Arab Sasanian
1
2
6
Khusraw II type, Silver Drachm, BISH =
Bishapur 25 YE, 3.06g (Walker p.6:ANS 1); Ziyad
b. Abi Sufyan (45-55h), Silver Drachm (2), BISH
= Bishapur 53h, 3.37g (Walker p.38:51), and 54h,
with countermark, 2.81g (Walker p.39:55); ‘Ubayd
Allah b. Ziyad (53-67h), Silver Drachm, BIJRA =
Basra 61h, 2.90g (Walker p.59:85); ‘Umar b. ‘Ubayd
Allah (c.67-70h), Silver Drachm, ART = Ardashir
Khurra 69h, 3.33g (Walker p.98:B.33). First four
clipped, otherwise all very fine. (5)
£250-300
7
‘Abd Allah b. ‘Amir (c.41-45h), Silver Drachm,
DA = Darabjird 43h, 2.86g (Walker p.48:Th.7; A
6); ‘Abd Allah b. Zubayr (60-73h), Silver Drachm
(3), ART = Ardashir Khurra 65h, 3.16g (Album
and Goodwin, Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the
Ashmolean, Pre-Reform Coinage of the Early Islamic
Period (SICA I) 14-15; A 15); KRMAN = Kirman
67h, 2.82g (SICA 1, 313; A 15), KRMAN(?) 63(?),
with countermark lillah, 3.23g (A 16, unidentified
locality in Kirman). All about very fine, first and
third clipped. (4)
£150-200
8
‘Abd Allah b. Amir (c.41-45h), Silver Drachm,
BYSh = Bishapur 47h, 2.78g (A 6). Clipped, very
fine.
£120-150
9
Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan (45-55h), Silver Drachm
(4), GD = Jayy 30 YE(?), 2.62g, GY = Jayy 52h,
3.28g, BN = Kirman – BN 5xh, 2.75g, ST = Istakhr
54h, 2.51g (A 8). Second with a full flan, the others
clipped, generally very fine. (4)
£180-220
10
‘Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad (55-65h), Silver Drachm
(3), BJRA = Basra (2), 57h, 3.96g, 60h, 4.28g,
DSHT = Dasht-i-Maysan 62h, 2.17g (A 12). First
two extremely fine, the third clipped, about very fine.
(3)
£120-150
11
‘Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, Silver Drachm (3), NY
= Nihawand 57h, 2.51g, YZ = Yazid 62h, 2.46g,
uncertain 60h, 2.78g (A 12). All clipped, about very
fine or better. (3)
£100-120
Yazdigard III type, Silver Drachm, SK = Sistan
20 YE = 31h, 3.59g (Walker Arab Sassanian p.4:10;
Album Checklist 1). Very fine.
£80-100
Yazdigirid III type, Silver Drachm, SK= Sistan
20 YE, 3.90g (A 1). Good very fine, rare.
£200-250
3
Yazdigird III type, Silver Drachm, SK = Sistan,
20 YE (31h), 3.09g (A 1); Khusrow II type, Silver
Drachm (2), DA = Darabjird 43 YE, 3.31g, NY =
Nihawand 29 YE, 2.90g (A 4). First and last clipped
very fine, the second good very fine. (3)
£150-200
4
Khusraw II type, Silver Drachm, YZ = Yazd
47h(?), 3.96g (SICA 1, 482; Album 5). Good very
fine and very rare.
£250-350
5
Khusraw II type, Silver Drachm, SK = Sijistan
date illegible (c.100-130h), 3.57g (A 78); Eastern
Sistan, Khalil, Silver Drachm, (SK = Sijistan),
undated, 3.24g (A 84). Both very fine, first edge chipped,
the second pierced and rare. (2)
£100-150
12
‘Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, Silver Drachm, KRMAN-NAR = Kirman? 61h, obv portrait bust of Khusraw II right, to
right downwards PIRUJ/PEROZ AUBITALA I-ZIYATAN = “victorious ‘Ubayd Allah bin Ziyad”, 2.71g (Walker,
Arab Sasanian, p.66:I.32, the first time of publication). Edge expertly shaved, otherwise well-centered, good very fine,
of the highest rarity and the greatest historical importance.
£8000-10,000
This is perhaps the earliest Islamic commemorative coin. It appears to be the only occasion where the word piruj/peroz is seen on an
example of ‘Ubayd Allah’s otherwise abundant coinage, most of which was struck in Basra where he served as governor of Iraq for the
Caliph Yazid I b. Mu’awiya. The accession of Yazid I caused strong divisions within the early Muslim community. Several very important
leaders refused to give him their allegiance, the most significant of whom were the Prophet’s grandson al-Husayn bin ‘Ali and ‘Abd Allah
al-Zubayr, later to be the counter-caliph. Although al-Husayn was advised to remain in Makka he set out to lead his followers in Iraq.
Yazid responded by ordering ‘Ubayd Allah, his governor of Iraq, to deal firmly with the anticipated arrival of al-Husayn. This challenge
resulted in the tragedy of Kerbala on the 10th of Muharram 61h, when al-Husayn and most of his followers met a bloody end, thus sealing
the division between Sunni and Shi’a Islam, which lasts until this day.
Kirman-Nar is usually read as Narmashir, a small and insignificant town south of Bamm in eastern Iran. Some have questioned the
reading of this mint because more plausible alternatives could be deduced from the Pahlawi script. Album suggests that the suffix could
be read as WAR, which in his opinion and that of this cataloguer could locate the mint in the important town of Bardasir, which was then
capital of the province.
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‘Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, Silver Drachm (3), GD
= Jayy 66h, 3.02g, ST= Istakhr 61h (2), 4.11g,
3.43g (A 12). First clipped, all very fine or better.
(3)
£120-150
14
‘Umar b. ‘Ubayd Allah, Silver Drachm, BJRA =
Basra 66?h, 3.65g (A 21). Silver plated copper, possibly
a contemporary copy, very fine and rare.
£100-120
15
‘Abd Allah b. Zubayr (60-73h), Silver Drachm
(3), ART = Ardashir Khurra 66h, 2.41g, ST =
Istakhr (2), 66h, 3.66g, 6xh, 3.16g (A 16). First
clipped, all about very fine or better. (3)
£120-150
16
Salm b. Ziyad (c.61-67h), Silver Drachm, HRA =
Harat 67h, 4.08g (Walker p.77:121; SICA 1, 307;
Album 18). Good very fine, rare.
£100-150
17
‘Abd Allah b. Khazim (62-72h), Silver Drachm,
MRW = Marw 65h, 3.63g (A 19); ‘Umar b. Ubayd
Allah (67-70h), Silver Drachm (2), BYSH =
Bishapur 67h, 3.99g, ST = Istakhr 69h, 3.36g (A
21); al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra (75-79h), Silver
Drachm, ART = Ardashir Khurra 76h, 3,45g (A
31); al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf (75-95h), Silver Drachm
TART = Tawwaj 78h, 3.49g (A 35.1). Very fine,
extremely fine, about very fine, very fine and about
fine respectively. (5)
£200-250
18
‘Abd Allah b. Khazim, Silver Drachm, MRW =
Marw 66h, 3.05g (Walker p.91:170; A 19). Crude,
very fine and rare.
£80-100
19
‘Abd Allah b. Khazim, Silver Drachm, MRW =
Marw 69h, 2.96g (Walker p.95: 183; A 19). Good
very fine.
£150-200
20
Talha b. ‘Abdallah (c.64-66h), Silver Drachm,
SK = Sijistan 64h, 3.94g (Walker p.95:191). Very
fine, rare.
£100-150
21
Talha b. ‘Abdallah, Silver Drachm, SK =
Sijistan 66h, 3.32g (Walker p.96:Mart 1; A 26).
Encrustation, very fine and rare.
£80-100
22
‘Abd al-Malik (65-86h), Silver Drachm, DA =
Darabjird 60h = 72h, 4.16g (Walker p.28: C3;
A 32). Extremely fine.
£200-250
23
‘Abd al-‘Aziz b. ‘Abd Allah (c.66-71h), Silver
Drachm, SK = Sijistan 66h, 3.21g (Walker p.96:Cam.7;
A 25). Edge chipped, very fine and rare.
£80-100
24
Qatari b. Fuja’a (c.69-79h), Silver Drachm,
YZ = Yazid 75h (A 33). Some deposit, very fine,
rare.
£3000-3500
25
‘Attiya b. al-Aswad (c.71-76h), Silver Drachm,
KRMAN-BN 72h, 3.35g (Walker -; A 28, possibly
the mint of Bamm). About very fine and very
rare.
£100-150
26
Khald b. ‘Abd Allah (73-75h), Silver Drachm,
BJRA = Basra 73h, 2.56g (A 24). Clipped, very fine
and rare.
£200-250
27
‘Abd Allah b. Umayya (c.75-77h), Silver Drachm,
SK = Sijistan 75h, 3.55g (Walker -; SICA 1 -; A 30).
Very fine and very rare.
£150-200
28
‘Abd Allah b. Umayya, Silver Drachm, SK =
Sistan 75h, 3.22g (A 30). Corroded, jagged edge,
surface erosion in places on both sides and faint
traces of copper, suggesting a plated coin (possibly a
contemporary imitation), otherwise about very fine
and very rare.
£220-280
29
Farukhzad (c.75-79h), Æ Pashiz/Fals (2), ART
= Ardashir Khurra undated, 0.94g and 0.93g
(Gyselen Arab Sassanian Copper type 2; A. 91).
Both good very fine and rare. (2)
£120-150
30
Farukhzad, Æ Pashiz/Fals (2), ART = Ardashir
Khurra undated, 0.73 and 0.71g (Gyselen type 2;
A. 91). Both good very fine and rare. (2)
£120-150
31
Farukhzad, Æ Pashiz/Fals (3), ART = Ardashir
Khurra undated, 0.66, 0.55 and 0.49g (Gyselen type
2; A. 91). All fine or better and rare. (3)
£150-150
32
‘al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra (c.75-79h), Silver
Drachm, DA = Darabjird 76h, 3.88g (Walker
p.114:227; A 31); ‘Ubayd Allah b. Abi Bakra (7980h), Silver Drachm, SK = Sijistan 79, 4.17g (Walker
p.110:Th14; A 37). First edge chipped, good very fine,
the second extremely fine and rare. (2)
£120-150
33
‘Ubayd Allah b. Abi Bakra (c.79-80), Silver
Drachm, SK= Sistan 79h, 3.60g (Walker p.110: Th
14; A 37). Very fine, rare.
£200-250
34
‘Ubayd Allah b. ‘Abd al-Rahman (fl.83-84h),
Silver Drachm, KRMAN 84h (A B40). Very fine
and very rare.
£4000-5000
35
Eastern Sistan, Halil, Silver Drachm, (SK =
Sijistan), undated, 2.88g (A 86D). About extremely
fine and very rare.
£120-150
36
Eastern Sistan, Silver Drachms (3) (SK = Sijistan),
undated, Muhammad b. Zubayr, 2.39g (A 88),
Tamim b. Sa‘id, 3.05g (A 89), and ‘Abd Allah b.
Sa‘id, 3.28g (A 89A). First pierced, all fine or better,
the first and second very rare. (3)
£120-150
37
Eastern Sistan, Salih Rida, Silver Drachm, (SK =
Sijistan), undated, 2.91g (A 89D). Good very fine
and rare.
£150-200
Arab Tabaristan
‘Alid of Tabaristan
40
Anonymous, Silver Dirham, citing Abbasid
Caliph al-Rashid, no mint, c.180-190h, 1.41g (A 2
1523). Good very fine.
£200-250
41
al-Hasan b. Zayd, Silver Dirham, Jurjan 269h,
4.75g (A 1523). Good very fine.
£200-250
Ispahbad of Tabaristan
38
39
‘Umar b. al-‘Ala (155-164h), Hemidrachm,
TPURSTAN, 124 PYE = 159h, 1.75g (Walker
p.135:263);
Sa‘id
b.
Da‘laj
(160-163h),
Hemidrachm, TPURSTAN, 125 PYE = 160h,
1.94g (Walker p.140:277); Jarir (169-172h),
Hemidrachm, TPURSTAN, 136 PYE = 171h,
1.96g (Walker p.145:289); Sulayman b. Musâ
(c.171-173h), Hemidrachm, TPURSTAN, 136 PYE
= 171h, 1.89g (Walker p.144:B43). Mostly extremely
fine. (4)
£100-120
Sulayman b. Musâ, Hemidrachm (2), TPURSTAN,
137 PYE = 172h, 2.12g, 1.84g (Walker p.144:205);
Muqatil (173-176h), Hemidrachm, TPURSTAN,
139 PYE = 174h, 1.96g (Walker p.149:297); Afzut,
Hemidrachm, TPURSTAN, 130 PYE? = 165h,
1.88g (Walker p.154:301). Mostly extremely fine.
(4)
£80-100
42
Farkhan (711-731h), Hemidrachms (2), TPURSTAN
73 and 75 PYE (A 50). Both very fine. (2)
£60-80
43
Hemidrachms (6), Farkhan, Tapurstan 75 PYE,
1.87g (A 50); Khurshid (740-761h) (3), Tapurstan
94 PYE, 1.74g, 104 PYE, 1.82g, and 108 PYE, 2.02g
(A 52); Anonymous (2), Tapurstan AFZWT type,
130 PYE, 1.88g, and 134 PYE, 1.79g (A 73). All
very fine. (6)
£100-120
Arab-Byzantine
44
Umayyad / Arab-Byzantine Coinage, Globular Gold ⅓-Dinar, African mint, 704-714 AD, pillar with bar, 1.38g
(A 121; cf Ber 25). Good very fine, a little off centre, scarce.
£800-1000
ex Caballero de Las Indias, part III, Aureo & Calico Auction, 21-22 October 2009, lot 1398
Umayyad
The First Purely Islamic Gold Coin
45
������������ temp. ‘Abd al-Malik (65-86h), Gold Dinar, no mint, 77h, 4.29g (Walker, p.84:186); A 125).
Anonnymous,
Small scrape in lower obverse field and light graffiti in lower reverse field, otherwise about extremely fine and extremely
rare.
£150,000-180,000
For many collectors in the field of Islamic numismatics the year 77h Dinar is the most desirable coin ever struck, and its acquisition guarantees
the importance of any collection.
46
47
48
46
temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Gold Dinar, no mint, 79h, 4.24g (A 125). Good very fine.
£300-350
47
temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Bizamqubadh 79h, 2.77g (Klat 160, two refs). Cleaned, very fine and very
rare.
£3000-3500
48
temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, al-Basra 79h, 2.58g (Klat 168). About very fine.
£100-120
49
temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, al-Kufa 79h,
2.34.g (Klat 540). Minor graffiti in reverse field,
good very fine and very rare.
£1500-2000
51
temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Nahr Tirà
80h, 2.83g (Klat 638). Cleaned, good very fine and
rare.
£2000-2500
50
temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Marw 79h,
2.53g (Klat 581b). Clipped, very fine, rare. £250-300
52
temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Manadhir
81h, 2.81g (Klat 612). Good very fine, rare.
£500-600
53
temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Ard 82h, 2.59g (Klat 30, same dies). Very fine, edge clipped, of the highest
rarity.
£30,000-40,000
54
55
54
temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, Shaqq al-Taymara 82h, two dots on inner circle, 2.28g (Klat 204.2). Tiny edge
break, horn silver, very fine.
£200-250
55
temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, Silver Dirham, al-Kufa 82h, 2.78g (Klat 543). About uncirculated.
£80-100
56 †
57
58
61
temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, al-Rayy 92h,
2.89g (Klat 401). Extremely fine.
£150-200
62
temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Hamadhan 93h,
2.60g (Klat 670). Slightly clipped, very fine and
rare.
£100-120
63
temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham (2), Sijistan 94h,
2.46g, 95h, 2.59g (Klat 436, 437). Very fine and
extremely fine. (2)
£250-300
64
temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Sarakhs 94h,
2.31g (Klat 454). Very fine, scarce.
£150-200
65
temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Abarshahr 95h,
2.70g (Klat 8). Good very fine, rare.
£500-600
66
temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Abarshahr 95h,
2.90g (Klat 9b) Minor weakness in striking but
extremely fine, scarce.
£350-400
temp. al-Walid I (86-96h), Gold ⅓-Dinar, no mint,
91h, 1.44g.(A.1276) A few scuffs, very fine and very
rare.
£700-900
temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Ramhormuz
90h, 2.90g (Klat 383). Good extremely fine. £100-120
temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham (2), Suq alAhwaz 90h, 2.78g, 91h, 2.84g (Klat 487, 488).
Both extremely fine. (2)
£120-150
59
temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham (2), Mahay 90h,
2.86g, Herat 95h, 2.23g (Klat 556, 658). Good very
fine and very fine. (2)
£120-150
60
temp. al-Walid I, Silver Dirham, Herat 91h, 2.88g
(Klat 654). Extremely fine.
£80-100
67
temp. al-Walid I, Fals (cast fabric, “360 to a
Dirham”), Balkh 93h, 3.44g (Tübingen Sylloge
Numorum Arabicorum Tübingen (SNAT) Balkh
450-454; A A197). Crude, largely illegible, but full
flan and thus very fine.
£200-250
68
al-Walid I / Sulayman, Silver Dirham, Junday
Sabur 96h, 2.89g (Klat 244). About extremely
fine.
£120-150
69
al-Walid I / Sulayman, Silver Dirham, al-Rayy
96h, 2.82g (Klat 405). Extremely fine.
£200-250
70
temp. al Walid I / Sulayman, Silver Dirham,
Sijistan 96h, 2.81g (Klat 438). Extremely
fine.
£200-250
71
temp. al Walid I / Sulayman, Silver Dirham (2),
Nahr Tira 96h, 2.70g, Suq al-Ahwaz 96h, 2.89g (Klat
493). Very fine and good very fine. (2)
£150-200
72
temp. Sulayman (96-99h), Gold Dinar, no mint,
97h, 4.21g (A 130). Extremely fine.
£350-400
73
temp. Sulayman, Silver Dirham, Ardashir Khurra
97h, 2.89g (Klat 41). Good very fine.
£80-100
74
temp. Sulayman, Silver Dirham, al-Taymara 97h,
2.89g (Klat 213). Extremely fine.
£100-120
75
temp. Sulayman, Silver Dirham, Jayy 97h, 2.93g
(Klat 265). Good very fine, rare.
£250-300
76
temp. Sulayman, Silver Dirham, Dastawa 97h,
2.80g (Klat 316). About very fine.
£60-80
77
temp. Sulayman, Silver Dirham, al-Rayy 97h,
2.89g (Klat 406). Extremely fine.
£180-220
78
temp. Sulayman, Silver Dirham, Maysan 97h,
2.85g (Klat 635). Good very fine, very rare. £250-300
79
temp. Sulayman, Silver Dirham (2), Mahay 98h,
2.88g, Herat 97h, 2.86g (Klat 564, 660). Both good
very fine. (2)
£200-250
85
80
temp. Sulayman / ’Umar II, Silver Dirham,
Arminiya 99h, 2.83g (Klat 53). Good very
fine.
£150-200
81
temp. ‘Umar (99-101h), Gold Dinar, no mint,
100h, 4.21g (A 125). Very fine.
£300-350
82
temp. Umar, Silver Dirham, Sijistan 100h, 2.44g
(Klat 442a). About very fine and rare.
£800-1000
83 †
84
temp. Yazid II (101-105h), Gold Dinar, alAndalus 102h, 4.35g (A 134; Ber 44Aa). Very fine,
a scuff to the reverse, rare.
£10,000-12,000
ex Caballero de Las Indias, part III, Aureo & Calico Auction,
21-22 October 2009, lot 1402
86
temp. Yazid II, Silver Dirham, Istakhr 102h,
2.69g (Klat 82). Surface deposits and slightly pitted
on the obverse, about extremely fine.
£100-120
87 †
temp. Yazid II, Silver Dirham, Arminiya 104h,
2.74g (Klat 58). Very fine, rare.
£350-450
temp. ‘Umar / Yazid II, Silver Dirham,
Kirman 101h, 2.92g (Klat 532). Lightly toned,
uncirculated.
£120-150
88
temp. Yazid II / Hisham, Gold Dinar, no mint,
105h, 4.17g (A 125). Minor abrasion marks across
obverse legend, otherwise good very fine, a very rare
date.
£2500-3000
temp. ‘Umar / Yazid II, Silver Dirham, al-Kufa
101h, 2.88g (Klat 545). Good extremely fine. £100-120
89
temp. Hisham (105-125h), Gold Dinar, no mint,
111h, 4.31g (A 136). Good very fine.
£250-300
90
91
92
93
94
temp. Hisham, Gold Dinar, no mint, 114h, 4.26g
(A 136). Extremely fine.
£300-350
97
temp. Hisham, Silver Dirham, al-Bab 119h, 2.76g
(Klat 146). Nearly extremely fine and rare. £250-300
98
temp. Hisham, Silver Dirham, al-Bab 124h, 2.21g
(Klat 151). Good fine, rare.
£1000-1500
99
temp. Hisham, Fals (2), (Balkh?) (119h?), 2.60g
and Balkh 120h, 3.64g (A 197). Both about fine and
rare to very rare. (2)
£80-100
100
temp. Hisham, Fals, Zaranj 117h, 3.18g (A 206).
About fine and very rare.
£80-100
101
temp. Hisham, Fals, Balkh 119h, 2.99g (SNAT
Balkh 472; A. A197). About fine, very rare. £120-150
102
temp. Walid II (125-126h), Silver Dirham, alJazira 126h, 2.79g (Klat 222). Good very fine and
very rare.
£6000-8000
temp. Hisham, Gold Dinar, no mint, 116h, 3.64g
(A 136). Good very fine.
£250-300
temp. Hisham, Silver Dirham, Ifriqiya 111h, 2.57g
(Klat 98b). Slightly clipped, otherwise about very
fine.
£120-150
temp. Hisham, Silver Dirham, Ifriqiya 112h,
2.90g (Klat 99). Hairline scratches in obverse field,
otherwise good very fine.
£150-200
temp. Hisham, Silver Dirham, Ifriqiya 114h, 2.70g
(Klat 101). Very fine.
£150-200
95
temp. Hisham, Silver Dirham, Balkh 115h, 2.63g
(Klat 180). About very fine.
£120-150
96
temp. Hisham, Silver Dirham, al-Andalus 119h,
2.71g (Klat 132). Slightly clipped, otherwise very
fine.
£250-300
Late Umayyad Revolutionary
103
104
108
al-Kirman b. ‘Ali, Fals, Marw 128h, 2.66g
(Wurtzel, Coinage of the Revolutionaries in the Late
Umayyad Period -; A -). About fine and extremely
rare.
£250-350
109
‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar(?), Fals, no mint, 128h,
2.97g (A -). About fine, extremely rare. £250-350
110
‘Abd Allah (b. ‘Umar), Fals, no mint 12(8)h,
3.28g; (‘Abd Allah) b. ‘Umar, Fals, no mint 128h,
2.82g (Wurtzel -); (‘Imran) b. Isma‘il, Fals (60
per Dirham), (Sijistan) 13(6)h, 2.85g (Lowick
808); (Sulayman) (b. ‘Abd Allah), Fals, (Sijistan)
c.138-140h, 2.41g (A C.209). All about fine and
rare. (4)
£120-150
111
(abu-Muslim - 130-136h), Fals, Sijistan 131h,
3.09g (Wurtzel -). About fine and extremely
rare.
£250-350
112
Anonymous, Fals (2), Sijistan 132h, 2.48g, 3.50g
(Wurtzel -). Both fine and very rare. (2)
£150-200
113
Sulayman b. ‘Abd Allah, Fals, mint illegible,
139h, 5.35g (Wurtzel -; A C209). Good and very
rare.
£100-150
temp. Ibrahim / Marwan II, Gold Dinar, no mint,
127h, 4.23g (A T140). Light hairline scratches in
reverse field, otherwise good very fine and very
rare.
£12,000-15,000
temp. Marwan II (127-132h), Silver Dirham,
al-Kufa 128h, 2.86g (Klat 548.b). About very
fine.
£80-120
105
temp. Marwan II, Silver Dirham, al-Jazira 129h,
2.66g (A 142; Klat 225). Very fine, scratches to
reverse.
£120-150
106
Anonymous, Copper Fals, Iliya, undated, 3.65g
(A 179). Very fine, scarce.
£100-120
107
Anonymous, Post Reform, Copper Fals, Tabariya,
no date, 2.77g (A 188). Full clean strike, good very
fine.
£100-120
Abbasid Revolutionary
114
‘Imran b. Isma‘il (c.136h), Fals, (“60 per
Dirham”), (Sijistan 136h), 2.97g, poor; name
illegible, but said to be Sulayman b. ‘Abd
Allah (al-Kindi) (138-140h), Fals, (Sijistan c.138140h), 2.86g (A 209), about good; Saffarid Second
Dynasty, Ahmad b. Muhammad (311-352h),
Fals, Sijistan 341h, 1.86g (A 1413A), about very
fine, first and second rare. (3)
£120-150
119
temp. al-Saffah, Silver Dirham, Nahr Tira 134h,
2.87g (A 211). Very fine, extremely rare.
£800-1000
120
temp. al-Saffah, Silver Dirham, Ramhormuz
135h, 2.70g (A 211, date not recorded by Album in
his checklist). Very fine, extremely rare.
£500-600
121
temp. al-Mansur (136-158h), Gold Dinar, no
mint, 140h, 4.22g (A 212). About extremely
fine.
£220-260
122
temp. al-Mansur, Gold Dinar, no mint, 142h,
4.22g (A 212). Minor hairline graffiti in lower
obverse field, otherwise extremely fine, a scarce
date.
£300-350
123
temp. al-Mansur, Gold Dinar, no mint, 147h,
4.16g (A 212). Extremely fine.
£250-300
124
temp. al-Mansur, Gold Dinar, no mint, 148h,
4.22g (A 212). About extremely fine.
£220-260
125
temp. al-Mansur, Gold Dinar (2), no mint, 149h,
4.17g, 158h, 3.74g (A 212). First with a scratch in
the field both sides, good very fine, the second clipped
about very fine. (2)
£350-400
Abbasid
115
116
117
118
temp. al-Saffah (132-136h), Gold Dinar, no mint,
133h, 3.96g (A 210). Fine style, slightly clipped,
otherwise good very fine, scarce.
£250-300
temp. al-Saffah, Silver Dirham, Dimashq
132h, 2.85g (A 211). Good very fine and very
rare.
£2000-2500
temp. al-Saffah, Silver Dirham, Ardashir Khurra
134h, 2.83g (A 211). Good very fine.
£120-150
temp. al-Saffah, Silver Dirham, Manadhir 134h,
2.83g (A 211). Good very fine and extremely
rare.
£800-1000
126
127
128
129
130
temp. al-Mansur, Gold Dinar, no mint, 155h, 4.21g
(A 212). Lustrous good extremely fine.
£250-300
133
temp. al-Mansur, Silver Dirham, Arminiya 144h,
2.81g (A 213.1). Very fine.
£80-100
134
temp. al-Mansur, Silver Dirham, Ardashir Khurra
146h, 2.95g (A 213). Extremely fine, rare. £250-300
135
temp. al-Mansur, Silver Dirham, Madinat alSalam 146h, 2.77g (A 213.1). Small edge clip, good
very fine, rare.
£300-350
136
temp. al-Mansur, Silver Dirham, Arran 152h,
2.85g (A 213). Good very fine, rare.
£200-250
137
al-Mahdi as heir, Fals, (Sijistan 147h, but
illegible), 7.32g, 7.83g, 6.25g (Lowick Abbasid
809; A 335). All good. (3)
£80-100
138
al-Mahdi as heir, Fals, Sijistan 151h, 6.10g
(Lowick -; A 335 var). Pierced as a Chinese cash
coin, good fine.
£120-150
139
al-Mahdi as heir, Fals (2), (Sijistan c.151h, but
illegible), 7.24g (Lowick -; A 335) and 6.21g
(A 335 variety). Both pierced, both good and very
rare. (2)
£120-150
temp. al-Mansur, Gold Dinar, no mint, 155h,
4.21g (A 212). Full flan, extremely fine.
£250-300
temp. al-Mansur, Gold Dinar, no mint, 157h,
4.22g (A 212). Extremely fine.
£250-300
temp. al-Mansur, Silver Dirham, Istakhr 138h,
2.82g (A 213). Extremely fine, very rare.
£500-600
temp. al-Mansur, Silver Dirham, Junday Sabur
138h, 2.87g (A 213). Good very fine, rare.
£200-250
131
temp. al-Mansur, Silver Dirham, Marw 139h,
2.76g (A 213). About very fine, rare.
£150-200
132
temp. al-Mansur, Silver Dirham, Nishapur 143h,
2.81g (Lowick 2301; A 213). Good very fine, very
rare.
£500-600
140
al-Mahdi as heir, Fals, Sijistan 155h, 4.66g
(Lowick -; A 335). About fine and rare.
£80-100
141
temp. al-Mahdi (158-169h), Gold Dinar, no mint
(al-Kufa) 163h, rev three pellets in lower field,
4.00g (Bern 52; A 214). Fine distinctive calligraphy,
extremely fine.
£250-300
142
147
al-Mahdi, Silver Dirham, Arminiya 161h, 2.84g;
al-Mu‘tadid, Silver Dirham (2), Madinat al-Salam
282h, 2.86g, and Surra man ra’a 288h, 3.47g; alMuqtadir, Silver Dirham, Arrijan 298h, 3.43g. All
good fine to very fine, the last rare. (4)
£120-150
148
al-Mahdi, Silver Dirham mule, obv al-Mahdi
Dirham of Madinat al-Salam 164h, rev with the
Governor Ibrahim in field centre Ibr // ahim, 2.53g
(A -). Extremely fine and very rare, an unrecorded
issue.
£400-500
149
al-Mahdi, Silver Dirham, Sijistan 166h, 2.83g
(A 215). Good very fine, rare.
£200-250
150
al-Mahdi, Silver Dirham, Qasr al-Salam 168h,
2.91g (A 215.1). About extremely fine.
£120-150
151
al-Mahdi, citing Harun as heir, Silver Dirham,
Harunabad 169h, rev Arminiya, 2.87g (A 217.4).
Surface deposits, very fine.
£100-120
152
‘Ali, Fals, Hirat 168h, 4.25g (Lowick 792; A 323).
Fine and rare.
£120-150
al-Mahdi, Gold Dinar, no mint, 165h, 4.06g
(A 214). Small crescent stamp in reverse field, good
very fine.
£250-300
143
al-Mahdi, Gold Dinar, no mint, 166h, 4.24g
(A 214). Good very fine.
£250-300
144
al-Mahdi, Gold Dinar, no mint, 167h, 4.22g
(A 214). Weakly struck in parts, otherwise good very
fine.
£220-260
145
al-Mahdi, Gold Dinar, no mint, 168h, 4.17g
(A 214). About extremely fine.
£250-300
146
al-Mahdi, Silver Dirham, al-Basra 160h, rev
Muhammad written vertically in the field, 2.60g
(Lowick 1027; A 215, see footnote125). Good very
fine, very rare.
£350-400
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
temp. Harun al-Rashid, Gold Dinar, no mint
(Madinat al-Salam), 185h, citing al-Amin as
heir, 4.09g (A 218.3). Edge knock, otherwise very
fine.
£180-220
160
temp. al-Rashid, Gold Dinar, [Misr] 186h, citing
Jafar (A 218.1; Ber 69). Fine.
£180-220
161
temp. al-Rashid, Gold Dinar, [Misr] 186h, citing
Jafar (A 218.1; Ber 69). Lacquered, fine.
£100-120
162
temp. Harun al-Rashid, Gold Dinar, no mint
(Madinat al-Salam) 189h, rev letter “H” in field
for Harun, 4.16g (Bernardi 71; A 218.4). Rough
surfaces, very fine.
£180-220
163
Harun al-Rashid, Gold Dinar, no mint (Misr)
190h, Li’l Khalifa, 4.20g (A 218.13). Extremely
fine.
£300-350
164
Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, Madinat alSalam 170h, rev Caliph’s names and titles within
a second marginal legend, 2.81g (A 219.6a). Good
very fine, rare.
£150-200
165
Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham (4), Sijistan
170h, 2.86g, 172h, 2.74g, 174h, 2.63g, 175h, 3.11g,
Caliph as al-Khalifa Harun (A 219.4). Generally
very fine, Year 174h better. (4)
£200-250
al-Hadi (169-170h), Silver Dirham, Haruniya,
169h, with al-Rashid as heir, 2.59g (A 217.5).
Small edge clip, good very fine, rare.
£150-200
temp. Harun al-Rashid (170-193h), Gold Dinar,
no mint 171h, obv name of the Caliph Harun as
amir al-Mu’minin in field, 3.98g (Bernardi 58b; A
218.1). Fine, rare.
£2000-3000
Harun al-Rashid, Gold Dinar, no mint (Misr)
173h, Governor ‘Umar, 4.21g (A 218.8). Full flan,
very fine.
£220-260
Harun al-Rashid, Gold Dinar, no mint (Misr)
180h, Governor Ja’far, 4.21g (A 218.11). Good very
fine.
£250-300
Harun al-Rashid, Gold Dinar, no mint (Misr)
183h, Governor Ja’far, 4.11g (A 218.11). Very
fine.
£180-220
Harun al-Rashid, Gold Dinar, no mint (Misr)
184h, Governor Ja’far, 4.22g (A 218.11). Good very
fine.
£250-300
166
temp. Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, alMuhammadiya 180h, citing al-Amin, the
Governor Muh’d b. Yahya and Ja’far, 2.91g
(Lowick 1736, one reference; A 219.91). Good very
fine, rare.
£120-150
167
Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, Misr 181h,
citing al-Amin and the vizier al-Ja’far ibn Yahya
al-Barmaki, 2.68g (Lowick 503; A 219.9). Good
very fine, rare.
£250-300
168
Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, Arran 183h,
citing al-Amin as heir, rev Goverbor Asad b.
Yazid, 2.90g (A 219.7). Good very fine.
£120-150
170
Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, Mad. Abarshahr
192h, 2.94g (A 219.2a). Good very fine and
rare.
£100-120
171
Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, Ma’din
Bajunays 192h, citing ‘Umm Ja’far and al-Amin
as heir, 2.79g (A 219.9; Lowick 909). Very fine,
rare.
£300-350
172
temp. Harun al-Rashid, Fals, Madinat Balkh
182h, 4.04g (Lowick 783; SNAT Balkh 488-491).
Good fine and rare.
£80-100
173
temp. Harun al-Rashid, Fals, Madinat Balkh
182h, 3.01g (Lowick 783; SNAT Balkh 488-491).
Good fine and rare.
£80-100
174
temp. Harun al-Rashid, Fals, Balkh 187h, 2.41g
(Lowick 784; A 319 var); ‘Isa, Balkh 187h, 3.82g
(Lowick 784; SNAT Balkh 511-513). First fine, the
second very fine, both rare. (2)
£120-150
169
Harun al-Rashid, Silver Dirham, San’a’ 191h,
1.13g (A 1048.2; Lowick 552). About very fine,
rare.
£300-350
175
Zubayda, wife of Rashid, Silver Dirham, Jazirat al-Raghistan 183h, rev field amr al-sayyida/umm wali al-‘ahd/
abaqa allah/ghaya (“by command of the lady, mother of the heir apparent, may God preserve her, so be it”), 2.54g.
Good very fine and extremely rare.
£4000-5000
This Dirham was struck by order of Zubayda bint Abi Ja’far b. al-Mansur, wife of Harun al-Rashid and mother of Muhammad al-Amin, at a
palace compound probably on an island near Baghdad. It is, in all likelihood, the earliest coin struck by authority of a woman in the history
of Islam. The issuance of this coin is directly connected to the matter of the caliphal succession. In 175h al-Rashid designated his second, but
purely Hashimid, son Muhammad al-Amin as his heir. In the succeeding years it became clear that his eldest, but slave-born son, ‘Abdallah
al-Ma’mun, was better suited to rule than his younger brother. In 183h al-Rashid therefore designated al-Ma’mun as the second heir to the
throne. While Zubayda had been a kindly stepmother to al-Ma’mun, her over-arching ambition was to see that al-Amin, the only heir to her
body, became caliph after al-Rashid’s death. One can easily imagine that this imperious and powerful lady determined to make her position
unmistakably clear by issuing this coin as a sharp reminder that she was the mother of the heir.
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
Yazid, Fals, Sijistan 178h, 2.77g (Lowick 811;
A 335). About fine and rare.
£80-100
183
al-Ma’mun, Silver Dirham, Madinat Zaranj 199h,
with Muhammad b. al-ashlas, 2.89g (Lowick
2483; A 223.4). Good very fine, rare.
£350-400
184
al-Ma’mun, Silver Dirham, al-Kufa 204h, 2.84g
(A 223.5). Good very fine, rare.
£120-150
185
temp. al-Ma’mun, Silver Dirham, Reform type,
al-Kufa 208h, obv double outer margin, 2.76g
(unrecorded by Lowick and Album). About very
fine and extremely rare.
£600-800
186
al-Ma’mun, Silver Dirham, Samarqand 217h,
3.00g (Lowick 2721). Extremely fine.
£120-150
187
al-Ma’mun, Silver Dirham, Marw 217h, 2.88g
(A 223.6). A soft strike, very fine, rare.
£100-120
188
al-Ma’mun, Silver Dirham, Bukhara 196h, 2.76g
(A 223.4). Good very fine, rare.
£120-150
al-Ma’mun, Silver Dirham, Jund Dimashq
200h, rev ‘umara/Muhammad rasu/allahli’l-khalifa/
alimamal-ma’mun/binhumayd?, 2.17g (Lowick 627).
Pierced, otherwise about fine and extremely rare, only
one example recorded by Lowick.
£500-600
al-Ma’mun, Silver Dirham, Misr 199h, obv
Governor al-Mutallib, 2.81g (A 223.2). Extremely
fine and, extremely rare.
£600-800
As Miles states in his note on the Dirham of Muhammad b.
Bayhas, Dimashq 198h, “The numismatic record …. is valuable
elaboration of the somewhat vague accounts in the chronicles
…. about Damascus at the turn of the (3rd) century hijri”. Miles
was speaking about the series of Dirhams struck by Ibn-Bayhas
in Damascus between 198h and 209h. Jund was the title given to
a military district. It would appear that for a time during the year
200h, while Ibn-Bayhas held the city of Damascus, his power was
being challenged elsewhere by the otherwise unknown ‘Umara.
The name ‘Umara is clear on this coin, but it appears to be missing
or illegible on Lowick’s piece and the name of his father cannot be
read on either coin with any degree of certainty.
al-Amin, Silver Dirham, Ma’din Bajunays 194h,
with Governor Da’ud, 2.37g (A 221.3b). Small edge
chip, otherwise extremely fine, rare.
£350-400
al-Ma’mun (194-218h), Gold Dinar, Madinat alSalam 198h, obv mintname in lower line of field,
rev lillah/-/Dhu’l-Riyasatayn, 394g (A 222.2).
Fine, rare.
£1200-1500
al-Ma’mun, Gold Dinar, no mint (Misr) 198h,
al-Mutallib, 4.18g (A 222.4). About extremely
fine.
£250-300
al-Ma’mun, Gold Dinar, Misr 201h, Sulayman,
3.92g (A 222.6). Slightly clipped, very fine and
rare.
£250-300
189
‘Amr b. Mas‘ada, Fals, Suq al-Ahwaz 210h, 3.28g
(Lowick 689; A 336). Fine and rare.
£120-150
192
al-Mu’tasim, Silver Dirham, Isfahan 211h (sic),
2.71g (A 226). Crude strike, good very fine.
£120-150
190
al-Mu’tasim (218-227h), Gold Dinar, Misr 225h,
4.05g (Bern 151 De; A 225). Weak in parts, about
very fine.
£180-220
193
al-Mu’tasim, Silver Dirham, Madinat al-Salam
220h, 2.92g (A 226). Good very fine.
£120-150
191
al-Mu’tasim, Gold Dinar, Dimashq 225h, 4.08g
(Bernardi 151 Ge, three references). Very fine and
rare.
£1200-1500
195
al-Mutawakkil, Gold Donative-style Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 246h, 4.25g (A 229m). Slightly crimped and light
surface hairlines, otherwise good very fine and very rare.
£6000-8000
196
al-Mutawakkil, Silver Dirham (3), Marw 232h, 2.87g, Fars 242h, 3.01g, Isfahan 247h, 2.86g (A 230.1, 230.3,
230.4). First fine, the others very fine. (3)
£200-250
194 † al-Mutawakkil (232-247h), Gold Dinar, Arminiya
246h, 4.21g (Bernardi 158 Kb, two references).
Some scratches in the fields, otherwise very fine and
very rare.
£3000-3500
197
al-Mutawakkil, Silver Dirham, Madinat Mah
al-Kufa 237h, 2.91g (A -). A little weakness in
part, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare, an
unrecorded mint for this caliph.
£500-600
203 † al-Mu’tamid, Gold Dinar, San’a’ 259h, 4.11g
(Bern 172El; A 1055). Slightly clipped, good very
fine.
£300-350
204
al-Mu’tamid, Gold Dinar, San’a’ 259h, 2.64g
(Bikhazi 48). About very fine.
£60-80
198 † al-Musta’in, Gold Dinar, Misr 249h, 4.18g (A 233.2).
Very fine.
£150-200
199
al-Mu’tazz (251-255h), Gold Dinar, Surra man
Ra’a 252h, 4.05g (Bern162Jc; A 235.1). Slightly
crimped, about very fine, a scarce date.
£180-220
200
al-Mu’tazz, Gold Dinar, al-Shash 253h, 3.72g
(Bern 162Qf; A 235). Very fine.
£220-260
201
al-Mu’tazz, Silver Dirham, Dimashq 253h, 3.00g
(A236). Very fine, rare.
£150-200
202 † al-Mu’tamid (256-279h), Gold Dinar, Wasit
258h, with Ja’far as heir, 4.06g (Bern 173Jm, two
examples recorded; A 239.1). Good very fine,
rare.
£600-800
205 † al-Mu’tamid, Gold Dinar, Surra man Ra’a 262h,
al-Mufawwid as heir, 3.65g (Bern 175Jc; A 293a).
Good very fine.
£400-450
206
al-Mu’tamid, Gold Dinar, al-Rafiqa 263h, citing
al-Mufawwid, 3.69g (Bern 175Hn, two recorded;
A 293.2). Part of edge slightly ragged, otherwise
good very fine, very rare.
£500-600
207
al-Mu’tamid, Gold Dinar, al-Basra 271h, citing
al-Muffawaq al nasir li din Allah, 3.37g (A 239.6;
Ber 179Je). Good very fine, scarce
£300-400
208
al-Mu’tamid, Gold Dinar, al-Ahwaz 270h, citing
al-Muffawaq al nasir li din Allah (A 239.6; Ber
179Je). Good very fine, scarce.
£300-400
209
al-Mu’tamid, Gold Dinar, Hamadhan 277h,
4.28g (Bernardi -, an unrecorded mint for this
ruler; A 239.7). Slight edge weakness, good very
fine and very rare.
£1800-2200
215 † al-Mu’tadid, Silver Dirham, San’a’ 280h, 2.83g
(A 1056b). Twice pierced, otherwise good very fine,
extremely rare.
£600-800
216
al-Muqtafi (289-295h), Gold Dinar, Misr 293h
(A 243.1; Ber 226De). Slightly crimped, some graffiti,
otherwise very fine.
£500-800
217
al-Muktafi, Silver Dirham (2), al-Rabba 292h,
2.93g, Ras al-‘Ayn 292h, 2.33g (A244.1); alMuqtadir (295-320h), Silver Dirham (4), al-Basra
(2) 301h, 4.01g, 307h, 3.45g, Shiraz 303h, 2.75g,
Nisbin 308h, 2.28g (A 246.2). First fine, the others
better than very fine. (6)
£280-320
218
al-Muqtadir (295-320h), Gold Dinar, Mah alKufa 301h (A 245.2; Bern 242 Mr). Some deposit,
good very fine.
£800-1000
210 † al-Mu’tamid, Silver Donative-style Dirham, alDinawar (= Mah al Basra), 2.89g (Ilisch -; A 240
for type). Good very fine, very rare.
£800-1000
211
al-Mu’tamid, Silver Dirham (2), Hims 260h,
2.88g, 270h, 2,97g (A 240). Both about very fine,
rare. (2)
£300-350
212
al-Mu’tadid (279-289h), Gold Donative-style
Dinar, no mint, 282h, 2.21g (Bern 210; A 241A).
Good very fine and very rare.
£2000-2500
213
al-Mu’tadid, Gold Dinar, San’a’ 283h, 2.88g
(Bern 211El; A 1056). Good very fine.
£250-300
214
al-Mu’tadid, Gold Donative-style Dinar, no
mint, 286h, 2.22g (Bernardi 209; A 241A). Very
fine and very rare.
£1500-1800
219
225
al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, al-Muhammadiya
312h, 2.87g (Bern 242Mh; A 245.2). Small flan,
very fine.
£220-260
226
al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, Hamadhan 313h,
2.62g (Bern 242Mu; A 245.2). Full broad flan, wellcentred, good very fine, rare.
£300-350
227
al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, Qumm 313h, 4.47g
(Bern 242Mn; A 245.2). Struck slightly off-centre,
good very fine, rare.
£300-350
al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, Madinat al-Salam
301h, 3.78g (A 245.2; Bern 242 Jh, this date not
recorded). Crimped with flan crack, otherwise
extremely fine, very rare.
£450-500
220 † al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, Madinat al-Salam
307h, 4.29g (A 245). Very fine.
£120-150
221
al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, Suq al-Ahwaz 308h,
3.82g (Bern 242Nf; A 245.2). Full broad flan, good
very fine.
£220-260
222
al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, al-Karaj 308h, 4.35g
(Bern 242Jf; A 245.2). Good very fine.
£350-400
228 † al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, Suq min al-Ahwaz
314h, 4.26g (A 245). About extremely fine.
£150-180
223 † al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, Suq min al-Ahwaz
309h, 4.95g (A 245). About extremely fine, weak
areas.
£150-180
229 † al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, Suq min al-Ahwaz
315h, 4.75g (A 245). Good very fine.
£120-150
224 † al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinars (2), Madinat al-Salam
312h, 3.89g, 316h, 3.71g (A 245). About very fine
and very fine, light scratches. (2)
£200-300
230 † al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, al-Ahwaz 315h, 3.92g
(A 245). Good very fine.
£120-150
231 † al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinars (2), Suq min al-Ahwaz
316h, 4.28g, 317h, 3.25g (A 245). Both good very
fine. (2)
£200-300
232 † al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinars (2), Tustar min alAhwaz 316h, 3.67g, 319h, 3.41g (A 245). Both
about extremely fine. (2)
£200-300
233 † al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, al-Kharaj 317h, 4.65g
(A 245). Very fine, a scarce mint.
£120-150
234
al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, al-Karaj 318h, 2.97g
(Bern 242Jf; A 245.2). Flan crack, outer legends weak
in parts, otherwise good very fine, rare.
£300-350
235
al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, Qumm 318h, 3.08g
(Bern 242Mn; A 245.2). Small flan, weak outer legend
in parts, otherwise very fine, rare.
£250-300
237
al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, Mah al-Kufa 318h,
3.05g (Bern 242Mr; A 245.2). Unevenly struck, very
fine, rare.
£250-300
238
al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, al-Ahwaz 319h, 4.07g
(Bern 242Nd; A 245.2). Full broad flan, extremely
fine.
£220-260
239 † al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, Suq min al-Ahwaz
319h, 4.19g (A 245). A little double struck, good very
fine.
£120-150
240
241 † al-Muqtadir, Silver Dirham, Makka 297h, 2.74g
(A 246.1). Weakly struck in centre but good very fine
for issue, very rare.
£2500-3000
242
236 † al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, al-Ahwaz 318h, 4.37g
(A 245). Good very fine.
£120-150
al-Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, Tustar min al-Ahwaz
320h, vizier ‘Amid al-dawla, 2.95g (Bern 242Ne;
A 248). Full broad flan, extremely fine.
£220-260
al-Muqtadir, Silver Dirham, Wasit 304h,
2.91g (A 246.2). Small edge split, extremely fine,
attractively toned.
£60-80
243
244
249
al-Qahir, Gold Dinar, Hamadhan 321h, 1.99g
(Bern 277Mu; A 250.2). Flat in parts, good very
fine, rare.
£250-300
250
al-Qahir, Gold Dinar, Hamadhan 321h, 3.89g
(Bernardi 277Mn; A 250.2). Weakly struck in parts,
about extremely fine.
£300-350
al-Muqtadir, Silver Dirhams (7), Nisibin 305h,
3.49g, Dimashq 309h, 2.5g, Ra’s al-‘Ayn 309h(?),
3.10g, Dimashq 312h, 3.49g, and 31(6?)h, 2.78g,
Tarsus, date off flan, 3.15g, and Tarsus(?) 304h(?),
2.79g. All about fine or better. (7)
£150-200
al-Muqtadir, Silver Dirham, Tabariya 308h,
2.51g. Fine and extremely rare.
£250-300
251 † al-Qahir, Gold Dinar, Hamadhan 322h, with
heir Abu’l Qasim, 6.43g (A 250.1). Appealing very
fine.
£200-250
245
al-Muqtadir, Silver Donative-style Dirham,
Madinat al-Salam 310h, 2.92g (Ilisch D1 21; A 255).
Extremely fine and very rare.
£700-800
246
al-Muqtadir, Silver Dirham, Mah al-Kufa 317h,
with the name of the heir Abu’l-‘Abbas, 4.04g;
Umayyad, temp. Marwan II (AH 127-132), Silver
Dirham, al-Samiya, AH131, 2.93g (Klat 431).
First about very fine and rare, the second very fine,
scarce. (2)
£60-80
247
248
al-Qahir (320-322h), Gold Dinar, al-Ahwaz 321h,
3.69g (A 250.1; Bern 275Nd). A little deposit, nearly
extremely fine.
£300-400
al-Qahir, Gold Dinar, Mah al-Basra 321h, 4.37g
(Bern 277Mq; A 250.2). Good very fine and
scarce.
£250-300
252 † al-Qahir, Gold Dinar, Suq min al-Ahwaz, 322h,
with heir Abu’l Qasim, 6.05g (A 250.1). Peripheral
weakness, very fine.
£180-220
253
al-Radi (322-329h), Gold Dinar, Misr 323h, 4.40g
(A 254.1; Bern 285 De). Very fine.
£200-300
254
al-Radi, Gold Dinar, Suq al-Ahwaz 323h, 4.56g
(A 254.1). Fine.
£120-150
255 † al-Radi, Gold Dinar, Mah al-Basra 326h, 3.41g
(A 254.1; Bern 285 Mq). Good very fine and very
rare.
£600-800
260
al-Nasir, with heir, Gold Dinar, Madinat alSalam 621h, 4.04g (A 268). Very fine.
£250-300
al-Radi, Gold Dinar, Hamadan 328h, 3.57g
(A 254.1). Weakly struck as usual, otherwise good
very fine.
£120-150
261
al-Nasir, Gold Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 617h,
6.41g (A 268). Good very fine.
£300-350
262
al-Musta’sim (640-656h), Gold Dinar, Madinat
al-Salam, 641h, 4.41g (A 275). Very slight crimping,
extremely fine.
£350-400
263
al-Musta’sim, Gold Dinar, Madinat al-Salam
642h, 5.18g (A 275). Extremely fine.
£350-400
264
Fals (8), al-Mahdi as heir, Da‘ud b. Karar, (Hirat)
(147h), 1.42g (Lowick 789), al-Mahdi as heir,
(Sijistan) (147h), 6.16g (Lowick 809), Balkh 1(49)h,
3.04g (Lowick 777), (Sijistan) (c.151h), 5.47g (A
335) and mint illegible, 15xh, 5.16g; Muhammad
b. Barmak, Istakhr 18(2)h, 2.50g (Lowick 730);
name effaced, Sijistan 194h, 2.95g (Lowick 814);
Talha b. Dhu’l-Yamanayn, Bukhara date unclear
(c.209-217h), 1.53g (Lowick 834-5). All about fine
or better and rare. (8)
£200-300
256
257 † al-Muttaqi (329-333h), Gold Donative Double
Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 329h, citing Abu
Mansur, 8.69g (A -; cf A 256 for type). About
extremely fine, small scuffs, rare.
£7000-9000
258
259
al-Muttaqi, Gold Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 329h,
citing Abu’l Husayn Bajkam, 4.06g (A A258;
Bern 309Jh). About very fine, minor scuffing,
rare.
£400-600
al-Nasir, with heir (575-622h), Gold Dinar,
Madinat al-Salam 620h, 6.69g (A 268). Slightly
crimped and softly struck in parts, otherwise good
very fine.
£250-300
265 † A Hoard of Abbasid and Tribal Copper Fulus (approx 346), from the Region of al-Bahrayn, struck in the middle
of the 2nd Century of the Hijra era, of a fabric and style unlike any other contemporary copper from Syria, Iraq
or Iran; the hoard comprises three principal types: first were the official issues of local Abbasid governors at
a time when the central government was trying to exert control over the region, the second bear governors’
names and dates with the inscription li-ahl al-Bahrayn, “for the people of al-Bahrayn”, which is also found on
Fulus from the mint of al-Basra dated 144 AH, the third type was struck on irregularly cut, wafer-thin flans
bearing various signs and words on one face and usually Muhammad rasul Allah on the other; rather than
having any religious or political significance these signs appear to identify ownership of an animal or object,
similar to a tribal personal brand (wasm plural wusum). Generally about fine and extremely rare, a very interesting
group. (lot)
£30,000-35,000
A tribal coinage of this kind probably met an economic need for small change in an area chronically short of cash, and the phrase li-ahl ...
would have established it as being public property rather than privately owned by a tribe or clan. One of the earliest Islamic mints to be
established on the shores of the Arabian Gulf was that of al-Bahrayn, a province which encompassed the island of Bahrain and the mainland
areas around Jubayl and Qatif in eastern Sa‘udi Arabia. Most of the coins are rather crude because they were usually struck on thin flans by
inexpert workmen, and a considerable number are either double-struck or overstruck on earlier issues. This is an important group of coins
which provides a fresh insight into the monetary history of the Arabian peninsula.
This hoard was acquired by an ARAMCO employee working in Saudi Arabia in the late 1950s.
Umayyads of Spain
Dhu’l-Nunid of Toledo
271
266
267
Abd al-Rahman III, Silver Dirhams (2), 331h,
332h, citing Qasim (A 350.5), about extremely fine;
al-Hakam II, Silver Dirham, 358h, citing ‘Amir
(A 352.4), very fine. (3)
£150-180
al-Hakam II (350-366h), Gold Dinar, Madinat
al-Zahra 357h, 4.28g (Vives 467; A 351). Extremely
fine, rare.
£800-1000
ex Caballero de Las Indias, part III, Aureo & Calico Auction,
21-22 October 2009, lot 1420
Abbadid of Seville
272 † Muhammad al-Mu’tamid (461-484h), Gold
¼-Dinar, no mint or date, 1.30g (A 401a). Very
fine.
£300-400
273
268
al-Zafir Isma’il (c.423-435h), Gold Fractional
Dinar (Toledo), 0.48g (A 395; Prieto 313a; CC 57).
Good very fine, good gold for issue though irregular
flan, scarce.
£1400-1800
Hisham II (first reign, 366-399h), Gold Dinar,
al-Andalus 377h, 4.05g (A 353). Slightly crimped,
good very fine, rare.
£1000-1200
Muhammad al-Mu’tamid, Gold Fractional Dinar,
without mint or date, 1.53g (A 403A; Prieto 417d;
CC 56). Very fine, rare.
£300-350
ex Caballero de Las Indias, part III, Aureo & Calico Auction,
21-22 October 2009, lot 1414
Kings of Murcia
269
Hisham II, Gold Dinar, al-Andalus 393h,
3.89g (Vives 576; A 353). Extremely fine and
rare.
£1200-1500
274
Slave Kingdom of Denia
Muhammad b. Sa’d (542-567h), Gold Dinar,
Murcia 558h, 3.87g (A 407.1; Vives 1957; CC 101).
About extremely fine, rare.
£1500-1800
ex Caballero de Las Indias, part III, Aureo & Calico Auction,
21-22 October 2009, lot 1448
Aghlabid
270
Mujahid al-“Amiri” (second reign, after
432h), Gold Fractional Dinar, without mint
or date, citing ‘Ali and Hasan, 0.81g (A G381;
Vives -; Prieto Sup. 85-86; CC 48). Extremely
fine and rare.
£1800-2200
ex Caballero de Las Indias, part III, Aureo & Calico Auction,
21-22 October 2009, lot 1421
275
Muhammad II (250-261h), Gold Dinar, no mint,
255h, 4.22g (A 446). Extremely fine.
£350-400
276
Ibrahim II, Gold Dinar, no mint, 274h, 4.18g
(al-‘ush 114; A 447). Good very fine and rare, only
three examples recorded by al-‘ush.
£250-300
281
ex Caballero de Las Indias, part III, Aureo & Calico Auction,
21-22 October 2009, lot 1440
Zirid of Qayrawan
277
al-Mu’izz b. Badis (406-454h), Gold Dinar,
al-Qayrawan 441h, 4.13g (Haz 3; A 458).
Extremely fine.
£250-300
‘Ali b. Yusuf, Gold Dinar, Nul Lamta 523h, citing
Sir as heir, 4.13g (A 466.2; Vivies 1711; Hazard
332; CC 88). Extremely fine.
£800-1000
282
‘Ali b. Yusuf, Gold Dinar, Nul Lamta 534h, citing
Tashufin as heir (A 466.3; Vives 1786; Hazard
388; CC 87). Extremely fine.
£800-1000
ex Caballero de Las Indias, part III, Aureo & Calico Auction,
21-22 October 2009, lot 1443
278
al-Mu’izz b. Badis, Gold Dinar, al-Qayrawan 442h,
3.64g (Haz 4; A 458). Extremely fine.
£250-300
283
Ishaq b. ‘Ali (540-541h), Silver Qirat, Qartuba,
undated, in fine Naskhi script, 0.96g (Haz 1052;
A 475A). Good very fine, very rare.
£100-120
Hafsid
279
al-Mu’izz b. Badis, Gold Dinar, al-Qayrawan 444h,
3.92g (Haz 7; A 458). Extremely fine.
£250-300
Murabitun (Almoravid)
280
‘Ali b. Yusuf (500-537h), Gold Dinar, Algecira
507h, 4.06g (A 466.1; Vives 1634; Hazard 230;
CC 63). Well struck, extremely fine with some
original brilliance, rare.
£3000-4000
ex Caballero de Las Indias, part III, Aureo & Calico Auction,
21-22 October 2009, lot 1435
284 † Abu Bakr II b. Yahya (710-747h), Gold Dinar, no
mint or date, 4.71g (A 507). Very fine. £250-300
285 † Abu-Ishaq Ibrahim II (751-770h), Gold Dinar,
Fas, undated, 4.72g (as Hazard 606 but unlisted
mint for ruler). About very fine and very
rare.
£600-800