Auction 3

ACHAEMENID: Time of Darius I to Xerxes II (485-420 BC), AV Daric (8.34 gm). Persian king/hero in kneeling-running position right, holding spear and bo

SASANIAN: Shapur II (AD 309-379), AV Dinar (7.30g), Kabul mint. Bust facing right, crowned, flowing hair type, rev. fire altar with no attendants. Gob

HEPHTHALITE: Imitation of Khusro I drachmas, AR Drachm (2.96g). Stylized legends, with Senmurg countermark in obverse margin. Extremely fine. Rare.

HEPHTHALITE: Imitation of Khusro I drachmas, AR Drachm (2.94g). Stylized legends, with Senmurg countermark in obverse margin. Extremely fine. Rare.

ARAB-BYZANTINE: Al-Walid I (AD 705-715), AV Solidus (4.19g), Spania (Al-Andalus), Indiction date IX = 9 (corresponding to AH 92). 8-point star obverse

ARAB-BYZANTINE: Al-Walid I (AD 705-715), AV Solidus, SPN (Spania) (Al-Andalus), Indiction date X = 10, Hijri date XCIII (93). 8-point star obverse cen

ARAB-BYZANTINE: Al-Walid I (AD 705-715), AV Solidus (4.05g), SPN (Spania) (Al-Andalus), Indiction date XI = 11, Hijri date XCIIII (94). 8-point star o

ARAB-SASANIAN: Ibn Al-Ash'ath (700-703), AR Dirham (3.84g), SK (Sijistan), AH 81. "Bism Allah Rabbi" (In the name of Allah, my lord) o...

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Umar Ibn Al-'Ala (771-780), AR 1/2 Dirham (Hemidrachm) (1.97g), Tabaristan, PYE 125. "'Umar Ibn Al-'Ala" i...

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Umar Ibn Al-'Ala (771-780), AR 1/2 Dirham (Hemidrachm) (2.00g), Tabaristan, PYE 125. "'Umar Ibn Al-'Ala" i...

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Umar Ibn Al-'Ala (771-780), AR 1/2 Dirham (Hemidrachm) (1.60g), Tabaristan, PYE 121. "'Umar" in Arabic adjacen...

UMAYYAD: 'Abd Al-Malik (685-705), AV Dinar (4.26g), , AH 80. A-125. Extremely fine.

UMAYYAD: Yazid II (720-724), AV Dinar (4.27g), , AH 105. A-134. Choice about uncirculated. Very rare date. Apparently the last specimen of

UMAYYAD: Al-Walid I (705-715), AR Dirham (2.82g), Suq Al-Ahwaz, AH 90. A-128. Extremely fine.

UMAYYAD: Hisham (724-743), AR Dirham (2.94g), Al-Andalus (Andalusia, Spain), AH 111. A-137. Superb strike, well-centered, choice uncirculated. Extreme

UMAYYAD: Marwan II (744-750), AR Dirham (2.37g), Al-Jazira, AH 130. A-142. Choice very fine. Scarce.

UMAYYAD: AE Fals (4.15g), Qinnasrin. "min darb Qinnasrin" (From the mint of Qinnasrin) obverse field. A-184. Very fine.

UMAYYAD: Al-Qasim Ibn 'Ubayd Allah (734-742), AE Fals (5.38g), Misr (Egypt). Citing the finance director Al-Qasim Ibn 'Ubayd Allah in revers...

UMAYYAD: AE Fals (5.15g), Filastin (Palestine). Struck on a very broad and large flan. A-175. Well-centered, very fine. Very rare type.

UMAYYAD: Al-Hakam II (961-976), AR Dirham (3.02g), Madinat Al-Zahra (Azzahara), AH 354. Two stars in obverse field. Citing 'Abd Al-Rahman revers...