent in the obverse margin. Other types have the Greek M or Σ in one of the crescents in either the obverse or reverse margin. These Greek characters are of undetermined meaning, but the use of Greek does support the assignment to the Caucasian lands, where Byzantine silver coins were circulating throughout the 7th centuries, fist introduced by Heraclius circa 615 AD. This type is currently assigned to the very last years of the 7th and early 8th century. The weight of 3.20-3.25g corresponds quite accurately to half the weight of the Byzantine hexagram (about 6.5g). Estimate $3,500-4,000 |
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Lot 285 FATIMID: al-Mustansir, 1036-1094, AV dinar (4.06g), Dimashq, AH446, A-719A, Nicol-1731, superb strike, choice Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated, RR. Nicol recorded only two examples of the mint/date combination. Another example sold for £2000 (then about $4000, plus buyer's fee) in 2007 (ICA-12, lot 3267). Estimate $3,000-4,000 |
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