Horizon Auction I - London

ILKHAN: Abu Sa'id, 1316-1335, AV dinar (9.93g), Isfahan, AH724, A-2208, W-2139, type F, somewhat above-average weight, edge flaw, EF.

ILKHAN: Abu Sa'id, 1316-1335, AV dinar (5.45g), NM, ND, A-2212, a contemporary Anatolian imitation of a type G dinar, mint and date blundered, b...

INJUYID: Mahmud Shah, 1339-1342, AV dinar (4.44g), Shaykh Kabir, AH740, A-D2275, anonymous, as are all coins of Mahmud Shah, known only in silver unti

TIMURID: Timur, 1370-1405, AV fractional dinar (1.16g), Khwarizm, AH781, A-V2366, FD-11, citing Suyurghatmish and date on obverse, Timur and mint name

TIMURID: Shahrukh, 1405-1447, AE 'adliya (11.05g), Ta'us, AH(80)8, A-2409, lovely strike for this crude type, very broad flan, VF, RR.

KARLUGHID OF HAZARA: Zahir al-Din b. Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud, 16th century, AR tanka (4.12g), Pakli, ND, A-M2467, nice strike, 1 testmark, nice VF, RRR,

SAFAVID: Sultan Husayn, 1694-1722, AV ashrafi (3.44g), Mashhad, AH1130, A-2669E, local legends used only at the Mashhad mint, peripheral weakness, EF,

HOTAKI: Azad Khan, 1750-1757, AV 1/3 mohur (3.65g), Tabriz, AH1169, A-2724, KM-477, type A, with the ruler's name, choice EF, RRR.

AFSHARID: Nadir Shah, 1735-1747, AV mohur (10.86g), Isfahan, AH1156, A-2739.1, nice strike, date in minuscule numerals and somewhat unclear, VF, R.

AFSHARID: Nadir Mirza, 1796-1803, AR rupi (11.39g), Mashhad Muqaddas, AH1216, A-2785, VF.

ZAND: 'Ali Murad Khan, 1781-1785, AV ¼ mohur (2.71g), Kashan, AH1198, A-2815, KM-561.1, type A, broad flan, bold strike, EF.

QAJAR: Fath 'Ali Shah, 1797-1834, AV ¼ toman (1.54g), Dear al-'Ibada Yazd, AH1212, A-2858A, this is probably the first known example of...

QAJAR: Fath 'Ali Shah, 1797-1834, AV toman (5.70g), Shiraz, AH1221, A-2860F, KM-741.x, type T1, About Unc.

QAJAR: Fath 'Ali Shah, 1797-1834, AV ¼ toman (1.12g), Isfahan, AH1228, A-2864L, Z-92936 (different dies), type V, EF, RRR.

QAJAR: Fath 'Ali Shah, 1797-1834, AV keshvarsetan (3.37g), Kashan, AH1246, A-2870, type Y, very rare mint, About Unc, RR.

KHOQAND: "Malla Khan", 1873-1874, AV tilla (4.49g), Dar al-Saltanat Khoqand, AH1288, A-A3077, BMC-239, struck at Kashghar in Xinjiang unde...

KHWAREZM: Qutlugh Murad Khan, 1856, AV ½ tilla (2.21g), Khwarizm, AH1271//"127", A-3084.3, ruler's name & titles // mint &...

DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AV mohur (10.98g), Mashhad, DM, A-3090, KM-639, EF to About Unc.

DURRANI: Taimur Shah, 1772-1793, AV mohur (10.86g), Kabul, AH(11)88 year 3, A-3099, KM-435, Unc.

DURRANI: Taimur Shah, 1772-1793, AV mohur (10.97g), Herat, AH1208 year 20, A-3099, KM-386, with mint epithet Dar as-Sultanat Herat, date on both sides

KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM: Bohemund I and Bohemund II, 1098-1130, AV bezant (3.54g), NM, ND, A-720B, Ma-8, in the name of the Fatimid Iman al-Mustansir, La

KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM: Anonymous, AV bezant (3.78g), "Misr", AH"516", A-730, Ma-3, in the name of the Fatimid Imam al-'Â...

AFGHANISTAN: Amanullah, 1919-1929, AV 2 amani (9.16g), SH1301, KM-888, 0.900 fine, AGW 0.2655, minor scratch in obverse field, About Unc.

HEJAZ & NEJD: 'Abd al-'Aziz b. Sa'ud, 1926-1953, AR ½ riyal, Makka al-Mukarrama (Mecca), AH1346, KM-11, harshly cleaned, two-ye...

SAUDI ARABIA: 'Abd al-'Aziz b. Sa'ud, 1926-1953, AR riyal, AH1354, KM-18, light golden toning, extremely rare as proof, Proof, RRR. A...

SUDAN: Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi, 1881-1885, AR 20 piastres (23.58g), NM, AH1302 year 5, KM-2, struck at Omdurman, EF.

TUNISIA: Ahmad Pasha Bey, 1929-1942, AV 100 francs, 1935//AH1354, KM-257, LeC-495, mintage of 3,000, inscription within oblong design flanked by sprig