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13 April 2022
‘Alawi Sharifs, Muhammad III, Mithqal, Rabat al-Fath 1189h, 26.93g/1h (Eustache 208; A 592; ICV 3042). Fields tooled, otherwise good very fine £150-£180
Hammer Price: £220
Mamluk, al-Ashraf Qansuh II, Ashrafi, al-Qahira 917h, 3.41g/5h (Balog 879; A 1041; ICV 1072). Good very fine £200-£260
Arab-Sasanian, Anonymous, Drachm, Yazdigerd III type, sk (Sijistan) 20ye, 3.81g/3h (Malek 946ff; A 1; ICV 1). Good very fine and toned £150-£180
Great Seljuq, Tughril Beg, Dinar, Nishapur 442h, 3.85g/6h (SNAT XIVa, 626; A 1665; ICV 1811). Good very fine £200-£260
Abbasid, al-Musta‘sim, Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 640h, 3.91g/6h (BMC I, 503; A 275; ICV 474). Very fine £240-£300
Ayyubid, al-Kamil Muhammad I, Dinar, al-Qahira 627h, 5.06g/5h (Balog 374; A 811.3; ICV 910). Good very fine £240-£300
Hammer Price: £240
Kings of Parthia, Phraates IV (38-2 BC), Drachm, Mithradatkart, 3.74g/12h (Sellwood 54.8; Shore 299; Sunrise 396); Vonones I (c. 8-12 AD), Drachm, Ekbatana, 3.92g/12h (Sellwood 60.5; Shore 329; Sunrise 407); Pakoros I (c. 78-120 AD), Drachm, Ekbatana, 3.73g/12h (Sellwood 78.4 [Vologases III]; Shore -; Sunrise 439 var.); Osroes II (c. 190-208 AD), Drachm, Ekbatana, 3.25g/12h (Sellwood 85.1; Shore 437; Sunrise 453) [4]. Very fine or better £200-£300
Tripoli, Bohemond VI or VII (1251-87), Gros, ‘rough’ style, type 6, reads comcs, 4.21g/7h (PT 39-44; Schlumberger pl. IV, 19). About extremely fine with some toning £200-£260
Arab-Byzantine, Anonymous, Fals, facing bust type, Emesa (Hims), undated, mintname only in Greek, rev. tayyib in exergue, 4.27g/6h (Oddy 3.1; Foss 64; A 3524 var.; ICV 133). Very fine and extremely rare £300-£400
Tulunid, Khumarawayh b. Ahmad, Dinar, Misr 273h, 4.25g/7h (Grabar 24; Bernardi 193De; A 664.1; ICV 782). Minor edge damage, otherwise about extremely fine £200-£260
Ayyubid, al-‘Adil Abu Bakr I, Dinar, al-Qahira 609h, 5.20g/3h (Balog 244; A 801.1; ICV 905). Some weakness in margins, otherwise very fine £240-£300
Hammer Price: £260
Giray Khans, Shahin b. Ahmad, Kyrmis, second series, Baghcha-Saray 1191h, yr 4, 45.58g/12h (Retowski 121 var.; A 2118; ICV 3928). Good very fine, scarce £200-£260
Ottoman, Suleyman I, Sultani, Misr 926h, 3.13g/9h (Artuk Suleyman 154; A 1317; ICV 3158). Clipped, otherwise very fine £150-£180
Artuqid of Mardin, Husam al-din Yuluq Arslan, Æ Dirham, no mint, 589h, 14.88g/12h (SS 35.1; A 1829.3; ICV 1208). Minor double-striking on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine, an exceptional example £200-£260
Arab-Latin, Anonymous, Fals, North African type, undated, obv. two facing busts, rev. modified cross, 1.94g/3h (Walker 157; A 118; ICV 146). Obverse fine, reverse fair, very rare £200-£260
Samanid, Nasr II b. Ahmad, Dinar, Nishapur 320h, citing the caliph al-Muqtadir, 4.47g/6h (Bernardi 269Pj; A 1449; ICV 1497). Good very fine £200-£260
Hammer Price: £280
Fatimid, al-Amir, Dinar, al-Iskandariya 511h, 4.43g/10h (Nicol 2456; A 729; ICV 846). Small file-mark on edge, otherwise about extremely fine, scarce £240-£300
Jerusalem, Baldwin III (1143-63), Denier, ‘smooth’ style, group 3, 0.87g/4h (M 157-8). About extremely fine £100-£120
Hammer Price: £300
Ikhshidid, Abu’l-Qasim b. al-Ikhshid, Dinar, Misr 336h, 3.45g/7h (Bacharach 50; A 676; ICV 794). About extremely fine, the date rare £300-£400
Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz, Dinar, Misr 360h Jumada II, 3.97g (Nicol 359; A 697.1; ICV 819). Good fine £200-£260
Seljuq of Rum, Qilij Arslan IV (first reign), Dirham, horseman type, Sivas 646h, 2.65g/3h (Broome 329(ii); A 1226; ICV 1347). Cleaned at one time and now re-toned, good very fine, rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £320
Safavid, Isma‘il I, Shahi, Herat 916h (A 2576; ICV 3631); Larins (2), no mint or date visible (A A2588; ICV 3637); Tahmasp I, 2 Shahi, Ja‘farabad 979h (A A2606; ICV 3644); ‘Abbas I (995-1038h), 2 Shahi, Dawraq, date not visible (A 2635.1; ICV 3671); ‘Abbas II (1052-1077h), 2 Shahi, Huwayza, no date visible (A 2650; ICV 3681); Tahmasp II, Abbasi, Isfahan 1143h (A 2689.2; ICV 3704) [7]. Varied state, fifth ex-mount £100-£150
Arab-Sasanian, al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf, Drachm, art (Ardashir Khurra) 80h, 4.00g/3h (Malek 100; A 35.2; ICV 41). Cleaned at one time and now re-toned, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £200-£260
Ayyubid, al-Nasir Salah al-din Yusuf, Dinar, al-Qahira 583h, 4.62g/4h (Balog 43; A 785.2; ICV 890). Traces of mounting, otherwise good very fine £240-£300
Hammer Price: £340
Tripoli, Bohemond IV-VII (1187-1287), Bezant, third phase, obv. B, rev. T and cross, 3.43g/2h (BY 14; Schlumberger pl. V, 24). Edge cracks, otherwise very fine £200-£260
Kings of Parthia, Phraatakes and Musa (c. 2 BC - 5 AD), Drachm, Ekbatana, 3.18g/1h (Sellwood 58.9; Shore 324; Sunrise 404). Reverse double-struck, some old scratches, otherwise good very fine £400-£500
Hammer Price: £360
Jerusalem, Anonymous, Bezant, third phase (c. 1187-1260), imitating a dinar of the Fatimid caliph al-Amir, 3.80g/3h (BY 27; A 730). Very fine £200-£260
Tulunid, Ahmad b. Tulun, Dinar, Misr 268h, 4.14g/12h (Grabar 8; Bernardi 191De; A 661; ICV 779). Very fine £240-£300
Kings of Parthia, Arsakes II (211-185 BC), Drachm, Rhagai-Arsakeia?, 3.98g/12h (Sellwood 6.1; Shore 4; Sunrise 241-3). About extremely fine £300-£400
Hammer Price: £380
Algarve, Musa b. Muhammad (631-660h), square Dirham, no mint or date, 1.54g/12h (Vives 2123; A I410; ICV 629). About extremely fine, rare £200-£260
Kings of Characene, Meredates (c. 130-150), Æ Tetradrachm, diademed and bearded bust of king right, rev. bust of Tyche right, 14.43g/12h (Mitchiner ACW 733). Good very fine, very rare £300-£400
Artuqid of Mardin, Husam al-din Yuluq Arslan, Æ Dirham, no mint, 596h, citing the Ayyubid rulers al-Afdal ‘Ali and al-Zahir Ghazi as overlords, 14.40g/11h (SS 36.1; A 1829.4; ICV 1209). Good very fine £200-£260
Hammer Price: £400
Sasanian Kings, Queen Buran (630-1), Drachm, sk (Sistan), yr 3, 3.08g/3h (Göbl I/1 & 229; Sunrise 1006 var.). Clipped, otherwise about very fine, rare £300-£400
Arab-Sasanian, ‘Abd al-Malik b. ‘Abd Allah, Drachm, bysh (Bishapur) 66h, 3.75g/9h (Malek 307; A 20; ICV 22). About very fine £200-£260
Hammer Price: £420
Abbasid, temp. al-Mansur, Dinar, no mint, 155h, 4.24g/2h (SICA 3, 59; A 212; ICV 376). About extremely fine £200-£260
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates II (121-91 BC), Tetradrachm, Seleukeia, 14.45g/1h (Sellwood 24.3; Shore 66; Sunrise -). Old graffiti in front of face, otherwise very fine £500-£700
Hammer Price: £440
Mamluk, al-Ashraf Sha‘ban II, Dinar, al-Qahira 769h, 7.20g/12h (Balog 400; A 955; ICV 1007). Good very fine £400-£500
Hammer Price: £460
Fatimid, al-Mustansir, glass weight or jeton, dated 431h, 26mm, 4.25g/3h (Cairo 5559; Balog -; A 724). Brown glass, very fine and very rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £500
Jerusalem, Anonymous, Bezant, second phase (c. 1165-87), imitating a dinar of the Fatimid caliph al-Amir, 3.88g/8h (BY 27; A 730). Good very fine £400-£500
Sasanian Kings, Ardashir I (223-40), billon Tetradrachm, 13.38g/9h (Göbl II/4a/2; Sunrise 700). Good very fine £200-£260
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