Coins of the Islamic World To be sold online: Thursday 15 October 2020
at 12.00 noon
Auction no. 0210 Viewing (strictly by appointment): Nash House, St George Street, London W1S 2FQ
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COINS OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD
To be offered online only
Thursday October 15th 2020, starting at 2.00 pm.
1001
1002
1003
1001 Arab-Byzantine, temp. ‘Abd al-Malik b. Marwan, fals, Harran, undated, standing figure of caliph with hand on sheathed sword; in field: Muhammad (to left); Harran (to right), rev., modified cross on steps; in field: Greek monogram (to left); Muhammad (to right); IS (below), 3.29g (Walker p.25, Vat.1; Album 3537 RR), fine, rare £150-200 1002 Arab-Byzantine, fals, Dimashq, emperor enthroned holding sceptre and globus cruciger, palm-branch on T to left, ΛЄO to right, rev., large M with staurogram above, DAM below, 3.15g (cf Walker 5), about very fine, rare £150-200 1003 Arab-Byzantine, fals, Dimashq, emperor enthroned holding sceptre and globus cruciger, bird on T to left, ΛЄO to right, rev., large M with staurogram above, DAMI below, 3.76g (Walker 4), fine to good fine, rare £100-150
1004
1005
1004
Arab-Sasanian, Yazdigerd III type, drachm, SK (Sijistan) 20YE, with countermark 3 in fourth quadrant of obverse
margin,3.18g (SICA 1, 357), very fine £120-150
1005
Arab-Sasanian, Yazdigerd III type, drachm, SK (Sijistan) 20YE, 4.11g (Malek 951), good very fine £120-150
1006
1007
1006
Arab-Sasanian, Khusraw II type, drachm, YZ (Yazd) 47h, 3.81g (Malek 1301), obverse graffiti, very fine to good very
fine and scarce £150-200
1007
Arab-Sasanian, ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Zayd, drachm, NAR (Narmashir) 54h, 2.77g (Malek 913A), evenly clipped to the
weight of a post-Reform dirham, almost very fine and rare £200-300
1008
1009
1008
Arab-Sasanian, al-Hakam b. Abi al-‘As, drachm, NAWGY (possibly New Jiruft in Kirman) 56h, 2.35g (Mochiri 11), good
fine and rare £300-400
1009
Arab-Sasanian, ‘Abd al-Malik b. Marwan, drachm, DA (Darabjird) 64h, 4.05g (Malek 455), minor marks, good very
fine and rare £250-300
1010
1011
1010
Arab-Sasanian, ‘Abdallah b. Khazim, drachm, BBA (the camp mint) 67h, 3.73g (Malek 143), good very fine £150-200
1011
Arab-Sasanian, ‘Umar b. ‘Ubaydallah, drachm, BYŠ 69h, 4.07g (SICA 1, 171-173), tooled in first quadrant of obverse
margin and other scattered marks, otherwise almost extremely fine £60-80
1012
Arab-Sasanian, ‘Ubaydallah b. Abi Bakra, drachms (3), SK (Sijistan) 79h, all with bismillah – rabbi in margin (Album 37), fine to very fine (3) £150-200
1013
Arab-Sasanian, ‘Ubaydallah b. Abi Bakra, drachms (2), SK (Sijistan) 79h (Album 37), very fine; ‘Abd al-Rahman b.
Muhammad, drachm, SK (Sijistan) 80h, bismillah - rabbi in obverse margin (Album 38A), irregular flan, crude style, very
fine (3) £200-300
1014
Arab-Sasanian, ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, drachms (2), SK (Sijistan) 81h, bismillah in obverse margin, 3.89g
(Malek 1041) and SK (Sijistan) 82h, bismillah - rabbi in obverse margin, 3.79g (Malek 1050ff), very fine to good very fine (2)
£150-200
1015
Arab-Sasanian, ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, drachm, SK (Sijistan) 81h and 83h, both with bismillah - rabbi in
obverse margin, 4.02, 4.10g (Malek 1044, 1059), very fine to good very fine (2) £150-200
1016
1017
1016 Arab-Sasanian, ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, drachm, DA (Darabjird) 70YE = 82h, obv., in margin: rabb harasahu, 4.02g (Walker p.117, Mar.3), some porosity at periphery, otherwise about extremely fine and very rare £1,500-2,000 1017 Arab-Sasanian, ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad (fl. 80-83h), drachm, SK (Sijistan) 81h, obv., in margin: bismillah, 3.78g (Malek 1043 var.), very fine, scarce £80-120
1018
1019
1018 Arab-Sasanian, ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, drachm, SK (Sijistan) 84h, tash – bismillah - rabbi in obverse margin, 3.87g (Malek 1062), minor double-striking, very fine and rare £400-600 1019 Arab-Sasanian, ‘Umara b. Tamim, drachm, SK (Sijistan) 84h, obv., in margin: NYWK - bismillah – rabbi, 3.81g (Malek 1067), peripheral corrosion, otherwise almost extremely fine £200-300
1020
1021
1020 Arab-Sasanian, ‘Umara b. Tamim, drachm, SK (Sijistan) 84h, obv., in margin: bismillah – rabbi, 3.99g (Malek 1070, same rev. die), almost extremely fine £200-300 1021 Arab-Sasanian, ‘Umara b. Tamim, drachm, SK (Sijistan) 84h, obv., in margin: bismillah – rabbi, 4.17g (Malek 1070), good very fine £200-300
1022
1023
1022 Arab-Sasanian, ‘Umara b. Tamim, drachm, SK (Sijistan) 85h, obv., in margin: bismillah – rabbi, 3.86g (Malek 1071), good very fine £200-300 1023 Arab-Sasanian, ‘Umar b. Tamim, drachm, SK (Sijistan) 85h, obv., in margin: bismillah – rabbi, 4.02g (Malek 1074, same reverse die), about extremely fine, well-struck and toned, scarce thus £250-300
1024 Eastern Sistan, Anonymous, Khusraw II type, drachm, SK (Sijistan) 87h, obv., in margin: bismillah – rabbi, rev., in second quarter of margin: ‘abd, 3.82g (cf Malek 1076 [without ‘abd’]; cf Morton & Eden auction 82, 20 October 2016, lot 4), lightly toned, good very fine and very rare £500-700 This variety with ‘abd in the reverse margin appears unpublished for the year 87h, although a coin bearing the same word is known for the following year (Malek 1077).
1025
1026
1025 Eastern Sistan Series, Khusraw II type, drachm, SK (Sijistan) 88h, obv., in border: bismillah – rabbi, rev., in fourth quadrant of border: ‘Abd, 3.90g, some staining, very fine to good very fine and extremely rare £400-600 1026 Eastern Sistan Series, Khusraw II type, drachm, SK (Sijistan) 89h, obv., in border: bismillah – rabbi, rev., in fourth quadrant of border: barakat, 3.84g (cf Morton & Eden auction 79, lot 16 [with barakat lillah]), very fine to good very fine and extremely rare £400-600
1028
1027
1029
1027 Eastern Sistan, Anonymous, Khusraw II type, drachm, SK (Sijistan) 97h, obv., in border: Pahlavi GWYL - bismillah - rabbi, 3.95g (Malek 1093), very fine £100-150 1028 Arab-Sasanian, Aban b. al-Walid, pashiz, without mint or date, obv., Sasanian bust dividing governor’s name in Arabic, rev., kalima in three lines, 1.73g (Gyselen 64), minor edge damage and some verdigris, very fine £150-200 1029 Arab-Sasanian, pashiz, without mint or date (assigned to Istakhr by Gyselen), of standard Umayyad anonymous type with Pahlwai APD about Muhammad rasul Allah on reverse, 1.26g (Gyselen 72), very fine or better £120-150 1030 Arab-Sasanian, AE pashiz (2), types as Gyselen 8 and 66, very fine and better and a Sasanian pashiz, flan and edge splits, otherwise very fine; and Afrighid, Azkaswar II, drachm, bust with name before, rev., horseman, pierced, fine (4) £200-300
1031
1032
1033
1031 Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan, ‘Umar b. al-‘Ala, hemidrachm, TPWRSTAN PYE 125, governor’s name and patronymic in Pahlawi before bust and in Arabic in margin, 2.01g (Album 57; Malek 77), extremely fine and a scarce one-year type £100-150 1032 Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan, ‘Umar b. al-‘Ala, hemidrachm, TPWRSTAN PYE 125, governor’s name and patronymic in Pahlawi before bust and in Arabic in margin, 1.97g (Album 57; Malek 77), extremely fine and a scarce one-year type £100-150 1033 Abbasid, Governors of Tabaristan, Yahya (b. Mikhnaq, 163-165h), hemidrachm, TPWRSTAN PYE 130, 1.95g (Album 60; Malek 89.8), almost extremely fine, rare £400-600
1034
1035
1034 Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan, Ma‘add, hemidrachm, TPWRSTAN PYE 138, with governor’s name before bust, 1.92g (Album 66; Malek 108), very fine, rare £600-800 1035 Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan, Ma‘add, hemidrachm, TPWRSTAN PYE 138, with governor’s name in fourth quarter of obverse margin, 1.95g (Album 67; Malek 201), almost uncirculated and lightly toned, rare £600-800
1036
1037
1038
1039
1036 Umayyad, dinar, 94h, 4.26g (ICV 176; Walker 207), minor edge marks, almost extremely fine £300-400 1037 Umayyad, dinar, 103h, 4.27g (ICV 196; Walker 220), good very fine, slightly buckled flan £300-400 1038 Umayyad, dinar, 118h, 4.25g (ICV 212; Walker 238), extremely fine, scarce £500-600 1039 Umayyad, dinar, 118h, 4.27g (ICV 212; Walker 238), almost very fine, scarce £250-300
1040
1041
1042
1040 Umayyad, dinar, 122h, 4.26g (ICV 216; Walker 242), almost extremely fine £450-500 1041 Umayyad, dinar, 130h, 4.21g (ICV 224; Walker 250), extremely fine and a rare date £600-800 1042 Umayyad, dinar, 131h, 4.22g (ICV 225; Walker 251), minor marks on reverse, good very fine £500-700
1043
1044
1045
1043 Umayyad, dirham, Abrashahr 92h, rev., margin ends mushrikūn, 2.67g (Klat 6.b), very fine £100-150 1044 Umayyad, dirham, al-Andalus 119h, 2.86g (Klat 132), traces of peripheral staining, about extremely fine £400-600 1045 Umayyad, dirham, al-Basra 79h, 2.52g (Klat 168, same dies), centre of reverse weak, very fine/fine £150-200 Ex Morton & Eden auction 30, 29 November 2007, lot 516.
1047
1048
1049
1046 Umayyad, dirhams (4), Dimashq 113h, 117h, 119h, 124h, very fine and better (4) £100-150 1047 Umayyad, dirham, Dimashq 114h, 2.90g (Klat 358), almost extremely fine £40-60 1048 Umayyad, dirham, Dimashq 123h, 2.78g (Klat 367), almost extremely fine £40-60 1049 Umayyad, dirham, Sarakhs 92h, 2.65g (Klat 452), about very fine £150-200
1051
1050
1052
1050 Umayyad, dirham, Marw 79h, mint-name in Pahlawi below field, rev., margin ends mushrikun, 2.81g (Klat 581.b), minor marks in fields on both sides, otherwise good very fine and rare £500-700 1051 Umayyad, fals, al-Ramla, undated, 2.17g (Walker 863), very fine to good very fine and scarce thus £40-60 1052 Umayyad, fals, without mint or date, citing Sulayman bin Salim (probably Sulayman b. Salim al-Kalbi, governor of Sind 127-130h), 1.95g, cleaned, fair to fine and apparently unpublished £300-400 Sulayman b. Salim is known from the silver dammas issued in Sind at this time, but fulus in his name appear to be hitherto unrecorded.
1053
1054
1055
1056
1053 Umayyad, fals, Tabariya, undated, rev., palm branch to right, 2.31g (SICA 2, 1230), very fine and scarce £40-60 1054 Umayyad, ‘Asad b. ‘Abdallah, fals, Marw, date unclear (c. 112h), obv., lion within square frame, rev., elephant within square frame, with value ‘sixty to a dirham’, 1.46g (Album B204 RRR), fair and very rare £120-150 1055 Umayyad, fals, al-Mansura, undated, rev., duriba hadha | al-fals bi’l- | Mansura, 1.37g (Album A204), fair, very rare £300-400 1056 Umayyad, Hisham b. ‘Amr (129-132h), fals, al-Mawsil, undated, 2.55g (Goussous 451), spots of green verdigris on obverse, otherwise almost very fine £80-120
1057
1058
1060
1057 Umayyad, fals, Yubna, undated, 3.45g (SNAT IVa, 223, same dies), very good with clear mint-name, rare £250-300 1058 Umayyad, fals, Iliya, undated, 2.64g (Walker P.124), struck on an elongated flan, almost very fine and rare £80-120 1059 Umayyad fulus (25), an interesting group from a variety of mints including Arminiya, Ba‘labakk, Dimashq, Qinnasrin, Tabariya and Wasit, and mintless types including candelabrum (2) and with fish in field (assigned to Baysan), mainly fine, some better, offered with collector’s identifications (25) £200-300 1060 Umayyad, lead seal, with lillah stamped on both sides, 7.51g, good very fine with attractive tan patina £180-220
1061
1062
1063
1061 Revolutionary Period, fals, Rayy, undated (struck circa 138h), obv., citing the governor Muhammad b. al-Ash‘ath in margin, 2.28g (Lowick 647; Miles, Rayy -), corrosion in margin, fair to fine and extremely rare £300-400 1062 Revolutionary Period, ‘Imran b. Isma‘il, fals, Sijistan 136h, with legends reading ‘Sixty to a dirham, good for a daniq,’ 2.30g (Wurtzel 47; Shamma p.288, 1), with uncertain countermark on obverse, fair and rare £80-120 1063 Revolutionary Period, Sulayman b. ‘Abdallah (138-140h), fals, Sijistan, undated, with outlined lettering in fields on both sides, 2.72g (Album C209), countermarked, fair and rare £80-120
1064
1065
1066
1064 Umayyad Governors of Sind, al-Hakam b. ‘Awana (d. 122h), qandhari dirham or damma, Muhammad | rasul | Allah, rev., amr bihi | al-Hakam bin | ‘Awana, 0.32g (Album 4501; Fishman CS3), very fine, rare £200-300 1065 Abbasid Governors of Sind, Musa al-Barmaki, damma, la ilaha illa Allah | al-malik al-ha | Muhammad rasul Allah | Musa, rev., al-imam | Abi Ishaq | amir al-mu'minin | Barmaki, 0.39g (Album 4518; Fishman CS18), reverse off-centre, very fine £100-150 1066 Abbasid Governors of Sind, al-Marhal, damma, (Album 4519; Fishman CS20), 0.48g, good fine £40-60 1067 Abbasid fulus (3), comprising Ardashir Khurra 134h, Kazirun 156h, and Fars 205h, first cracked, good fine to very fine; with a dirham of al-Mu‘tamid, ‘Ma‘din’ 2xx, pierced, fair (4) £100-150 1068 Abbasid fulus (4), comprising Ardashir Khurra 134h and 2[05]h, al-Muhammadiya 150h, and with uncertain mint and date, last countermarked, fine to very fine (4) £150-200 1069 Abbasid fulus (25), mints include Istakhr, al-Basra, Khazanat Halab, Jurjan, Dimashq, al-Rafiqa, Sijistan, Sur, Qinnasrin, al-Kufa and Madinat al-Salam, many fine, offered with collector’s attributions, an interesting group (25) £200-300
1070
1071
1072
1073
1070 Abbasid, temp. al-Mansur (136-158h), fals, Jibal al-Fidda ('The Silver Mountain') 155h, citing the governor Rawh, 2.64g (Shamma p.315, 1), cleaned, good fine and rare £200-250 1071 Abbasid, temp. al-Mansur (136-158h), fals, Jur 145h, citing Isma ‘il b. ‘Ali, 1.47g, some spotting, generally fine and rare £100-150 1072 Abbasid, temp. al-Mansur (136-158h), fals, mint and date (al-Kufa 143h) off-flan, obv., in field: la ilaha illa / Allah wa’l-hamdu lillah / wa Allah Akbar, rev., sala Allah / ‘alayhi Muhammad / al-nabi, 2.01g (cf Lowick 459-461; Shamma p.57, 2), good fine and rare £150-200 1073 Abbasid, temp. al-Mansur (136-158h), fals, al-Yazidiya 150h, 2.40g (SICA 2, 1628; Album 313K RRR), fair to fine with clear mint and date, very rare £200-300
1074
1075
1074 Abbasid, temp. al-Mansur (136-158h), fals, Balkh 149h, rev., mimma amr Harb bin Ziyad al-Mahdi wali ahad al-muslimin Muhammad bin Amir al-mu'minin, 3.05g (Shamma p.308, 3), creased, fine and rare £100-150 1075 Abbasid, al-Mansur (136-158h), fulus (2), Istakhr 140h and Jur 145h, citing Isma‘il bin ‘Ali, 2.73, 2.23g (Shamma p.268, 3, -), good fine to very fine, first with some spotting, second rare (2) £100-150
1076
1077
1078
1076 Abbasid, al-Mahdi (158-169h dirham, Ifriqiya 168h, naming Harun as heir, three circles around obverse margin, 2.79g (SCC 955; Lowick 310), good fine, scarce £50-70 1077 Abbasid, al-Mahdi (158-169h), dirham, al-Yamama 169h, obv., annulet below, rev., ‘Abdallah above, bin Sa‘id bakh below, 2.76g (Lowick 583), some staining, almost very fine and rare £400-500 1078 Abbasid, temp. al-Mahdi (158-169h) fals, Barda ‘a 159h, citing the governor Yazid b. Usayd, 3.62g (Vardanyan 248; Shamma p.230, 6), almost very fine with some spots of verdigris, rare £80-120
1079
1080
1081
1079 Abbasid, temp. al-Mahdi (158-169h), fals, Kurat al-Mahdiya min Fars 161h, 2.18g (Shamma p.277, 1), some spotting and accretion, fine and rare £80-120 1080 Abbasid, temp. al-Rashid (170-193h), fals, Jurjan 184h, citing the governors Husayn b. ‘Ali and Isma ‘il b. Mus ‘ab, 3.45g (Lowick 773), fine, rare £120-150 1081 Abbasid, temp. al-Rashid (170-193h), fals, Dabil 185h, citing Asad b. Yazid and Mahdi, 2.10g (Vardanyan 254; Lowick 409), some verdigris, fair to fine, very rare £150-200
1082
1083
1084
1082 Abbasid, al-Rashid (170-193h), fals, al-Raqqa 185h, rev., citing the governor ‘Isa b. Aban, five-pointed star below field, 2.39g (Lowick -; Shamma -), fine and very rare £100-150 1083 Abbasid, temp. al-Rashid (170-193h), fals, Shiraz 192h, citing ‘Abdallah b. al-Musayyib, 1.38g (Lowick 750), edge crimp and some verdigris, fair to fine and rare £60-80 1084 Abbasid, al-Rashid (170-193h), fals, Qinnasrin 181h, rev., citing the governor ‘Isa b. Aban, 3.95g (Shamma p.112, 8), almost very fine £70-100
1085
1086
1087
1085 Abbasid, temp. al-Amin (193-198h), fals, Sur 196h, 1.72g (Shamma p.121, 1), good fine £120-150 1086 Abbasid, al-Ma’mun (194-218h), dirham, Madinat Arran 217h, citing Khalid b. Yazid and Ibrahim b. ‘Attab, 2.84g (Vardanyan 177), very fine and rare £250-300 1087 Abbasid, al-Ma’mun (194-218h), dirham, Madinat al-Salam 204h, rev., with name of caliph and governor Humayd, 2.91g (Lowick 1440), minor marks, better than very fine £60-80
1088
1089
1088 Abbasid, al-Mu‘tasim (218-227h), dinar, Marw 225h, 4.24g (Bernardi 151Ph), fine, rare £250-300 1089 Abbasid, al-Mutawakkil (232-247h), dinar, al-Basra 235h, 4.24g (Bernardi 155Je), about very fine and scarce £180-220
1090 Abbasid dirhams struck in (Madinat) Mah al-Kufa (3), dated 251h (al-Mu‘tazz), 257h (al-Mu‘tamid, citing Ja’far) and 296h (al-Muqtadir, without name of heir), very good to very fine, all scarce (3) £150-200
1091
1092
1091 Abbasid, al-Mu‘tamid (256-279h), dinar, al-Rafiqa 274h, obv., swastika in field below, 3.62g (Bernardi 181Hn), very fine £150-200 1092 Abbasid, al-Mu‘tamid (256-279h), dinar, Madinat al-Salam 269h, obv., letter sad below, 3.59g (cf Bernardi 177Jh [date not listed]; cf Morton & Eden auction 75, 2 July 2015, lot 487), minor deposit, very fine and very rare £500-800 Ex Morton & Eden auction 79, 21 April 2016, lot 66.
1093 Abbasid, al-Mu‘tamid (256-279h), dirham, Nisibin 269h, citing al-Mufawwad, 2.80g (Diler p.1264) and Saffarid, Tahir b. Muhammad (289-295h), dirham, Shiraz 289h, 3.42g (Lloyd Sh289), very fine, first rare (2) £100-150
1094
1095
1096
1094 Abbasid, al-Muktafi (289-295h), dinar, Halab 292h, 3.90g (cf Bernardi 226Gb, [date not listed), heavily creased and part of edge broken away, hence fine but excessively rare and apparently unpublished £400-600 1095 Abbasid, al-Muktafi (289-295h), dinar, Madinat al-Salam 295h, obv., pellet below field, rev., two pellets below field, 4.23g (Bernardi 226Jh), good very fine and rare £400-500 1096 Abbasid, al-Muktafi (289-295h), dinar, Misr 292h, 3.96g (Bernardi 226De), extremely fine £250-300
1097
1098
1099
1097 Abbasid, al-Muqtadir (295-320h), dinar, Suq al-Ahwaz 310h, 4.21g (Bernardi 242Nf), very fine to good very fine £160-180 1098 Abbasid, al-Muqtadir (295-320h), dinar, Mah al-Kufa 310h, 4.09g (Bernardi 242Mr, citing a single example of this date), plugged, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare £350-400 1099 Abbasid, al-Muqtadir (295-320h), dinar, Madinat al-Salam 306h, 4.28g (Bernardi 242Jh), extremely fine £200-250
1100
1102
1103
1100 Abbasid, temp. al-Muqtadir (295-320h), Thamal al-Dulafi, Governor of Cilicia (fl. 310-320h), cast fals, undated, rev., al-amir Thamal in two lines, 1.79g (Album 300), bold very fine and scarce £70-100 1101 Abbasid dirhams (12), comprising al-Basra 325h; Samarqand 233h; Shiraz 315h; al-Kufa 321h; Madinat al-Salam 158h (pierced), 161h (2), 173h, 300h (of unusual style, 305h; al-Mawsil 300h; unidentified (1), many fine; with an Abbasid fals of Qinnasrin 157h, fine, and a Hamdanid dirham of al-Mawsil 3x4h, fair (14) £120-150 1102 Abbasid, al-Nasir (575-622h), dinar, Madinat al-Salam 620h, 4.66g (BMC 493), weakly struck but with negligible circulation wear, good very fine overall £250-300 1103 Abbasid, al-Musta‘sim (640-656h), dirham, Madinat al-Salam 642h, 3.01g (Album 276), good very fine £120-150
1104
1105
1106
1104 Umayyad of Spain, Hisham II (Second Reign, 400-403h), dirham, al-Andalus 401h, citing ‘Abdallah, 3.00g (Album 360.3), very fine and well struck for issue £50-70 1105 Zirid of Granada, temp. Badis b. Habbus (c.429-465h), dirham, Madinat Gharnata, undated, citing al-‘Ali Idris II, 5.10g (Album G372 RR; Prieto 111f), about very fine £100-150 1106 Hammudid of Málaga, al-Ma’mun al-Qasim (408-414h), dirham, Madinat Sabta 410h, rev., citing Yahya, 2.92g (Prieto 78a; Vives 745), weakly struck but good very fine for issue £120-150
1107
1108
1107 Hammudid of Málaga, al-Mahdi Muhammad I (438-446h), dirham, al-Andalus [44]1h, 3.40g (Prieto 104b; Vives 861), toned, small edge split, otherwise very fine or better for issue £80-120 1108 ‘Abbadid of Seville, ‘Abbad b. Muhammad al-Mu‘tadid (439-461h), dinar, al-Andalus 440h, 2.83g (Prieto 397d), part of edge broken off but date still fully legible, fine to good fine and very rare £200-300
1109
1110
1111
1112
1109 Anonymous, qirat, struck in Silves after after the fall of the Muwahhids and before Sidray b. Wazir, with al-Mahdi Imamuna at end of reverse field, 0.85g (Gomes AQ04.03), hairline flan split, good very fine £150-200 1110 Kings of Mertola and Silves, Sidray b. Wazir (546-552h), qirat, without mint or date, 0.88g (Gomes SW05.01), hairline edge split, very fine to good very fine £150-200 1111 Kings of Mertola and Silves, Sidray b. Wazir (546-552h), qirat, without mint or date, Ibn Wazir in third line of obverse, rev., star below, 0.87g (Gomes SW05.02), some staining, very fine to good very fine £120-150 1112 Kings of Mertola and Silves, Sidray b. Wazir (546-552h), qirat, without mint or date, 0.87g (Gomes SW05.03), very fine £150-200
1113
1114
1113 Aghlabid, Ziyadat Allah I (201-223h), dinar, 214h, citing Masrur, 4.17g (al-‘Ush 25), very fine to good very fine £180-220 1114 Aghlabid, Muhammad II b. Ahmad (250-261h), dinar, 253h, 4.23g (al-‘Ush 72), very fine, reverse better £160-180
1115
1116
1117
1115 Aghlabid, Muhammad II b. Ahmad (250-261h), dinar, 256h, 4.23g (al-‘Ush 75), crudely struck but good very fine £180-220 1116 Aghlabid, Ibrahim II (261-289h), dinar, 271h, 4.09g (al-‘Ush 111), buckled flan, good fine £150-200 1117 Aghlabid, Ibrahim II (261-289h), quarter-dirham, mint unclear (possibly Ifriqiya or al-‘Abbasiya), date possibly 278h, 0.65g (Zeno 173048, this piece), good fine, scarce £60-80
1118
1119
1120
1118 Almoravid, Abu Bakr b. ‘Umar (448-480h), dinar, Sijilmasa 478h, 3.90g (Hazard 49), edge clip, good fine and scarce £250-300 1119 Muwahhid, Abu Ya‘qub I (558-580h), half-dinar, without mint or date, four-line legend both sides, 2.13g (Hazard 495), almost extremely fine £180-220 1120 Muwahhid, ‘Abd al-Mu’min b. ‘Ali (524-558h), half-dinar, Fas, undated 2.26g (Hazard 460), good very fine £180-220
1121
1122
1121 Marinid, Abu ‘Inan Faris b. ‘Ali (749-759h), dinar, Madinat Fas, undated, 4.34g (Hazard 775), probably once ring-mounted, otherwise almost extremely fine £300-400 1122 Filali Sharifs of Morocco, Isma‘il al-Samin (1082-1139h), dinar, Fas 1124h, 3.38g (KM 28), minor edge marks, about very fine £150-200
1123
1124
1125
1123 Tulunid, Khumarawayh b. Ahmad (270-282h), dinar, Halab 281h, 2.26g (Bernardi 213Gb; Grabar 66), fine to good fine and rare £500-700 1124 Tulunid, Harun b. Khumarawayh (283-292h), dinar, Halab 284h, 3.47g (Bernardi 215Gb RRR = Qatar 2328, same dies), crudely struck, fine and extremely rare £600-800 1125
Tulunid, Harun b. Khumarawayh (283-292h), dinar, Misr 286h, 4.18g (Bernardi 215De; Grabar 78), minor obverse
graffiti, otherwise extremely fine £250-300
1126 Ikhshidid, Abu’l-Qasim Unujur (335-349h), dirham, Tabariya 341h, 1.62g (Bacharach 167), creased, fine to good fine and toned, rare £250-300
1127
1128
1129
1127 Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz (341-365h), dinar, Misr 365h, 3.87g (Nicol 371), almost very fine £160-180 1128
Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz (341-365h), dinar, Misr 360h, month of Jumada al-Akhira, 4.11g (Nicol 359), very fine to good very
fine £200-300
1129
Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz (341-365h), half-dirham, Misr 362h, 1.45g (Nicol -; cf Morton & Eden auction 72, 15 December 2014,
lot 765), ragged edge, otherwise very fine and very rare, the earliest known date for Fatimid silver from Egypt £200-300
1130
1131
1132
1130
Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz (341-365h), half-dirham, Misr 363h, 1.46g (Nicol 373, citing a single example), about very fine and
rare £150-200
1131
Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz (341-365h), half-dirham, Misr 364h, 1.47g (Nicol 374), very fine, rare £120-150
1132
Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz (341-365h), half-dirham, Misr 365h, 1.49g (Nicol 375, citing two examples), about very fine and rare
£150-200
1133
1134
1135
1136
1133
Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz (341-365h), half-dirham, al-Mu‘izziya 360h, 1.47g (Nicol 380), almost very fine, rare £80-120
1134
Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz (341-365h), half-dirham, al-Mu‘izziya 362h, 1.46g (Nicol 382, citing two example), slightly wavy flan,
good fine and rare £100-150
1135
Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz (341-365h), damma, 0.54g (Nicol 510), almost very fine £100-150
1136
Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz (341-365h), damma, 0.56g (Nicol 510), name of ruler largely off-flan, good fine £80-120
1137
Fatimid, al-‘Aziz (365-386h), dinar, Filastin 376h, 3.59g (Nicol 678), edge marks, about fine, rare £600-800
1138
1139
1140
1141
1138
Fatimid, al-‘Aziz (365-386h), dinar, Misr 373h, 4.04g (Nicol 708), fine £150-180
1139
Fatimid, al-‘Aziz (365-386h), dinar, Misr 394h, 4.13g (Nicol 721), good fine £160-180
1140
Fatimid, al-‘Aziz (365-386h), damma, 0.58g (Nicol 859), almost very fine £100-150
1141
Fatimid, al-Hakim (386-411h), dinar, Misr 402h, 4.24g (Nicol 1090), creased and scuffed, good fine £150-180
1142
1143
1144
1145
1142
Fatimid, al-Hakim (386-411h), dinar, Misr 404h, 3.70g (Nicol 1092), lightly clipped, about very fine £170-200
1143
Fatimid, al-Hakim (386-411h), posthumous dinar, al-Mahdiya 414h, 4.09g (Nicol 1260), struck from rusty dies, has been
made round and possibly once ring-mounted, almost very fine and rare £250-300
1144
Fatimid, al-Hakim (386-411h), damma, 0.48g, good very fine and well struck for issue, scarce £150-200
1145
Fatimid, al-Hakim (386-411h), damma, 0.42g, good very fine and scarce £150-200
1146
1147
1146
Fatimid, al-Zahir (411-427h), dinar, Misr 417h, 4.18g (Nicol 1519), minor marks, almost very fine £180-220
1147
Fatimid, al-Mustansir (427-487h), dinar, al-Iskandariya 475, 4.20g (Nicol 1681), scrape on obverse, fine £150-180
1148
1149
1148
Fatimid, al-Mustansir (427-487h), dinar, Misr 440h, 4.09g (Nicol 2122), almost very fine £180-220
1149
Fatimid, al-Mustansir (427-487h), dinar, Misr 466h, 4.30g (Nicol 2151), edge marks, about very fine, a scarcer date
£150-200
1150
1151
1152
1150
Fatimid, al-Mustansir (427-487h), dinar, Misr 473h, 4.28g (Nicol 2158), better than very fine £180-220
1151
Fatimid, al-Musta‘li (487-495h), uniface glass dirham weight, green and translucent, Ahmad / al-Imam Abu’l-Qasim /
al-Musta ‘li billah / amir al-mu’minin 2.82g, chip on reverse, otherwise good very fine £200-300
1152
Fatimid, al-Amir (495-524h), dinar, Sur 495h, 3.76g (Nicol 2475), very fine, rare £400-600
1153
1154
1155
1153
Fatimid, al-Amir (495-524h), dinar, Misr 501h, 4.27g (Nicol 2520), about very fine £200-250
1154
Fatimid, al-Amir (495-524h), dinar, Misr 504h, 4.11g (Nicol 2523), about very fine £200-250
1155
Fatimid, al-Hafiz (526-544h), dinar, al-Iskandariya 531h, 3.89g (Nicol 2602), rim kinks, about very fine £200-250
1156
1157
1158
1156
Fatimid, al-Hafiz (526-544h), dinar, Misr 538h, 4.21g (Nicol 2630), almost very fine, scarce £300-400
1157
Fatimid, al-Fa‘iz (549-555h), dinar, al-Iskandariya 552h, 3.94g (Nicol 2668), slightly crimped, good fine and scarce
£250-300
1158
Fatimid, al-Fa‘iz (549-555h), dinar, Misr 554h, 4.25g (Nicol 2679), buckled flan, very fine or better and rare £400-600
1159
1160
1159
Fatimid, al-‘Adid (555-567h), dinar, Misr 558h, 4.27g (Nicol 2693), slightly crinkled flan and rim filed, very fine and rare
£400-600
1160
Fatimid Sicily, Revolt of Muhammad b. ‘Abbad (616-619h), billon dirham, without mint or date, 0.72g (Album A747),
very fine, scarce £150-200
1161
1162
1163
1164
1161 Bahri Mamluk, ‘Ali (655-657h), dinar, al-Iskandariya, date off flan, without the name of the Abbasid caliph al-Musta‘sim (d. 656h) and therefore almost certainly dated 657h, 5.80g (Balog 16), margins weakly struck, good very fine and rare £400-600 1162 Burji Mamluk, al-Musta‘in billah (the shadow caliph, acknowledged 815h), half-dirham, Halab, date not visible, 1.20g (Album 985), very fine, rare £100-150 1163 Burji Mamluk, Barsbay (825-841h), ashrafi, Dimashq 829h, 3.39g (cf Balog 713), scrapes both sides, good fine and rare £150-200 1164
Burji Mamluk, Tumanbay (906h), dinar, mint and date (906h) off flan, 3.36g (Balog 866), small scrape on obverse,
good very fine and rare £400-600
1165
1166
1165
Qarmatid, al-Hasan b. Ahmad, dirham, Dimashq 361h, obv., citing al-Hasan ibn / Ahmad in fourth and fifth lines, rev.,
citing al-Muti‘ lillah / al-Sa‘dat al-rusa in sixth and seventh lines (cf Vardanyan 10), usual crude striking but about very fine
for issue and apparently an unpublished variety £200-300
The specimen published by Vardanyan includes the additional title al-sayyid in the obverse field, which is not found on the
present coin.
1166
Qarmatid, Abu Mansur al-Mu‘izzi, dirham, Dimashq 365h, with ornament below field on each side, 2.97g (Vardanyan
24), fine and rare £120-150
1167
1168
1169
1167
Najjahid, Jayyash b. al-Mu‘ayyad (fl. 465-482h), dinar, Zabid 465h, 2.36g (SICA 10, 150; Album 1074), good very fine,
scarce £150-200
1168
Najjahid, Jayyash b. al-Mu‘ayyad (fl 465-482h), dinar, Zabid 482h, 2.33g (Album 1074), good very fine and a very
rare date for this ruler £300-400
1169
Sulayhid, ‘Ali b. Muhammad (437-473h), dinar, Zabid 451h, 2.45g (Album 1075.2), minor marks, very fine or better
£100-150
1170
1171
1170
Artuqid of Mardin, Yuluq Arslan (580-597h), AE dirham, 596h, Turkish warrior seated cr0ss-legged holding sword
and severed head, 12.38g (SS 36), very fine to good very fine £100-150
1171
Seljuq of Rum, The Three Brothers (647-657h), dinar, Qunya 648h, 4.58g (Album A1227; ICV 1348), almost
uncirculated £1,000-1,500
1172
1173
1174
1172
Karesi Beylik, Beylerbeyi Celebi (from 744h onwards), akçe, 1.11g (Album 1251.1), very fine and scarce £100-150
1173 Ottoman, Süleyman I (926-974h), sultani, Misr 941h, 3.53g (Artuk 1557; Pere -), some flat striking otherwise good very fine, scarce with the year of striking rather than the regnal year £200-250 1174 Ottoman, Süleyman I (926-974h), sultani, Misr 942h, 3.43g (Edhem 1027), very fine or better and scarce bearing the actual year of striking £160-180
1175
1176
1177
1175
Tahirid, Tahir b. al-Husayn in rebellion (205-207h), dirham, al-Muhammadiya 206h, obv., citing the governor Ishaq
b. Yahya, rev., citing Tahir by the title Dhu’l-Yaminayn, 2.91g (Album 1391 RR), very fine, rare £100-150
1176
Saffarid, ‘Amr b. al-Layth (265-288h), dirham, Naysabur 282h, 3.15g (Vasmer 65), minor crease, otherwise good very
fine and toned, rare £180-220
1177
Saffarid, ‘Amr b. al-Layth (265-288h), double-dirham, Naysabur 284h, 5.87g (Vasmer 66; Album 1402N RR), very fine
and rare £200-300
1178
Saffarid, Tahir b. Muhammad (288-296h), heavy dirham, Fars 293h, 4.94g (Lloyd Fa293; Album 1404), some marginal
staining, very fine and rare of this weight; and a uniface obverse bracteate of a Buwayhid dirham of al-Shirjan 407h, very
fine (2) £100-150
1179
Saffarid, Ahmad b. Muhammad (311-352h), dirhams (2), Sijistan 311h and 314h, 3.04, 2.94g (Lloyd Sj311, Sj314), good
fine, both scarce (2) £80-120
1180
1181
1182
1180
Saffarid, Ahmad b. Muhammad (311-352h), dirham, Sijistan 318h, citing al-Husayn b. Bilal, 2.68g (Lloyd Sj318; Album
1412A), centres a little weak, very fine and rare £70-100
1181
Banijurid Governor of Andaraba, Harb b. Sahlan (fl. 344-365h), dirham, Andaraba 372h, rev., with Surat al-Ikhlas
in field and also citing the overlord Maktum, 3.06g (Album 1438.3), better than very fine, rare £120-150
1182
Samanid, Isma ‘il b. Ahmad (279-295h), fals, Usrushana 280h, 3.18g (Album 1444 RR), very fine and rare £60-80
1183
Samanid dirhams (9), comprising Andaraba 298h, 299h (scarce), 310h; Balkh 312h, 313h; Samarqand 298h, 310h, 318h;
al-Shash 296h; with fulus (8), no mint name 305h; Bukhara 305h, 322h; Samarqand 245h, 256h, 272h; al-Shash 233h, 255h,
and a Qarakhanid dirham of Akhsikath 427h, last fair to fine, others good fine to very fine (18) £150-200
1184
1185
1184
Samanid, Nasr b. Ahmad (301-331h), dirham, Naysabur 313h, 3.17g, very fine, scarce £40-60
1185
Samanid, Nasr b. Ahmad (301-331h), dirham, Naysabur 322h, citing the caliph al-Qahir, 3.09g (SNAT XIVa, 457), good
very fine, rare £70-100
1187
1189
1186 Samanid, Nuh b. Nasr (331-341h), dirham, Balkh 330h (sic), citing Tukat, 2.37g (SNAT XIVc, 594); Nuh b. Mansur (365-387h), fals, Balkh 378h, with pentagram on obverse, 2.55g (Album A1471); Amirs of Bust, Baytuz (fl. 359-365h), fals, Bust 359h, 1.89g (Album D1478 RR); Amirs of Farwan, Nasr b. Ahmad, heavy fals, Farwan 374h, 4.61g (Album W1478; cf Zeno #40659);, fair to good fine, all rare (4) £120-150 1187 Samanid, ‘Abd al-Malik b. Nuh (341-350h), dinar, Naysabur 350h, 4.29g (Qatar 3799; Album 1460), very fine £150-200 1188 Samanid, multiple dirhams (4), very fine and better; with miscellaneous dirhams (11) and fulus (11), mixed lower grades (26) £200-300 1189 Samanid of Akhsikath, Malik b. Shakartegin (fl. 312-344h), fals, Akhsikath 320h, citing Malik on the obverse and Nasr (b. Ahmad) as overlord on reverse, 2.22g (Album E1477, where this mint and date is noted as 'extremely rare'), cleaned, porous surfaces, fine with clear legends £70-100 1190 Amirs of Bust, Khut-Tegin I (fl. 337-341h), fals, Bust 339h; Bekchur (fl. 349-350h), double fals, Bust 349h, and fulus (2), Bust 349h, 350h; Baytuz (fl. 359-365h), fulus (2) both Bust 359h, fair to about very fine, all rare (6) £180-220
1191
1192
1191
Buwayhid, Fakhr al-dawla, dirham, Shiraz 382h, 9.90g (Treadwell Sh382), very fine and very rare of this weight
£120-150
1192
Buwayhid, Baha al-dawla, dinar, Suq min al-Ahwaz 400h, 4.34g (Treadwell Su400G), almost extremely fine £180-220
1193
1194
1193
Marwanid, Nasr al-Dawla Abu Nasr (401-453h), dirham, Mayyafariqin 410h, citing the Buwayhid Sultan al-Dawla,
4.75g (Artuk 935; Album 765), uneven toning, good fine and rare £60-80
1194
Ghaznavid, Mahmud (389-421h), dirham, Balkh 398h, rev., yamini written vertically below field, 2.91g (SNAT XIVc,
691), very fine and toned, scarce £100-150
1195
1196
1197
1195
Great Seljuq, Tughril Beg (429-455h), dinar, Isbahan 445h, 4.09g (Alptekin 28), very fine £200-250
1196
Great Seljuq, Tughril Beg (429-455h), dinar, Isbahan 447h, obv., letter ta above field, khayr to right and flower to left,
rev., fath above field, 4.10g (Alptekin 34 var.), very fine £200-250
1197
Great Seljuq, Tughril Beg (429-455h), dinar, Isbahan 448h, rev., Rukn – al-din to right and left of field, 3.77g (Alptekin
37 var.), reverse struck a little off-centre, very fine £200-250
1198
1199
1200
1198
Great Seljuq, Tughril Beg (429-455h), dinar, al-Basra 449h, obv., citing the caliph al-Qa’im bi-amr Allah in fourth line,
4.62g (cf Alptekin 39 [without name of caliph]), scrapes both sides, good fine and scarce £200-250
1199
Great Seljuq, Malikshah (465-485h), dinar, Amul 485h, 2.24g (Alptekin -), lightly clipped, very fine and rare
£200-250
1200 Great Seljuq, Muhammad I (492-511h), dinar, Isfahan 499h, 3.48g (Album 1683), crimped, otherwise almost extremely fine £200-300
1201 Great Seljuq, Sanjar and Muhammad I (492-511h), dinar, Walwalij 493h, month of Muharram, rev., with Ayat al-Kursi (Qur’an 2:255) as far as illa bi-idhnihiin field, sword to right, 2.72g (cf Album 1685A RR, ‘Balkh only’), central weakness on both sides, very fine/almost very fine and extremely rare, apparently unpublished £700-1,000
1202
1203
1204
1202 Seljuq of Kirman, Qawurd (440-465h), , dinar, Jiruft 448h, with name as Qara Arslan Beg and also citing Chaghri Beg Da’ud as overlord, 4.14g (Album 1697.1), has been made round, good fine £180-220 1203 Seljuq of Western Iran, Mahmud II, dinar, Tustar 521h, citing Sanjar as overlord, 3.54g (Album 1688), very fine and toned, rare £300-400 1204 Seljuq of Western Iran, Mahmud II, dinar, Tustar 522h, citing Sanjar as overlord, 3.54g (Album 1688), about very fine, rare £300-400
1205
1206
1207
1205 Seljuq of Western Iran, Mahmud II (511-524h), dinar, Tustur 524h, 3.58g (Album 1688), light crease, good fine and very rare £300-400
1206 Khwarizmshah, ‘Ala al-din Muhammad b. Takish (596-617h), dinar, without mint or date (Kanauj style), 4.07g (Album 1713), crude, good fine £150-200 1207 Khwarizmshah, ‘Ala al-din Muhammad b. Takish (596-617h), dinar, without mint or date (Kanauj style), 3.96g (Album 1713), usual crude striking, almost very fine £150-200
1208
1209
1210
1208 Ghaznavid at Multan, damma, struck in the name of Mahmud of Ghazna (388-421h), 0.45g, very fine £50-80 1209 Great Mongols, Genghis Khan (602-624h), billon jital, Shafurqan, undated, citing the caliph al-Nasir, 3.15g (Album A1972), about very fine and scarce £120-150 1210 Great Mongols, temp. Genghis Khan (602-624h), dinar, no mint-name, date [618h] not clear, 4.42g (Zeno #166747, same dies), flan split at edge and some weak striking, very fine for issue £300-400 Although not clear on this specimen, the die-link to Zeno #166747 confirms that the date is indeed 618h.
1211
1212
1213
1211 Great Mongols, temp. Genghis Khan (602-624h), dinar, Badakhshan, undated, citing only the Abbasid caliph al-Nasir, 2.99g (cf Zeno #166760), typically crudely struck but very fine for issue with clear mint-name £250-300 1212 Great Mongols, temp. Ogedei (624-639h), dinar, Samarqand [63]4h, 5.13g (Zeno #219064, this piece), mint-name largely off flan, very fine for issue and rare £400-600 1213 Great Mongols, temp. Töregene (639-644h), dirham, without mint or date, obv., mounted archer riding right, 2.78g (Album 1976), fine to good fine and scarce £150-200
1214
1215
1216
1214 Great Mongols, temp. Möngke (649-657), dinar, Bukhara 6[57]h, 5.23g (cf Zeno #226194, same dies), edge split, good fine and rare £300-400 Although not clear on this specimen, the die-link to Zeno #226194 confirms that the full date is indeed 657h. 1215 Ilkhanid, Ahmad Takudar (681-683h), dirham, Tabriz 682h, with Sultan’s name in Uyghur only, 2.48g (Diler 128), good very fine, scarce £100-150 1216 Ilkhanid, Uljaytu (703-716h), silver 6-dirhams, Tus 714h, obv., with fleur-de-lis above field, 11.78g (Diler 370), faint traces of mounting and some weakness, otherwise almost extremely fine £80-120
1217
1218
1219
1217 Ilkhanid, Abu Sa‘id (716-736h), dinar, Shahr Firuzan 719h, 7.66g (Diler type 488, unrecorded in gold), slightly wavy flan, very fine to good very fine and extremely rare £600-800 Ex Spink auction 14012, 26 March 2014, lot 268. 1218 Ilkhanid, Abu Sa‘id (716-736h), half-dinar, Baghdad 725h, 2.04g (Diler 506), edge marks, fine £150-200 1219 Ilkhanid, Abu Sa‘id (716-736h), half-dinar, Baghdad 725h, 2.13g (Diler 506), edge marks, fine £150-200
1220
1221
1222
1220 Ilkhanid, Abu Sa‘id (716-736h), silver 6-dirhams, Jajarm 719h, 10.14g (Diler 488), very fine £80-120 1221 Ilkhanid, Abu Sa‘id (716-736h), silver 6-dirhams, Jajarm, year 33 khani, 8.48g (Diler 542), about extremely fine £100-150 1222 Ilkhanid, Taghay Timur (737-754h), dinar, Baghdad 741h, 5.57g (Diler 741), good fine, obverse better, rare £300-400
1223
1224
1225
1223 Chaghatayid, temp. Tarmashirin (727-734h), silver dinar, Bukhara, date very weak but probably 728h, obv., with legend reading al-‘adl wa’l-mulk tu‘aman (‘Justice and kingship are twins) around horizontal tamgha, rev., mint formula around vertical tamgha, 7.05g (Album 1992; SNAT XVa, 285), wavy flan, very fine £80-120 1224 Sufid, temp. Husayn (762-774h), quarter-mithqal, Madinat Khwarizm 773h, 1.15g (Album 2063), good very fine, scarce £120-150
1225 Muzaffarid, Shah Shuja‘ (759-786h), silver 2-dinars, type E, Shiraz, date unclear (767h by type), 3.26g (Album 2285.5 RR), margins weak, very fine and rare £80-120
1226
1227
1228
1226 Shahs of Badakhshan, uncertain ruler, dirham, 717h, 2.38g, good very fine and very rare £250-300 1227 Walid of Astarabad, temp. Amir Wali (757-788h), silver light-weight 6-dirhams, Astarabad 775h, 3.53g (cf Album 2343.2, where weights for this type are stated to vary between 4.1-4.3g) minor striking weakness but almost extremely fine £80-120 1228 Qara Qoyunlu, temp. Qara Yusuf, Second Reign (809-823h), silver tanka, Bidlis, undated, struck as nominal vassal of Pir Budaq, 5.33g (Album 2478), good very fine, scarce £100-150
1229 Safavid, Ismail I (907-930h), silver shahi, Badakhshan 918h, 9.28g (Album 2576), small test-mark on obverse, very fine and very rare £200-300
1230
1231
1230 Safavid, ‘Abbas II (1052-1077h), silver 5-shahi, Shamakhi 1071h, 9.22g (Album 2645), about very fine, scarce £120-150 1231 Safavid, ‘Abbas II (1052-1077h), abbasi, Irawan (Yerevan in Armenia), date not visible, 7.17g (Album 2645X), a nineteenth-century jewellery piece, ex-mount, very fine £70-100
1232 Safavid, Sulayman I (1079-1105h), silver 5-abbasi or 20-shahi, Isfahan 1099h, 36.24g (KM 229; Album 2664), traces of mounting on both sides (as is common on these coins), otherwise good very fine and well struck, rare £1,000-1,200 Ex John Work Garrett Collection, Part 1, Leu/NFA, 16 May 1984 lot 376 (offered with ticket). Struck only at Isfahan, this variety of Sulayman’s presentation coinage represents an improvement both in workmanship and silver fineness over earlier types.
1233
1234
1235
1233 Afsharid, Nadir Shah, rupi, Bhakhar 1159h, 11.52g (Album 2744.2), test-mark on obverse, very fine to good very fine £80-120 1234 Zand, Karim Khan (1166-1193h), quarter-mohur, Qazwin, date missing, 2.73g (Album 2791), typical uneven strike, very fine to good very fine £120-150 1235 Zand, Karim Khan (1166-1193h), quarter-mohur, Yazd 1188h, 2.72g (Album 2791), good very fine £140-160
1236
1237
1236 Durrani, Taimur Shah (1186-1207), rupee, ‘Umm al-Bilad Balkh 1204h / year 25, 11.09g (Album 3100 for type), good very fine and a rare mint £150-200 1237 Mughal, a square gold amulet copying Akbar’s gold coinage of Lahore, with stylised legends and blundered date, 5.67g, good very fine; and another silver amulet copying a coin of the Dehli Sultan Sher Shah Suri, good very fine (2) £250-300 1238 Miscellaneous mediaeval Islamic copper coins (500), various dynasties, mixed lower grades and quality (500) £250-500 1239 Miscellaneous mediaeval Islamic copper coins (1,000), various dynasties, mixed lower grades and quality (1,000) £500-1,000
END OF SALE
Conditions of Business for Buyers 1. Introduction (a) The contractual relationship of Morton &
Eden Ltd. and Sellers with prospective Buyers is governed by:-
(i) these Conditions of Business for Buyers;
(ii) the Conditions of Business for Sellers displayed in the saleroom and available from
Morton & Eden Ltd.;
(iii) Morton & Eden Ltd.’s Authenticity Guarantee;
(iv) any additional notices and terms printed in
the sale catalogue, in each case as amended by any saleroom notice or auctioneer's
announcement.
(b) As auctioneer, Morton & Eden Ltd. acts as
agent for the Seller. Occasionally, Morton & Eden Ltd. may own or have a financial interest
in a lot.
2. Definitions "Bidder" is any person making, attempting
or considering making a bid, including
Buyers; "Buyer" is the person who makes the highest
bid or offer accepted by the auctioneer,
including a Buyer’s principal when bidding as agent;
"Seller" is the person offering a lot for sale,
including their agent, or executors; “M&E” means Morton & Eden Ltd.,
auctioneers, Nash House, St George Street,
London W1S 2FQ, company number 4198353. "Buyer’s Expenses" are any costs or
expenses due to Morton & Eden Ltd. from
the Buyer;
"Buyer’s Premium" is the commission
payable by the Buyer on the Hammer Price
at the rates set out in the Important Information for Buyers;
"Hammer Price" is the highest bid for the
Property accepted by the auctioneer at the auction or the post auction sale price;
"Purchase Price" is the Hammer Price plus
applicable Buyer’s Premium and Buyer’s Expenses;
"Reserve Price" (where applicable) is the
minimum Hammer Price at which the Seller has agreed to sell a lot.
The Buyer’s Premium, Buyer’s Expenses
and Hammer Price are subject to VAT,
where applicable.
3. Examination of Lots (a) M&E’s knowledge of lots is partly
dependent on information provided by the Seller and M&E is unable to exercise
exhaustive due diligence on each lot. Each lot
is available for examination before sale. Bidders are responsible for carrying out
examinations and research before sale to
satisfy themselves over the condition of lots and accuracy of descriptions.
(b) All oral and/or written information provided to Bidders relating to lots, including
descriptions in the catalogue, condition reports
or elsewhere are statements of M&E’s opinion and not representations of fact. Estimates may
not be relied on as a prediction of the selling
price or value of the lot and may be revised from time to time at M&E’s absolute
discretion.
4. Exclusions and limitations of liability to Buyers (a) M&E shall refund the Purchase Price to the Buyer in circumstances where it deems
that the lot is a Counterfeit, subject to the
terms of M&E’s Authenticity Guarantee.
(b) Subject to Condition 4(a), neither M&E nor the Seller:-
(i) is liable for any errors or omissions in any
oral or written information provided to Bidders by M&E, whether negligent or
otherwise;
(ii) gives any guarantee or warranty to Bidders and any implied warranties and conditions are
excluded (save in so far as such obligations
cannot be excluded by English law), other than the express warranties given by the Seller to
the Buyer (for which the Seller is solely
responsible) under the Conditions of Business for Sellers;
(iii) accepts responsibility to Bidders for acts or omissions (whether negligent or otherwise)
by M&E in connection with the conduct of
auctions or for any matter relating to the sale of any lot.
(c) Without prejudice to Condition 4(b), any claim against M&E and/ or the Seller by a
Bidder is limited to the Purchase Price for the
relevant lot. Neither M&E nor the Seller shall be liable for any indirect or consequential
losses.
(d) Nothing in Condition 4 shall exclude or
limit the liability of M&E or the Seller for
death or personal injury caused by the negligent acts or omissions of M&E or the
Seller.
5. Bidding at Auction (a) M&E has absolute discretion to refuse admission to the auction. Before sale,
Bidders must complete a Registration Form
and supply such information and references as M&E requires. Bidders are personally
liable for their bid and are jointly and
severally liable with their principal, if bidding as agent (in which case M&E’s prior
and express consent must be obtained).
(b) M&E advises Bidders to attend the
auction, but M&E will endeavour to execute
absentee written bids provided that they are,
in M&E’s opinion, received in sufficient
time and in legible form.
(c) When available, written and telephone bidding is offered as a free service at the
Bidder’s risk and subject to M&E’s other
commitments; M&E is therefore not liable for failure to execute such bids. Telephone
bidding may be recorded.
6. Import, Export and Copyright Restrictions M&E and the Seller make no representations
or warranties as to whether any lot is subject to import, export or copyright restrictions. It
is the Buyer's sole responsibility to obtain
any copyright clearance or any necessary import, export or other licence required by
law, including licenses required under the
Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
7. Conduct of the Auction (a) The auctioneer has discretion to refuse
bids, withdraw or re-offer lots for sale (including after the fall of the hammer) if
(s)he believes that there may be an error or
dispute, and may also take such other action as (s)he reasonably deems necessary.
(b) The auctioneer will commence and advance the bidding in such increments as
(s)he considers appropriate and is entitled to
place bids on the Seller’s behalf up to the Reserve Price for the lot, where applicable.
(c) Subject to Condition 7(a), the contract between the Buyer and the Seller is
concluded on the striking of the auctioneer's
hammer.
(d) Any post-auction sale of lots shall
incorporate these Conditions of Business.
8. Payment and Collection
(a) Unless otherwise agreed in advance,
payment of the Purchase Price is due in
pounds sterling immediately after the auction (the "Payment Date").
(b) Title in a lot will not pass to the Buyer until M&E has received the Purchase Price in
cleared funds. M&E will generally not
release a lot to a Buyer before payment. Earlier release shall not affect passing of title
or the Buyer's obligation to pay the Purchase Price, as above.
(c) The refusal of any licence or permit required by law, as outlined in Condition 6,
shall not affect the Buyer’s obligation to pay
for the lot, as per Condition 8(a).
(d) The Buyer must arrange collection of lots
within 10 working days of the auction. Purchased lots are at the Buyer's risk from
the earlier of (i) collection or (ii) 10 working
days after the auction. Until risk passes, M&E will compensate the Buyer for any loss
or damage to the lot up to a maximum of the
Purchase Price actually paid by the Buyer. M&E’s assumption of risk is subject to the
exclusions detailed in Condition 5(d) of the
Conditions of Business for Sellers.
(e) All packing and handling of lots is at the
Buyer's risk. M&E will not be liable for any acts or omissions of third party packers or
shippers.
9. Remedies for non-payment Without prejudice to any rights that the
Seller may have, if the Buyer without prior agreement fails to make payment for the lot
within 5 working days of the auction, M&E
may in its sole discretion exercise 1 or more of the following remedies:-
(a) store the lot at its premises or elsewhere at the Buyer’s sole risk and expense;
(b) cancel the sale of the lot;
(c) set off any amounts owed to the Buyer by
M&E against any amounts owed to M&E by the Buyer for the lot;
(d) reject future bids from the Buyer;
(e) charge interest at 8% per annum above Lloyds TSB Bank plc Base Rate from the
Payment Date to the date that the Purchase
Price is received in cleared funds;
(f) re-sell the lot by auction or privately, with
estimates and reserves at M&E’s discretion, in which case the Buyer will be liable for any
shortfall between the original Purchase Price
and the amount achieved on re-sale, including all costs incurred in such re-sale;
(g) Exercise a lien over any Buyer’s Property
in M&E’s possession, applying the sale
proceeds to any amounts owed by the Buyer to M&E. M&E shall give the Buyer 14 days
written notice before exercising such lien;
(h) commence legal proceedings to recover
the Purchase Price for the lot, plus interest
and legal costs;
(i) disclose the Buyer’s details to the Seller
to enable the Seller to commence legal proceedings.
10. Failure to collect purchases (a) If the Buyer pays the Purchase Price but
does not collect the lot within 20 working days of the auction, the lot will be stored at
the Buyer's expense and risk at M&E’s
premises or in independent storage.
(b) If a lot is paid for but uncollected within
6 months of the auction, following 60 days written notice to the Buyer, M&E will re-sell
the lot by auction or privately, with estimates
and reserves at M&E’s discretion. The sale proceeds, less all M&E’s costs, will be
forfeited unless collected by the Buyer within 2 years of the original auction.
11. Data Protection (a) M&E will use information supplied by
Bidders or otherwise obtained lawfully by
M&E for the provision of auction related services, client administration, marketing and
as otherwise required by law.
(b) By agreeing to these Conditions of
Business, the Bidder agrees to the processing
of their personal information and to the disclosure of such information to third
parties world-wide for the purposes outlined in
Condition 11(a) and to Sellers as per
Condition 9(i). .
12. Miscellaneous (a) All images of lots, catalogue descriptions and all other materials produced by M&E are
the copyright of M&E.
(b) These Conditions of Business are not
assignable by any Buyer without M&E’s
prior written consent, but are binding on Bidders' successors, assigns and
representatives.
(c) The materials listed in Condition 1(a) set
out the entire agreement between the parties.
(d) If any part of these Conditions of Business
be held unenforceable, the remaining parts
shall remain in full force and effect.
(e) These Conditions of Business shall be
interpreted in accordance with English Law, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the
English Courts, in favour of M&E.
Morton & Eden Ltd.’s Authenticity Guarantee
If Morton & Eden Ltd. sells an item of
Property which is later shown to be a
“Counterfeit”, subject to the terms below
Morton & Eden Ltd. will rescind the sale and
refund the Buyer the total amount paid by
the Buyer to Morton & Eden Ltd. for that
Property, up to a maximum of the Purchase
Price.
The Guarantee lasts for two (2) years after
the date of the relevant auction, is for the
benefit of the Buyer only and is non-
transferable.
“Counterfeit” means an item of Property
that in Morton & Eden Ltd.’s reasonable
opinion is an imitation created with the intent
to deceive over the authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source, where the
correct description of such matters is not
included in the catalogue description for the Property.
Property shall not be considered Counterfeit solely because of any damage and/or
restoration and/or modification work
(including, but not limited to, traces of mounting, tooling or repatinating).
Please note that this Guarantee does not apply
if either:-
(i) the catalogue description was in
accordance with the generally accepted
opinions of scholars and experts at the date of the sale, or the catalogue description indicated
that there was a conflict of such opinions; or
(ii) the only method of establishing at the date
of the sale that the item was a Counterfeit
would have been by means of processes not then generally available or accepted,
unreasonably expensive or impractical; or
likely to have caused damage to or loss in value to the Property (in Morton & Eden
Ltd.’s reasonable opinion); or
(iii) there has been no material loss in value of the Property from its value had it accorded
with its catalogue description;
(iv) the sole grounds for claiming that the
item is a Counterfeit are based on a difference of opinion between Morton &
Eden Ltd and a third-party coin grading
service.
To claim under this Guarantee, the Buyer
must:-
(i) notify Morton & Eden Ltd. in writing
within one (1) month of receiving any
information that causes the Buyer to question the authenticity or attribution of the Property,
specifying the lot number, date of the auction
at which it was purchased and the reasons why it is believed to be Counterfeit; and
(ii) return the Property to Morton & Eden Ltd. in the same condition as at the
date of sale and be able to transfer good title in
the Property, free from any third party claims arising after the date of the sale.
Morton & Eden Ltd. has discretion to waive
any of the above requirements. Morton & Eden Ltd. may require the Buyer to obtain at
the Buyer's cost the reports of two
independent and recognised experts in the relevant field and acceptable to Morton &
Eden Ltd. Morton & Eden Ltd. shall not be bound by any reports produced by the Buyer,
and reserves the right to seek additional
expert advice at its own expense. In the event Morton & Eden Ltd. decides to rescind
the sale under this Guarantee, it may refund
to the Buyer the reasonable costs of up to two mutually approved independent expert
reports, provided always that the costs of
such reports have been approved in advance and in writing by Morton & Eden Ltd.