Auction 5

ABBASID: Abu Muhammad Musa Al-Hadi (785-786), AR Dirham (2.93g), Al-Haruniya, AH 169. Reverse citing governor Khuzayma Ibn Khazim and Al-Hadi as calip

ABBASID: Abu Muhammad Musa Al-Hadi (785-786), AR Dirham (2.83g), Madinat Al-Salam (Baghdad), AH 170. Citing Ibrahim Al-Harrani with his first name sep

ABBASID: Abu Ja'far Harun Al-Rashid (786-809), AR Dirham (2.89g), Madinat Al-Salam (Baghdad), AH 170. Rare variety with extra inner marginal leg...

ABBASID: Abu Ja'far Harun Al-Rashid (786-809), AR Dirham (2.95g), Sijistan, AH 171. Rare variety with vertically inscribed "'abd" ...

ABBASID: Abu Ja'far Harun Al-Rashid (786-809), AR Dirham (2.95g), Al-Muhammadiya (Tehran), AH 172. Citing governor Harith, also citing Harun as ...

ABBASID: Abu Ja'far Harun Al-Rashid (786-809), AR Dirham (2.90g), Al-Rayy, AH 179. Unusual arrangement of the obverse legend, citing the governo...

ABBASID: Abu Ja'far Harun Al-Rashid (786-809), AR Dirham (2.89g), Zaranj, AH 181. Citing Yazid and 'Ali. In the sole name of Al-Rashid, cite...

ABBASID: Abu Ja'far Harun Al-Rashid (786-809), AR Dirham (2.96g), Al-Muhammadiya (Tehran), AH 186. Citing Salm and Ja'far. Struck in the nam...

ABBASID: Abu Ja'far Harun Al-Rashid (786-809), AR Dirham (2.31g), Abra Shahr (Abarshahr), AH 192. Beautiful chain border, alternative mint name ...

ABBASID: 'Ali Ibn 'Isa Ibn Mahan, as independent Emir (799-806), AR Dirham (2.86g), Balkh, AH 190. In the sole name of 'Ali Ibn 'Isa...

ABBASID: 'Abd Allah Al-Ma'mun (810-833), AR Dirham (2.65g), Naysabur (Nishapur), AH 195. "Lillah Al-Fadl" (Grace is to Allah) in r...

ABBASID: 'Abd Allah Al-Ma'mun (810-833), AR Dirham (2.99g), Naysabur (Nishapur), AH 197. Caliph's first name 'Abd Allah in outer obv...

ABBASID: Abu Muhammad Al-Muktafi Billah (902-908), AR Heavy Dirham (4.29g), Harran, AH 295. A-244.1. Very fine or better. Very rare. Minted in the

ABBASID: Abu Al-Fadl Al-Muqtadir Billah (908-932), AR Dirham (3.32g), Al-Ahwaz, AH 300. Citing Abu Al-'Abbas. A-246.2. Extremely fine. Rare.

ABBASID: Abu Al-Fadl Al-Muqtadir Billah (908-932), AR Dirham (3.63g), Amid (Diyarbakir, Turkey), AH 301. Citing Abu Al-'Abbas. A-246.2 for type,...

ABBASID: Abu Al-Hasan Isma'il Ibn 'Ali (750-760), AE Fals (3.02g), Al-Mawsil (also possible Fars, Al-Ahwaz, and Al-Basra), AH 133-142. Rever...

ABBASID: Abu Al-'Abbas Al-Saffah (749-754), AE fals (4.18g), Misr (Egypt), AH 133. Citing the financial director 'Abd Al-Malik Ibn Yazid. A-...

ABBASID: Abu Ja'far 'Abd Allah Al-Mansur (754-775), AE Fals (1.90g), Jurjan, AH 151. Star in lower obverse field. No official mentioned. A-3...

ABBASID: Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad Al-Mahdi (775-785), AE Fals (2.02g), Al-Kufa, AH 167. Citing Al-Mahdi as "amir al-mu'mineen" (Com...

ABBASID: Abu Ja'far Harun Al-Rashid (786-809), AE Fals (2.61g), Jurjan, AH 184. Citing the governor Al-Husayn Ibn 'Ali and the official Isma...

ABBASID: Ahmad Ibn Harun, AE Fals (2.64g), Al-Masisa (Yakapinar, Turkey). A-297. Choice very fine. Extremely rare. Only two auction records, both i

UMAYYAD OF SPAIN: 'Abd Al-Rahman I "Al-Dakhil" (756-788), AR Dirham (2.75g), Al-Andalus (Cordoba), AH 150. One of the earlier years. A...

AGHLABID: Ibrahim Ibn Al-Aghlab (800-811), AR Dirham (2.76g), Ifriqiya, AH 196. Citing Musa in obverse center, reverse center "Muhammad rasool ...

AGHLABID: Ibrahim Ibn Al-Aghlab (800-811), AR Dirham (2.81g), Ifriqiya, AH 196. Citing Musa in obverse center, reverse center "Muhammad rasool ...

ALMORAVID: 'Ali Ibn Yusuf Ibn Tashufin (1106-1142), AR Qirat (0.95g). Citing the heir Sir. 'Ali Ibn Yusuf cited as "amir al-muslimeen, ...

ALMORAVID: Tashufin Ibn 'Ali (1142-1145), AR Qirat (0.94g). Very rare variety citing the heir Ibrahim Ibn Tashufin. A-472.2 (RR), H-1034. One of...

ALMORAVID: Ishaq Ibn 'Ali (1145-1146), AR Qirat (0.96g), Qurtuba (Cordoba, Spain). Type with fancy Naskhi script. A-475A (RR). Nice, extremely f...

NASRID: 'Ali Ibn Sa'd (1464-1485), AE Fals (2.95g), Ghirnata (Granada, Spain), AH 881. Obverse text continued by the reverse text "tubi...

TAHIRID: Talha Ibn Tahir (822-828), AR Dirham (3.34g), Samarqand, AH 208. Citing Talha and the the Abbasid caliph Al-Ma'mun as caliph of Allah, ...

SAMANID: Nuh I Ibn Asad (819-841), AE Fals (2.70g), Binkath, AH 214. Ruler's name in reverse margin followed by "abqah Allah" (May All...

SAMANID/TAHIRID: Yahya Ibn Asad (819-861), AE Fals (2.71g), Al-Shash, year 3 (AH 206). Date listed as "thalatha" (three), citing Tahirid r...

SAMANID: Isma'il I Ibn Ahmad (892-907), AE Fals (3.85g), Al-Shash, AH 292. Rare mint for the ruler, struck on a broad flan. A-1444. Attractive, ...

SAMANID: Nuh II Ibn Nasr (943-954), AE Fals (1.91g), Ferghana Malik (Ferghana of Malik), AH 330. The mint name is cited with the following word Malik,

GHAZNAVID: Abu Al-Qasim Mahmud Ibn Sebuktegin, as independent ruler (999-1030), AR Multiple Dirham (10.30g), Andaraba, AH 389. Sword in lower obverse

BUWAYHID: 'Adud Al-Dawla Abu Shuja' (952-983), AR Donative Dirham (3.01g), Shiraz, AH 345. Remarkable type, likely a donative type issued fo...

BUWAYHID: 'Adud Al-Dawla Abu Shuja' (952-983), AR Dirham (3.02g), Ramhurmuz, AH 347. A-1550.2. Very fine. Rare mint and very rare date.

BUWAYHID: 'Adud Al-Dawla Abu Shuja' (952-983), AR Dirham (3.26g), Kard Fana Khusra, AH 357. A-1550.1. Extremely fine. Rare.

BUWAYHID: Sharaf Al-Dawla Abu Al-Fawaris Shirdhil (983-989), AR Dirham (2.81g), Bamm, AH 366. A-1564. Plugged, very fine. Very rare.

QARAKHANID: Yusuf Ibn 'Abd Allah (1012-1014), AE Fals (1.92g), Al-Shash, AH 395. Intricate style with the ruler's name in a crescent within ...

QARAKHANID: Ahmad Ibn 'Ali (994-1016), AE Fals (3.15g), Kharashket, AH 404. Ilkuyuk cited obverse, under a "lillah" (for Allah) within...

QARAKHANID: Muhammad Ibn 'Ali (1003-1024), AE Fals (2.76g), Ilaq, AH 405. Citing Muhammad Ibn 'Ali as Sana' Al-Dawla, and citing Irtash,...

QARAKHANID: Anonymous, AE Fals (3.26g), Kharashket, AH 420. Kochnev-717. Very fine to extremely fine. Very rare. Only one specimen appears to have

ILKHANID: Abu Sa'id (1316-1335), AR 2 Dirhams (3.59g), Tabriz, AH 725. Type F. A-2210. Attractive strike, choice about uncirculated to uncircula...

ILKHANID: Abu Sa'id (1316-1335), AR 2 Dirhams (3.49g), Tabriz, AH 726. Type F. A-2210. About uncirculated.

ILKHANID: Queen Sati Beg (1338-1339), AE Fals (1.23g), Mardin, AH 738. Sun-face within an octagram. A-D2233.1 for type, otherwise date unpublished. Ve

ILKHANID: Queen Sati Beg (1338-1339), AE Fals (2.09g), Mardin, [AH 739]. Sun-face within an octagram. A-D2233.1. Choice very fine. Rare. Seldom app

AYYUBID OF YEMEN: Al-Nasir Abu Al-Muzaffar Ayyub (1202-1214), AR Dirham (2.05g), Zabid, AH 600. A-1094.2 for type in general. Extremely fine. Extremel

SELJUQ OF RUM: 'Ala' Al-Din Kayqubad Ibn Kaykhusraw (1219-1236), AR Dirham (2.84g), Qaysariyya (Kayseri), AH 617. Citing the Abbasid caliph ...

SELJUQ OF RUM: Ghiyath Al-Din Kaykhusraw Ibn Qilij Arslan (1265-1283), AR Dirham (3.00g), Ma'dan Shahr, AH 671. "al-mulk li'llah" ...

SELJUQ OF RUM: Ghiyath Al-Din Kaykhusraw Ibn Qilij Arslan (1265-1283), AR Dirham (2.88g), Konya, AH 677. Kalima in obverse center, two hexafoils in ob