Ancient, Islamic, British and World Coins

Historical Medals

Banknotes and Share Certificates

To be sold by auction at:

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Day of Sale:

Thursday 11th December 2003 10.30 am and 2.00 pm

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Order of Sale

Thursday 11th

December 2003

Starting at 10.30 am

Ancient Coins lots 1-111 Islamic Coins lots 112-319

Starting at 2.00 pm

Nobles and Continental Imitations lots 320-369 A Collection of Five-Guinea Pieces lots 370-393 Other British Gold Coins lots 394-436 English Silver and Bronze Coins lots 437-482 Tokens lots 483-486 Drawings lot 487 Scottish and Irish Coins lots 488-498 Coin Cup, Scales and Gold Changer lots 499-501 Historical Medals and Plaquettes lots 502-517 Australasian Coins and Medals lots 518-535 World Gold Coins lots 536-567 A Collection of the Coins of Geneva lots 568-584 World Silver and Bronze Coins lots 585-626 Banknotes and Bonds lots 627-652

Friday 12th

December 2003

10.30 am and 2.00 pm

War Medals, Orders and Decorations (see separate catalogue)

The condition of most of the coins and medals in this catalogue is described by the use of conventional

numismatic terms. For an explanation of these expressions or for any further information, clients are

invited to contact us directly.

GREEK COINS

1Danubian Celts, tetradrachm in imitation of types of Philip III of Macedon, 18.06 g. (Allen/Nash 67), unusually high weight, very fine £100-150

2Italy, didrachms of Neapolis and Metapontum; together with hemidrachms of Abdera, Thasos, Sicyon, Achaean League issues of Aegion (2) and Elis; and early diobol of Metapontum, last damaged, mainly fine to very fine (9) £150-200

3Italy, didrachms of Metapontum, Thurium (2) and Velia; and Corinthian stater, fine (5) £120-150

4Siculo-Punic, tetradrachm, c. 300 BC, head of Heracles right, rev., horse’s head, obv. off centre, very fine; Syracuse,Corinthian style stater of Agathocles, good fine (2) £300-350

5Macedonia, Acanthus, tetradrachm, c. 400 BC, lion attacking bull; swastika above, rev., inscription around quadripartite incuse square, 13.89 g. (Desneux -), some pitting, very fine

£800-1,000

6Kings of Macedonia, Alexander III, 336-323 BC, tetra-drachms (2, one test cut) and drachms (2); Philip III, tetra-drachms (2); under the Romans, First Region, tetra-drachm; Aesillas, Quaestor, tetradrachm, some fine or better (8) £300-400

7Kings of Macedonia, Alexander III, tetradrachms (6), lifetime or early posthumous issues, mainly fine or better (6) £300-400

8Kings of Macedonia, Alexander III, posthumous tetradrachms (7) of Alabanda, two with obv. countermarks, mainly fine (7) £250-300

9Kings of Macedonia, Alexander III, posthumous tetradrachms of Temnus (Price 1688) and Aspendus (3, countermarked), about very fine to very fine (4) £250-300

10Kings of Macedonia, Alexander III, drachms (5); together with similar drachms of Philip III (2) and Lysimachus of Thrace (1), very fine to about extremely fine (8) £400-500

11Kings of Macedonia, Antigonus Gonatus, 277-239 BC,

tetradrachm, head of Pan on shield, rev., Athena Alcidemus, 17.04 g. (SNG Berry 355), very fine £200-250

12Kings of Macedonia, Antigonus Doson, 229-221 BC,

tetradrachm, bearded head of Poseidon right, rev., Apollo seated on prow, examining bow, 17.06 g. (SNG Berry 361-70), very fine £400-500

13Attica, Athens, tetradrachm, after 449 BC, head of Athena right, rev., owl, 16.87 g., granular surfaces, about extremely fine £400-500

14Attica, Athens, tetradrachm, similar to the last, 17.04 g., granular surfaces, good very fine £400-500

15Attica, Athens, tetradrachms (5), 5th-4th cent. BC, Athena head, rev., owl, one with rev. test mark, mainly fine or slightly better (5) £250-300

16Kings of Bithynia, Prusias I, 228-185 BC, tetradrachm, diademed head right, rev., Zeus standing left, crowning king’s name; to left, thunderbolt and two monograms, 16.92 g. (BMC 2), very fine and rare £800-1,000

17Mysia, Cyzicus, electrum hecte, 450-400 BC, head of Ammon right with ram’s horn and ear, rev., quadripartite incuse square, 2.67 g. (cf. von Fritze pl. IV, 16 for stater and Leu 77, 262 for hemihecte), type previously unrecorded as a hecte, well centred and about extremely fine £1,500-2,000

18Mysia, Pergamum, Attalus I, 241-197 BC, tetradrachms (4); and Syrian tetradrachm of Antiochus II, some corroded, mainly fine (5) £150-200

19Cistophori (4), mid 2nd cent. BC., of Pergamum, symbol thyrsus (Kleiner series 24a), Ephesus, symbol Nike (Kleiner 23), Tralles, symbol tripod (Kleiner 23) and Apameia, symbol elephant head (Kleiner 23), very fine or slightly better (4) £200-300

20Cistophori (4), mid 2nd cent. BC., of Pergamum, symbol thyrsus (Kleiner series 24a), Ephesus, symbol eagle (Kleiner 25), Tralles, symbol tripod (Kleiner 23) and Apameia, symbol elephant head (Kleiner 23), very fine or slightly better (4) £200-300

21Troas, Alexandria Troas, double-siglos, early 3rd cent BC, laureate head of Apollo right, rev., - ,horse grazing right; below, and corn grain, 10.62 g. (Triton VI, 323, this piece), good very fine, with traces of an unclear undertype on the reverse, unpublished and

apparently unique £2,500-3,000

This issue must be associated with the two silver coins listed by Bellinger (A123 and A124 – Paris and Oxford respectively), in particular the latter which bears the same ethnic and symbol below the horse. Bellinger called them hemidrachms but their weights (2.35 and 2.41 g.) show them to be Persian half-sigloi. Bellinger dated them to the period of 228-190 BC whereas they are much more likely to be associated with the copper coinage of the same types issued earlier in the 3rd century (as Bellinger A28ff.).

22Ionia, uncertain mints, Milesian standard, 650-550 BC, forty-eighth staters (2), 0.29 g., 0.28 g., first with lion scalp/scorpion (Weidauer 170), the other with uncertain types; and ninety-sixth staters (3), two with scallop shell/incuse, the other uncertain, 0.16 g., 0.13 g., 0.12 g., mainly very fine (5) £300-500

23Ionia, Clazomenae, Æ 18 mm., 4th cent. BC., facing head of Athena, rev., ram (BMC 59), good very fine; other Greek bronzes (7) including Syracuse (2), Lysimachus of Thrace, Seleucid Syria (3); Roman colonial, miscellaneous bronzes (19) including issues of Side (2), Antioch (6), Cyprus, Neapolis (Samaria, M. Aurelius, SNG ANS 968), Philadelphia (2, Decapolis, Hadrian, L. Verus, ANS 1385, 1392) etc.; with late Roman (2) and Byzantine (9) bronzes, many fine, a few better (38) £250-300

24Ionia, Ephesus, diobol (BMC 53); Ionia, Miletus, diobol (BMC 34) and drachm (BMC 119 var.); Caria, Pixodarus, trihemiobol (BMC 15); Pisidia, Selge, trihemiobol; with denarius of Trajan and colonial bronze of Severus Alexander of Ephesus, some very fine (7) £200-250

25Ionia, Teos, stater, c. 480 BC, griffin seated right (both forelegs on the ground); club before, rev., quadripartite incuse square, 11.84 g. (Balcer 25; BMC 2), very fine and rare £400-500

26Lydia, electrum twelfth stater, 6th cent. BC, pre-Croesus, lion’s head right, rev., incuse square, 1.16 g. (BMC 17), very fine; Ionia, electrum twenty-fourth stater, lion’s scalp, rev., incuse square, 0.58 g. (SNG von Aulock 1803), about fine (2) £300-350

27Lydia, gold daric, mid 4th cent. BC, king kneeling right with spear and bow, rev., oblong incuse, 8.29 g. (Carradice pl. 15, 50), good fine £500-600

28Lydia, sigloi (6), 5th-4th cent. BC, one plated; together with Greek silver of Byzantium, Parium, Colchis, Miletus, Rhodes (5), Phoenicia (7, one plated) and Nabataea, mainly fair to fine, some better (23) £250-300

29Lycia, tetrobol in the name of Trbbenimi, lion’s scalp, rev.,triskeles; trihemiobols (2), in the names of Vedevie and Perikle, lion attacking bull, rev., facing Athena head; and later drachms (2) of Masikytes, mainly very fine (5) £200-300

30Pamphylia, Perge, tetradrachm, 3rd cent. BC, head of Artemis, rev., Artemis standing (SNG von Aulock 4656); Side, tetradrachm, 2nd cent. BC (SNG von Aulock 4796), with anchor countermark; Cilicia, Celenderis, stater,horseman left, rev., goat left looking back; club below (cf. SNG Berry 1258 var.), mainly fine to very fine (3) £250-300

31Cilicia, Celenderis, stater, c. 420 BC, rider vaulting from horse left; below horse, A, rev., goat kneeling left, ivy leaf attached to tail, 10.78 g. (Kraay 4c = SNG Berry 1259, this coin), good very fine £300-350

Ex Burton Y. Berry collection.

32Cilicia, Issus, stater, under Tiribazus, 386-380 BC, Baal standing left, rev., Ahuramazda facing, head to right, holding wreath and lotus flower, 10.74 g. (SNG von Aulock 5601), cleaned, good very fine £250-300

Ex Sotheby’s Zurich, October 1993, lot 767.

33Cilicia, Mallus, stater, head of Aphrodite right, rev., head of satrap right (SNG Levante 151), obv. with test cut, good very fine; Soli, stater, bearded male head right, rev., head of satrap right (SNG France 163), rev. weak, very fine (2) £300-400

34Cilicia, Mallus, stater, similar to previous lot (SNG Levante 151); Nagidus, stater (SNG Levante 8); Tarsus, stater(SNG Levante 60; SNG France 215), and staters under Pharnabazus and Mazaeus (SNG France 251, 347), last with two punch marks, mainly fine or better (5) £150-200

35Cilicia, Tarsus, Datames, 369-360 BC, stater, facing head of Arethusa, rev., bearded and helmeted head right (SNG France 273), obverse off centre, very fine £150-200

36Cilicia, Tarsus, Datames, stater, similar to previous lot (SNG France 258), very fine; Mazaeus, 361-344 BC, stater,Baal seated left, rev., lion attacking bull left; corn-ear and monogram below (cf. Hunt IV, 619), obv. weak, rev. extremely fine (2) £250-300

37Kings of Syria, Antiochus II, 261-246 BC, tetradrachm, Antioch, head right, rev., Apollo seated, 16.92 g. (WSM 970), cleaned, very fine £120-150

38Kings of Syria, Antiochus II or Antiochus Hierax,

tetradrachm, Phocaea, head right, rev., Apollo seated; below, seal, 16.85 g. (WSM 1509, pl. 66, 7), cleaned, very fine and rare £150-200

39Kings of Syria, Antiochus VII, 138-129 BC, tetradrachms (9), Tyre mint; Demetrius II, 2nd reign, 129-125 BC, tetradrachms (3), Tyre, fine or better (12) £350-400

40Kings of Syria, Seleucus VI, 95-94 BC, tetradrachm, Antioch, head right, rev., Zeus seated left (SNG Spaer 2772 var.), very fine; Demetrius III, 95-88 BC, tetradrachm, Damascus, rev., cultus statue of Atargatis, about very fine but corroded, rare; and tetradrachm of Antiochus VII, fine; Egypt, tetradrachms of Ptolemy I and II (Sv. pl. IX, 13 and 24), fine to very fine (5) £250-300

41Kings of Syria, Tigranes II of Armenia, 83-69 BC,

tetradrachm (1) and bronzes (17), poor to fine; other Seleucid bronzes (10, identified), good fine; Roman, denarii (15, including Augustus) and miscellaneous base metal (40),some fine (83) £250-300

42Phoenicia, Sidon, dishekel, early 4th cent. BC, war-galley to left, rev., King of Persia in chariot left, 27.97 g. (Betlyon 16), almost very fine £200-300

43Phoenicia, Sidon, dishekels (5), 4th cent. BC, galley, rev.,chariot, four with test marks, some corrosion, fair to good fine (5) £200-300

44Phoenicia, Tyre, shekel, head of Melqarth right, rev., eagleon prow, year 96, 31/30 BC, 14.23 g. (RPC 4632), patch of staining on obverse, almost extremely fine £120-150

45Phoenicia, Tyre, shekels (4), similar to the last, years 78, 83, 92, 96, AD 49/48, 44/43, 35/34, 31/30 (RPC -, 4622, 4629, 4632), fine to almost very fine (4) £180-220

46Phoenicia, Tyre, shekel, with KAP monogram on reverse, year 110, 17/16 BC; other shekels (5), all with KP onreverse, years 127, 129, 143, 145, 146, AD 1/2, 3/4, 17/18, 19/20, 20/21 (RPC 4650A, 4651, 4656, 4658, 4659), verygood to almost very fine (6) £300-400

47Phoenicia, Tyre, shekels (5), all with KP on reverse, years 145, 160, 161, 162, 176, AD 19/20, 34/35, 35/36, 36/37, 50/51 (RPC 4658, 4664, 4665, 4666, 4675), very good to good fine (5) £200-300

48Phoenicia, Tyre, shekel, year 159, AD 33/34, 14.01 g. (RPC 4663), almost very fine [struck in the “traditional” year of the Crucifixion] £250-300

49Phoenicia, Tyre, shekels (6), all with KP on reverse, years 161, 162, 163, 176, 180, AD 35/36, 36/37, 37/38, 50/51, 54/55 (RPC 4665, 4666, 4667, 4675, 4678), and date illegible, this very good, others fine to almost very fine (6) £250-350

50Phoenicia, Tyre, half-shekel, AD 25/6,; with drachms of Cappadocia (2), Syria; hemidrachms of Miletus and Rhodes, fine or better (6) £100-150

51Phoenicia, Tyre, half-shekels (4), years 33, 34, 45, 90 (94/93, 93/92, 82/81 and 37/36 BC), fine to very fine (4) £150-200

52Phoenicia, Tyre, half-shekels (6), all with KP on reverse, years 146, 162, 163, 170, 181, 184, AD 20/21, 36/37, 37/38, 44/45, 55/56, 58/59 (RPC 4691, 4695, 4695A, 4701A, 4686B, 4705), fine to very fine (6) £200-300

53Phoenicia, Tyre, half-shekel, year 159, AD 33/34, 6.09 g. (RPC 4693), good fine/fine [struck in the ‘traditional’ year of the Crucifixion] £200-300

54Phoenicia, Tyre, contemporary barbarous imitations of shekels (5) and half shekels (3 – all from the same obverse die), fine to good very fine, an interesting group (8) £250-350

55Phoenicia (?), uncertain mint, half-siglos, helmeted head of Athena right, rev., owl standing right, head facing; with two unclear letters in left field, 2.63 g., about very fine and apparently unpublished £150-200

56Philisto-Arabian coinage, Ashdod, drachm, c. 350 BC, bearded male head left, rev., owl standing right with head facing, 3.34 g. (cf. Leu 54, 1992, 179 = Brindlay 611; cf. Leu 83, 2002, 254), good fine and very rare £300-500

57Philisto-Arabian coinage, uncertain mint, drachm, 4th cent. BC, male head right, rev, lion to left over ram’s head, 3.32 g. (BMC 24), test cut on rev., about fine, very rare £200-300

58Judaea, Pontius Pilate, AD 26-36, bronze prutah (22), comprising barley type (10) and lituus type (12), fine or slightly better (22) £200-300

59Babylonia, tetradrachms (6), c. 311-280 BC, Baal seated left, rev., lion walking left, some corrosion, mainly fine (6) £250-300

60Parthia, Phraatakes, c. 2 BC – AD 4, tetradrachm, year 310 (Sell. 56.3); Mithradates II, drachm (Sell. 26.1); later Parthian drachms (8), fine to very fine (10) £120-150

61Parthia, tetradrachms (7) of Phraatakes, year 310 (S. 56.3), Artabanus II (S. 61), Vardanes I, year 353 (S. 64.9), Gotarzes II, year 357 (S. 65.4), Vologases I (2, S. 68.9 and 70.5) and Vologases IV, year 464 (S. 84.13), mainly fine to very fine; Characene, base tetradrachms (4) of Attambelos III, fine (11) £250-300

62Parthia, Artabanus II, c. AD 10-38, tetradrachm, AD 22/23 (S. 62.3), rev. off centre, about very fine; Pacorus II, tetradrachm, AD 77/78 (S. 73.4), very fine (2) £200-250

63Sasanian, Ardashir I, 224-241, billon tetradrachm (Göbl 7) and obol (Göbl 12, slight edge damage); Elymais, Kamnaskires VI (?), billon tetradrachm (S. 5888); Bosporus and Pontus, uncertain mint, Ae 27 mm., head left in cap, rev., star; with three countermarks (SNG BM 973), mainly very fine (4) £150-200

64Sasanian, Ardashir I, drachm, bust right wearing turreted crown, rev., fire-altar behind ceremonial table, 3.41 g. (Göbl 14), evenly clipped and old scrapes on bust, good fine and toned, scarce £60-80

65Sasanian, Shapur I, 241-272, drachm, bust right in crown without ear-flaps, rev., fire-altar and attendants, 4.50 g. (Göbl 30), very fine and rare £180-220

66Sasanian, drachms (11) of Shapur I, Varhran I, Hormazd II, Shapur II (2), Ardashir II, Shapur III, Yazdgard I, Zamasp and Ardashir III (2), mainly fine to very fine (11) £200-300

67Sasanian, Shapur II, 309-379, gold dinar, crowned bust right, rev., fire altar, 7.19 g. (Göbl 1309), very fine £600-800

68Sasanian, drachms of Varhran V (6), Peroz (40), Kavad I (1), Khusru I (6), Hormazd IV (2), Khusru II (58); together with Parthian drachms (8), Persid hemidrachm and modern copies (2), many very fine (124) £600-800

69Bactria, Eucratides I, c. 171-145 BC, tetradrachm, diademed bust right, rev., the Dioscuri riding right, 16.90 g. (Mitch 168c; Bop. Series 1, F), about extremely fine £600-800

70Bactria, tetradrachms (4) comprising Demetrius I (Mitch 103c), Eukratides I (2, Mitch 177) and Apollodotus II (Mitch 423a), first three with corrosion/tooling, mainly very fine (4) £500-600

71India, Kushans, Kanishka I, c. 232-260, gold dinar, king standing left, rev., Mao, the moon god standing left, 8.02 g. (Göbl 76), good very fine £300-400

72India, Kushans, Kanishka I, Æ unit, king standing left, rev., standing figure of Buddha, facing, 16.44 g. (Göbl 785), fine and very rare £400-500

73India, Kushans, Huvishka, c. 260-292, gold dinar, bust of king left on clouds, rev., standing figures of Skando Komaro and Bizago, 7.64 g. (Göbl 156/1), edge with slight traces of mounting, about very fine and a very rare variety £1,000-1,500

74India, late Kushans, Pakanadha, late 4th cent., gold dinar, king left, rev., Ardoksho seated (Göbl 596; Mitch. Kipanada 3584), about extremely fine £100-120

75Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy I - III, tetradrachms (20), mainly with corrosion, fair to fine, some better (20) £300-350

76Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy I - III, tetradrachms (21), two plated, mainly with corrosion, fair to fine, some better (20) £250-300

77Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy III, 246-221 BC, Æ 41 mm., head of Zeus, rev., eagle, very fine; Æ drachm of Hadrian and late billon tetradrachms (8); together with antoniniani etc. (53), mainly fine or better (62) £180-220

78Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy V, 204-180 BC, tetradrachms (2, Sv. pl. 40, 2), some corrosion, about very fine; late Ptolemaic, tetradrachms (10), very fine; others similar (10), one pierced, one plated, some corroded, fine (22) £350-400

79Cyrenaica, Cyrene, didrachm, 308-277 BC, head of Carneius left, rev., silphium plant flanked by coiled serpent and monogram, 7.51 g. (BMC 244ff), some edge corrosion, otherwise very fine £200-300

80Aksumite, Ebana, gold unit, bust right wearing tiara, rev.,bust right wearing headcloth, 1.47 g. (MH/JJ 71), good fine

£100-150

ROMAN AND BYZANTINE COINS

81Brutus, denarius, 43-42 BC, axe, simpulum and knife, rev., jugand lituus, 3.97 g. (Cr. 500/7; Syd. 1310), toned, good very fine

£300-400

‡82Pompey, denarius, 42-40 BC, struck under Sextus Pompey, head right, rev., Neptune and the Catanean brothers, 3.64 g. (Cr. 511/3a), irregular edge, toned, about extremely fine £300-400

83Mark Antony, denarius, CHORTIS PRAETORIARUM type (Cr. 544/8), flan laminated and cracked, about very fine; with miscellaneous denarii (15), Republic to Severan period; and Byzantine billon aspron trachy of Alexius I (S. 1918), fine, some better (17) £200-250

84Nero, 54-68, aureus, as Caesar struck under Claudius, young draped bust left, rev., simpulum, lituus, tripod and patera, 7.55 g. (RIC 76; C. 311; BMC 84), one small edge file mark, other surface marks, about very fine £700-900

85Vespasian, 69-79, sestertius, laureate head right, rev., IVDAEACAPTA S C, emperor standing beside palm tree and mourning Jewess (RIC 427; C. 239), brown patina, good fine £150-200

86Nerva, 96-98, as, laureate head right, rev., CONCORDIAEXERCITVVM S C, clasped hands (RIC 79; C. 21), good very fine with green patina £180-220

87Pertinax, 193, posthumous denarius struck by Septimius Severus, bare head right, rev., eagle on globe, 2.62 g. (RIC 24A; C. 6; BMC 37), faint flan crack and flan lamination behind bust, otherwise very fine and rare £500-600

88Gordian II, 238, sestertius, laureate bust right, rev., Virtusstanding left (RIC 8; C. 15), only about fine, rare £100-150

89Balbinus, 238, antoninianus, rev., FIDES MVTVA AVGG,clasped hands (RIC 11; C. 6), some light scratches, good very fine £180-220

90Galerius, as Caesar, 293-305, argenteus, Siscia, laureate head right, rev., four princes before eight-turretted camp gate, 3.10 g. (RIC 44b), faint flan crack, slight scuff on reverse, about extremely fine £150-200

91Constantius II, 337-361, solidus, Nicomedia, 351-355, rev., GLORIA – REI – PVBLICAE, Roma and Constantinopolis enthroned, holding shield inscribed VOT / XX / MVLT / XXX,in ex., SMNC, 4.46 g. (RIC 74), scratch before bust, almost extremely fine £300-400

92Constantius II, 337-361, solidus, Thessalonica, 351-355, laurel and rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev., GLORIA – REI – PVBLICAE, Roma and Constantinopolis enthroned, holding shield inscribed VOT / XXX / MVLT / XXXX,4.25 g. (RIC 154), graffiti on obverse, almost very fine and a scarce variety £200-250

93Valens, 364-378, solidus, Antioch mint, bust right, rev.,emperor standing, some graffiti, fine to very fine £80-120

94Theodosius II, 408-450, solidi (2), Constantinople, both rev., Constantinopolis enthroned, varieties with legends VOTXXX – MVLT XXXX B and IMP XXXXII COS – XVII PP, 4.42, 4.26 g. (RIC 257, 324), good fine to very fine (2) £150-200

95Leo I, 457-474, solidi (2), Constantinople, rev., Victory supporting long cross, star in right field, officinae A and S, 4.46, 4.47 g. (RIC 605), both weakly struck on emperor’s face, otherwise about extremely fine with some lustre (2) £250-300

96Leo I, semissis, Constantinople, D N LEO PE – RPET AVG,diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev., VICTORIAAVGG, Victory seated right inscribing shield XVXXX, star in left field, Christogram in right field, in ex., CONOB, 2.21 g. (RIC 608), minor marks on obverse, about extremely fine £150-200

97Denarii (19), including a brockaged Republican issue of L. Memmius (cf. Cr. 304/1 obv.); together with Tarentum stater, antoniniani (4), bronzes (8), cast copies (7) and shilling of Elizabeth I, some fine or better (40) £200-250

98Denarii (60), comprising Nero (1), Vitellius (2), Vespasian (3), Titus (5), Domitian (1), Nerva (5), Trajan (4, including two of Trajan’s column), Hadrian (11, including Africa (2), Egypt, Hispania, Nilus (2) reclining), Sabina (6), Aelius (1), Antoninus Pius (5), Faustina I (1), Faustina II (3), Lucius Verus (1), Lucilla (4), Commodus (1), Crispina (4), Caracalla (2), mainly fine, some better and several scarce varieties (60) £1,000-1,200

99Denarii (5), of Vespasian (rev., Judaea), Sabina, Antoninus Pius (rev., head of Marcus Aurelius), Divus Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius (rev., Germania mourning), fine or slightly better (5) £100-120

100Justinian I, 527-565, solidus, Constantinople, rev., angel holding staff surmounted by Christogram (S. 140), and tremisses (2) (S. 145), very fine and better, one tremissis with graffiti (3) £150-200

101Tiberius II Constantine, 578-582, solidus, Constantinople, rev., cross potent on four steps, officina H (S. 422), veryfine; Phocas, 602-610, solidus, Constantinople, rev.,Victory, officina (S. 618), some graffiti, good very fine; Constans II/Constantine IV, tremissis, Constantinople (S. 984), fine/very fine (3) £200-250

102Maurice Tiberius, 582-602, solidi (4), all Constantinople, types with crowned bust (1), and bust with plumed helmet (3 – varieties with I in field [1] and with fields plain [2]) (S. 477, 479, 478 [2]), very fine to about extremely fine, the first scarce (4) £300-400

103Heraclius, 610-641, solidus, Constantinople, facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine wearing plain crowns, cross in field, rev., cross potent on three steps, N in right field, in ex., CONOB (S. 741A; MIB 13), some weakness in obverse legend, otherwise almost extremely fine and scarce £120-150

104Heraclius, solidi (4), all Constantinople with busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine right, rev., cross potent on three steps, varieties with short beard and elaborate crowns, officina (S. 734); short beard and plain crowns, officina S (S. 738); short beard and plain crowns, following officina (S. 742); and long beard, officina retrograde (S. 749), very fine and better (4) £350-450

105Heraclius, solidus, three standing figures, rev., cross on steps (S. 766); Michael VII, histamenon (S. 1868), extremely fine (2) £200-250

106Basil I, 867-886, solidus, Christ enthroned, rev., facingbusts of Basil and Constantine (DO 2; S. 1704), good very fine £200-300

107Basil II, 976-1025, histamenon nomisma, nimbate bust of Christ, rev., Basil and Constantine VIII holding long patriarchal cross (S. 1796), plugged, very fine; ConstantineIX, histamenon nomisma, nimbate bust of Christ, rev., bust of emperor holding long cross and globus cruciger (S. 1830), scrape on obverse and possibly flattened, very fine; Constantine X, histamenon nomisma, Christ enthroned, rev., emperor standing holding labarum and globus cruciger (S. 1847), very fine; Isaac II, electrum aspra trachea (2), varities with and without decoration on Virgin’s throne (S. 2002), good very fine (5) £300-400

108Isaac I, 1057-1059, histamenon nomisma, Christ enthroned, rev., emperor standing holding labarum and resting left hand on sword in sheath, 4.33 g. (S. 1843), good very fine £120-150

109Romanus IV, 1068-1071, histamena, Christ crowning Romanus and Eudocia, rev., standing figures of the associate rulers (DO 1 and 2; S. 1859, 1861), second with obv. graffiti, very fine (2) £200-250

110Romanus IV, 1068-1071, histamenon nomisma, Christ standing between Romanus and Eudocia, rev., the three sons of Constantine X (S. 1859); Michael VII, histamenon nomisma, bust of Christ, rev., Michael holding labarum and globus cruciger (S. 1868); Manuel I, electrum aspron trachy, Christ standing on dais flanked by stars, rev.,emperor and St Theodore (S. 1959); Andronicus II, hyperpyron, bust of the Virgin within city walls, rev.,emperor kneeling before Christ (S. 2326), last with attempted piercing, very fine and better (4) £250-300

Ex 111 111Byzantine, lead issue, in imitation of an 8th century solidus, facing bust, rev., cross potent on three steps, possibly a contemporary copy from southern Italy, very fine and apparently unrecorded (illustrated); and a lead seal, fine (2) £80-120

ISLAMIC COINS

112Arab-Sasanian, `Abdallah b. `Amir, drachm, GW (Qumm) 37YE, 2.41 g., chipped and hoard-stained, fine to good fine and extremely rare, apparently an unrecorded mint for this

governor £100-150

113Arab-Sasanian, drachms (3), `Abdallah b. `Amir, DAP(Fasa) 43YE, Salm b. Ziyad, SK (Sijistan) 56h, al-Muhallabb. Abi Sufra, BYŠ (Bishapur) 76h; with a Banijurid dirham of Muhammad b. Ahmad, Taliqan 284h (Album 1433), this fine, others very fine and better (4) £120-150

114Arab-Sasanian, Mu`awiya b. Abi Sufyan, drachm, DA (Darabjird) 43YE, 3.89 g. (SICA I, 245), good very fine; `Abd al-Malik b. Marwan, drachm, DA+P (Fasa) 60 YE, 3.62 g. (SICA I, 273ff), good fine (2) £120-150

115Arab-Sasanian, `Abd al-Malik b. Marwan, drachm, DA+P (Fasa) 60YE, 3.38 g. (SICA I, 273, same dies), very fine; al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf, drachm, BYŠ (Bishapur) 80h, 3.42 g. (SICA I, 226 ff), about fine and scarce (2) £120-150

116Arab-Sasanian, `Abd al-`Aziz b. `Abdallah, drachm, TART (Tawwaj) 71h, 4.00 g. (Album 25 RR), very fine, the reverse better, rare £100-150

116AArab-Sasanian drachms (6): `Ubaydallah (without patronymic), HRA 56h (Walker p.74, O.7); `Ubaydallah b. Ziyad (3), BCRA 57h, 61h (SICA I, 52, 77ff); `Abdallah b. Khazim, MRW 69 (?); al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra, ART 76h (SICA I, 35ff); `Umar b. `Ubaydallah, ART 68h (SICA I, 19ff), good fine to good very fine (6) £180-220

117Arab-Sasanian, al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf, drachm, BYŠ (Bishapur) 80h, 3.26 g. (SICA I, 226 ff), fine; with other drachms (8) of Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan (3), DA (Darabjird) 43YE (SICA I, 239ff), scratched, DA blundered date, and BYŠ 53h (SICA I, 143ff); `Ubaydallah b. Ziyad, DA 43YE (Walker B.14); `Abdallah b. al-Zubayr (2), DA 57YE (SICA I, 258) and KRMAN-NAR (Narmasir) 67h (severely clipped, fair); `Umarb. `Ubaydallah, drachm, BYŠ (Bishapur) 67h (SICA I, 156ff);al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra, BYŠ 76h (SICA I, 211ff), generally good fine to very fine (9) £250-300

118Eastern Sijistan Series, drachms (2), anonymous type with duriba bi-Zaranj in obverse margin, unclear countermark at 11 o’clock, 3.17 g. (Album A80 RRR), flan crack and hoard-stained, otherwise fine and very rare; anonymous with bismillah in obverse margin, without clear mint-name or date, surface deposits, almost very fine (2) £150-200

119Eastern Sijistan Series, Misma`, drachm, 3.65 g. (Album 85 RR), some staining, very fine and rare £150-200

120Eastern Sijistan Series, Qudama, drachm, 3.17 g. (Album 86 RR), two edge chips otherwise good very fine and rare

£150-200

121Eastern Sijistan Series, drachms (3) of Ishaq, Salih b. Ridha and uncertain governor, last two countermarked with lillah jayyid and an uncertain mark, stained but generally

fine (3) £150-200

122Eastern Sijistan Series, drachms (2), Salih b. Ridha and Salih b. Ahmad, good fine (2) £150-200

123Eastern Sijistan Series, drachms (3), Salih b. Ridha (1) and Salih... (2 – both with patronymics unclear), fair to fine, the last two hoard-stained (3) £150-200

124Eastern Sijistan Series, drachm, anonymous with duriba bi-Zaranj in obverse margin, unclear countermark at 11 o’clock, 3.17 g. (Album A80 RRR), fine and very rare £150-200

125Eastern Sijistan Series, drachms (5), types with duriba [bi-Zaranj] in obverse margin (chipped); Salih b. Ridha (1); uncertain governors (2) and margins unclear (1), all hoard-stained, fair to fine; with an imitation of a Khusraw II type Arab-Sasanian drachm, bismillah – rabi in obverse margin, SK (Sijistan), date unclear; Turko-Hephthalite drachms (2) of Vasu Deva (Mitchiner 1560), one pierced, the other countermarked; Sasanian drachms (2); Tabaristan hemidrachms (5) of Farkhan, Sa`id, `Umar, Hani, Jarir (name in margin and AFZWT to right of bust), fine to very fine (15) £300-400

POST-REFORM UMAYYAD COINAGE

126temp. `Abd al-Malik, 65-86h, dinar, 78h, 4.21 g. (Walker 187), old scratch on obverse, about very fine £120-150

127Dinars (6), 78h, 80h, 81h, 83h, 84h, 86h, 3.60, 4.22, 4.26, 4.15, 3.99, 3.93, g. (Walker 187, 190, 191, 193, 194, 197), some with scratches or graffiti, good fine to very fine (6) £500-600

128Dinars (3), 80h, 81h, 91h, 3.89, 3.87, 3.90 g. (Walker 190, 191, 202), all clipped otherwise about very fine (3) £200-250

129Dinars (3), 80h, 90h, 91h, 3.55, 4.19, 4.18 g. (Walker 190, 201, 202), first clipped, second slightly bent, good fine to almost very fine (3) £200-250

130Dinars (4), 81h (graffiti), 109h, 110h (graffiti), 123h, 4.22, 4.22, 4.08, 4.24 g. (Walker 191, 229, 230, 243), a few scuffs and edge marks, generally very fine and better (4) £350-400

131temp. `Abd al-Malik, 65-86h, dinar, 84h, 4.15 g. (Walker 194), extremely fine £120-150

132temp. al-Walid I, 86-96h, dinars (3), 88h, 89h, 90h, 4.19, 4.20, 4.16 g. (Walker 199, 200, 201), good fine to very fine (3) £220-250

133temp. al-Walid I, dinars (4), 91h, 92h, 95h, 96h, 4.13, 4.09, 4.21, 4.06 g. (Walker 202, 204, 209, 210), good fine to very fine (4) £300-400

134Dinars (3), 92h, 98h, 110h, 4.22, 4.01, 4.24 g. (Walker 204, 213, 230), very fine to almost extremely fine, the second clipped (3) £250-300

135temp. Sulayman, 96-99h, dinars (2), 98h, 99h, 3.79, 4.23 g. (Walker 213, 214), very fine to good very fine (2) £150-200

‡136temp. Sulayman, dinar, 99h, 4.14 g. (Walker 214), light graffiti on obverse, very fine to good very fine £100-120

137temp. Hisham, 105-125h, dinars (3), 109h, 111h, 112h, 4.18, 4.16, 4.22 g. (Walker 229, 231, 232), good very fine to extremely fine (3) £280-320

‡138temp. Hisham, dinar, 114h, 4.26 g. (Walker 234), extremelyfine £150-200

‡139temp. Hisham, dinar, 124h, 4.25 g. (Walker 244), extremelyfine £120-150

140temp. Marwan II, 127-132h, dinar, 129h, no point below dof duriba, 4.21 g. (Walker 249 note), some scuffs and uneven toning on obverse, otherwise very fine and scarce;

temp. Hisham, 105-125h, dinar, 111h, 4.08 g. (Walker 231), ex-mount, good fine (2) £200-250

141Dirham, Adharbayjan 105h, 2.85 g. (Klat 24.a1), black surfaces, very fine or better £40-60

142Dirham, Arran 89h, points below b of duriba and b of bi-Arran, 1.76 g. (Klat 26), evenly clipped, fine to good fine and extremely rare £1,500-2,000

143Dirham, Ardashir Khurra 83h, 2.51 g. (Klat 32), very fine and extremely rare [3 specimens known to Klat] £1,000-1,500

144Dirham, Istakhr 84h, unit of date reads with closed top to ayn, 2.14 g. (Klat 71.2), edge broken from 12 to 4 o’clock on obverse, otherwise very fine and very rare £300-400

145Dirhams, Dastawa 91h, 94h, 2.72, 2.79 g. (Klat 310, 313), good fine, the first with slight edge damage; together with other dirhams (14) comprising Sijistan 94h, hoard-stained, otherwise about very fine; al-Jazira 128h (ex-mount); Dimashq 81h, 82h (2), 84h (2), 87h, 95h, 123h; Sabur 93h, 95h; al-Samiya 131h; Suq al-Ahwaz 94h, mainly fine to very fine (16) £200-300

146Dirham, Dashtaq 94h, 2.40 g. (Klat 338.b, this piece), hairline crack above second line of obverse kalima, has

been cleaned and tooled in obverse fields, otherwise good fine to almost very fine and of the highest rarity, the only

specimen known to Klat £2,500-3,500

147Dirham, Dasht-i Maysan 80h, 2.59 g. (Klat 319), severehoard-staining but mint and date clear, fine to very fine and very rare £1,000-1,500

148Dirham, Junday Sabur 79h, 2.57 g. (Klat 234, same dies), clipped and some hoard-staining at margins, otherwise about

very fine and extremely rare [3 specimens known to Klat]£2,500-3,000

149Dirham, Zaranj 101h, annulets oo o o o o / o o o o o, 2.34 g. (Klat 412), horn silver on both sides but very fine with mint and date clear, very rare £600-800

150Dirham, Zaranj 102h, 2.26 g. (Klat 413), edge damage, fine and very rare £600-800

151Dirham, Zaranj 102h, unit of date apparently reads instead of , 2.13 g. (cf Klat 413), edge damaged, fine but very rare and apparently an unrecorded variety £800-1,200

152Dirhams (3), Sijistan, 96h, 97h; Hamadhan 94h, 2.45, 2.54, 2.58 g. (Klat 438, 439, 671), all with hoard staining, fine to very fine (3) £150-200

153Dirham, Sijistan 101h, annulets o [o o] o o / o o o [o o], pellet below of in third line of obverse field, 2.39 g. (Klat 443, annulets not visible), hoard-stained, especially at margins, and slight edge damage, good fine and extremely rare £1,000-1,500

154Dirhams, al-Mubaraka 110h, 120h, 2.86, 2.92 g. (Klat 573, variety with point below , 578.b), first with edge shaved, otherwise both very fine; together with other dirhams (9), comprising al-Basra 100h; al-Taymara 96h; Sabur 98h (corroded); Manadhir 95h, 96h (chipped), 97h; Marw 94h, 98h, 99h, fair to very fine, a few stained (11) £150-200

155Dirhams, al-Mubaraka 117h, 119h, with concentric annulets and pellets in margin, 2.88, 2.54 g. (Klat 575, 577.b), firstalmost extremely fine, second good fine and clipped; together with other dirhams (11): Kirman 90h (2), 103h (2); Mahay 91h, 97 (corroded), 98h (chipped); Marw 90h; Manadhir 91h, 92h, 97h, generally fine to very fine (13) £250-300

156Dirham, Maysan 79h, 2.28 g. (Klat 628), broken in three pieces, scratched on obverse, only fine but very rare £300-400

157Dirham, ‘Naysabur’ 82h, mint/date formula apparently reads … …, 2.19 g. (Klat 650, this piece), flan crack at 7 o’clock on obverse and has been cleaned with

a few traces of horn silver remaining, very fine and of the highest rarity, the only specimen known to Klat £2,500-3,500

158Dirham, Wasit 95h, probably a contemporary imitation struck in North Africa, eight-pointed star in upper reverse field, 2.57 g. (Klat 690.b), some corrosion on obverse, otherwise fine and rare; together with other Umayyad dirhams (15), Darabjird 91-97h inclusive; Kirman, 90h, 93h, 94h, 97h, 98h, 101h, 103h; Marw 100h (Klat 597.a), some hoard-stained, mainly fine to very fine (16) £200-300

159Umayyad dirhams (10), comprising Arminiya 99h (piercedand stained), 101h; al-Bab 120h (2); al-Basra 80h, 81h, 82h; Balkh 128h (broken and repaired); al-Taymara 97h; al-Samiya 131h, many fine (10) £150-200

160Umayyad dirhams (15), comprising Istakhr 91h; Ifriqiya 114h; al-Basra 82h, 100h; Balkh 115h; Darabjird 92h, Dastawa 93h, Dimashq 84h, 90h, 93h, 100h, 118h; Kirman 92, 96h; Marw 110h; and Abbasid dirhams (3), Arminiya 167h, Madinat Naysabur 196h and Madinat Isbahan 208h, generally fine to very fine, a few scarce (18) £200-300

161Umayyad dirhams (13), comprising al-Basra 82h, 100h (3), Darabjird 94h, Sijistan 96h, Nahr Tira 90h, Wasit 89h, 95h (2), 96h (3); and Abbasid dirhams (3), Ifriqiya 168h, al-Rafiqa 189h, Samarqand 217h, the Umayyad mostly with hoard-staining, mostly fine, some better (16) £150-200

162Umayyad dirhams (35), comprising Hamadhan 96h, fine, stained; Harat 90h, stained, good fine; al-Samiya 131h, goodfine; Nahr Tira 94h, fine; Wasit 85h (2), 92h (3), 94h, 95h (2), 96h, 99h, 103h, 105h, 116h, 117h, 119h, 121h, 122h (2), 123h (3), 124h (4), 125h, 126h (2), 127h (2), 129h, two pierced, mainly fine to very fine (35) £150-200

163`Abd al-Malik b. Marwan, finance director in Egypt

132h, fals, al-Fustat Misr, 6.19 g. (Walker P.140), good fine to very fine and rare £100-150

164Revolutionary Period, al-Dahhak b. Qays al-Shaybani,

dirham, al-Kufa 128h, with Kharijite slogan la hukma illa Allah in obverse margin, 2.69 g. (Klat 548.a; Wurtzel 28), good fine and scarce £200-300

165Revolutionary Period, al-Dahhak b. Qays al-Shaybani,

dirham, al-Kufa 128h, similar to the last, 2.64 g. (Klat 548.a; Wurtzel 28), good fine and scarce £200-300

166Revolutionary Period, `Abdallah b. Mu`awiya, 127-130h,

dirham, Hamadhan 129h, 2.92 g. (Klat 676; Wurtzel 8), light spotting on obverse, otherwise very fine and extremely rare

£2,500-3,000

ABBASID CALIPHATE

167al-Saffah/al-Mansur, dinar, 136h; al-Mansur, dinars (5), 146h, 152h, 156h (2), 157h, fine to very fine (6) £280-320

168al-Mansur, 136-158h, dinars (2), 140h and 156h, 4.23, 4.25 g.;al-Mahdi, dinar, 166h, 4.24g.; al-Amin, dinar, 194h, citing li’l-khalifa, 4.22 g., good very fine to extremely fine (4) £300-400

169al-Mansur, dinar, 156h, 4.23 g. (Lowick 249), extremelyfine; al-Ma’mun, dinar, 205h, citing Muhammad b. al-Sari, 4.22 g. (Lowick 134), good very fine (2) £150-200

170al-Mahdi, 158-169h, dinars (3), 165h, 168h, 16x; al-Rashid,dinars (8): varieties with rev., plain, 188h; rev., with amrbelow, 174h; rev., citing Ja`far (2), 181h and date off flan; rev., citing li’l-khalifa (2), 192h and date off flan; with second margin citing al-Amin as heir, 182h and 18xh, some clipped, very good to very fine (11) £400-500

171al-Rashid, 170-193h, dinars (6), all citing Ja`far, 177h,187h, 181h, 184h, 185h, 186h, first good very fine, others very good to very fine (6) £250-300

172al-Rashid, dinars (4), 184h, 185h, 186h, all citing al-Amin, 192h li’l-Khalifa, 4.07, 4.08, 4.08, 4.17 g. (Kazan 95, 97, 99, 106), good fine to very fine (4) £160-180

173al-Ma’mun, 194-218h, dinars (4), 200h, al-Hasan / ayn // lillah / Dhu’l-riyasatayn (Lowick 435), 203h (3), all al-`Iraq// lillah / Dhu’l-riyasatayn, fine to very fine (4) £200-250

174al-Mamun, dinars (6), 203h, al-Maghrib // lillah Tahir / al-Sari (Lowick 124); 209h (2), 210h, all citing `Ubaydallah b. al-Sari // li’l-khalifa / al-Mamun (Lowick 144, 150); 209h, without mint-name or governor, date in second obverse margin (Lowick 454), scuffed; Misr 218h, with mint-name in second obverse margin (Album 222A), fair to very fine (6) £250-300

175al-Mu`tasim, 218-227h, dinar, Misr 220h., 4.08 g. (Kazan 132); al-Mutawakkil, dinars (4), Misr 240h, citing heir as Abu `Abdallah, 245h, 246h, 247h, all citing heir as al-Mu`tazz, 4.14, 4.17, 3.98, 4.15 g. (Nicol 1263, 1268, 1269, 1271), fine to very fine (5) £300-400

176al-Mutawakkil, 232-247h, dinars (3), Misr 233h, 235h, both without name of heir, and 237h citing heir Abu `Abdallah, 4.12, 3.77, 4.22 g. (Kazan 142, - [BMC 320], 144), first very fine and scarce, others fine to good fine (3) £200-300

‡177al-Mutawakkil, dinar, Misr 239h, 4.23 g. (Kazan 148), scratchand scuff on obverse, otherwise good very fine £100-120

178al-Musta’in, 248-251h, dinars (2), Misr 248h, 249h, 4.12, 4.01 g. (Nicol 1292, 1293), good fine, first with graffiti (2) £150-200

179al-Musta’in, dinar, Marw 250h, citing heir Abu’l-`Abbas, 4.18 g. (Album 233.2), fine to good fine, rare £200-250

180al-Musta’in, dinar, Madinat al-Salam 251h, 4.22 g. (BMC I, 334 same obverse die), small cut on edge, otherwise good very fine and scarce £150-200

181al-Mu`tamid, 256-279h, dinar, Misr 264h, 4.20 g. (Nicol 1317), good fine and rare; al-Muktafi, 289-295h, dinar, Madinat al-Salam 290h, 4.74 g. (Kazan 169); al-Muqtadir, dinars (2), Madinat al-Salam 306h, 318h, 4.09, 4.38 g. (Kazan 178, 187), all slightly uneven strikes, very fine to good very fine (4) £300-350

182al-Mu`tamid, dinar, San`a 275h, citing al-Muwaffaq and Ahmad b. al-Muwaffaq, 2.92 g. (cf SICA X, 240; Album 1055), reverse scuffed, very fine to good very fine, scarce

£150-200

183al-Muktafi, dinar, al-Basra 292h, 4.40 g., slightly weak in obverse centre, very fine and rare £400-600

184al-Muktafi, dinar, San`a 294h, inner obverse margin starts at 7 o’clock, 2.89 g. (SICA X, 252); al-Muqtadir, dinar, San`a 311h, 1.93 g. (Bikhazi 117), good very fine to about extremely fine, the second a little weakly struck (2) £200-250

185al-Muktafi, dinar, Misr 295h, 4.05 g. (Kazan 173), very fine; al-Mahdi, dinar, 168h, clipped and scuffed, fine; with a Safavid shahi and an Ilkhanid dirham (broken) (4) £100-120

186al-Muqtadir, dinars (5), al-Ahwaz 317h; Suq al-Ahwaz 313h, 317h; Misr 301h, 302h, 4.18, 4.39, 3.67, 4.11, 4.06 g., very fine to about extremely fine (5) £300-400

187al-Muqtadir, dinar, Mah al-Basra 317h, 3.09 g. (Zambaur p. 222), weak areas on both sides, very fine and rare £400-600

188al-Qahir, 320-322h, heavy (double?) dinar, al-Ahwaz 322h, with “avenger” inscription al-muntaqim min a`da / Allah li-din Allah in rev. field, 9.32 g. (legends as Album 252), carefully struck on a thick planchet, almost extremely fine and apparently unrecorded of this weight £400-600

While the weights of Abbasid dinars of this period are not as consistent as those of the Umayyads, they never became an ingot coinage with random weights and it is hard to imagine that the very heavy weight of this coin was not deliberate. A ‘medallion’ type double-dinar of Madinat al-Salam 322h is known (Ilisch DI25=Qatar 1349), and while the present example lacks the wide border it too may have been intended as a presentation piece.

189al-Radi, 322-329h, dinar, Wasit 323h, 4.13 g., good very fine and rare £300-400

190al-Muttaqi, 329-333h, dinar, San`a 329h, single obverse marginal legend as SICA X, 267, 1.90 g. (cf SICA X, 269 for date), edge cut, scrape on obverse, otherwise about very fine and scarce; al-Mu`tamid, dinar, San`a 261h, 2.85 g. (SICA X, 236), edge smoothed and twice pierced, otherwise very fine; Sulayhid, `Ali b. Muhammad, 439-473h, dinars (3), all ‘Zabid 451’, one with date clearly written, the others with blundered legends (SICA X, 148-149), one ex-mount, good fine to very fine (5) £200-300

191al-Mustadi, 566-575h, dinar, Madinat al-Salam 567h, 2.84 g. (cf Emirates Coin Auction 2, 28 March 2000, lot 476), edge shaved, otherwise very fine to good very fine and unusually well struck for the issue, rare £1,000-1,200

192Abbasid, al-Mustansir, 623-640h, dinar, Madinat al-Salam 624h, 5.07 g. (BMC I, 497), creased and some weakness in margin but date clear, good fine to very fine and rare; al-Mu’tadid, 279-289h, dirham, Amid 286h, with obverse margin reading bismillah duriba bi Amid sanat fatha’a wa houa sitt wa thamanin wa mi’atain, 2.67 g., cracked and repaired, fine and very rare (2) £180-220

193al-Mustansir, dinar, Irbil 631h, 3.73 g., slightly creased and some weakness in striking, otherwise almost extremely fine

and very rare £400-600

194al-Mustansir, dinar, Irbil 633h, 3.87 g. (Lavoix 1308), creased and weakness at margin, very fine to good very fine

and very rare £400-600

195Abbasid dinars (15), 134h, 143h, 154h, (15)6h, 159h, 165h, 169h, 17x, 177h (2), 179h, 184h, 186h, 187h, 199h, and an Umayyad dinar, 81h, mainly fine or slightly better, a few clipped or scratched (16) £500-600

196al-Saffah, 132-136h, dirham, Ardashir Khurra 134h, 2.84 g. (Lowick 2027), very fine and scarce; al-Mu`tamid, 256-279h,dirham, Madinat Harat 269h, fine; together with Umayyad dirhams (12): al-Basra 100h; al-Taymara 96h; Darabjird 96h; Dimashq 83h, 94h, 106h; Sabur 98h (2 – varieties with and without point below first letter of mint-name); Sijistan 93h (edge damage); Surraq 93h; Suq al-Ahwaz 94h; Manadhir 95h, generally fine to very fine (14) £150-200

197al-Saffah, 132-136h, dirhams (4), al-Basra 136h, al-Kufa 132h (2), 136h; together with miscellaneous Abbasid first and second period dirhams (74), many fine or better, a few pierced or chipped (78) £300-400

198al-Mahdi, 158-169h, dirham, Sijistan 166h, with name of caliph, 2.93 g. (Qatar 1514), al-Rashid, 170-193h, dirham, Madinat Zaranj 193h, citing Harthama b. A`yan and al-Hakam b. Sinan, 2.92 g. (Lowick 2472), first good fine, second good very fine, both rare (2) £150-200

199al-Mahdi, dirham, al-Yamama 166h, obverse with four double-annulets, 2.82 g. (Lowick 574), very fine and well struck for the issue £400-600

200al-Ma’mun, 194-218h, dirham, al-Muhammadiya 195h, citing Tahir b. al-Husayn in obverse margin, star in lower obverse field, 2.86 g. (Miles 96I; Album 223.3A), good very fine and rare £100-150

201al-Ma’mun, dirham, Samarqand 202h, citing heir al-Rida, 2.31 g. (Lowick 2678), flan crack, about very fine and rare; together with dirhams (11), comprising Madinat Isbahan 199h, 200h (2); Madinat Samarqand 194h, 195h, 196h (2), 197h, 209h; Madinat Harat 196h; Wasit 203h, generally fine to very fine (12) £150-200

202al-Muntasir, 247-248h, dirham, Surra man ra`a 248h, 2.71 g. (Kazan 153; Album 232 RR), cleaned and two old scrapes on reverse, good fine to almost very fine and rare £250-300

203al-Mu`tadid, 279-289h, dirham, San`a 280h, struck on a broad flan and with fine style calligraphy, 2.83 g. (cf Album 1057A, in the name of al-Muktafi), twice pierced, otherwise very fine and extremely rare, apparently unpublished £500-800

This is apparently the earliest full flan dirham known for the mint of San`a. For a later dirham of similar style dated 291h see Spink Zurich Auction 27, 1 June 1988, lot 194.

204al-Mu`tadid, dirham, Ra’s al-`Ayn 283h, 3.00 g. (Ties. 2130), extremely fine and well struck, rare thus £100-150

205al-Muqtadir, 295-320h, dirham, Hulwan 303h, 3.70 g., somemarginal weakness, otherwise better than very fine and rare

£200-300

206al-Muqtadir, medallion dirham, Madinat al-Salam 310h, 2.98 g. (Ilisch DI 21), good fine and rare £300-400

207Abbasid dirhams struck in Arminiya (8), 145h (2), 149h (2), 161h (3), 162h, fine to very fine £150-200

208Fals, without mint or date (Tarsus), cast, citing the governor Ibn Abi `Isa, 2.09 g. (cf Shamma p.101, 14), very fine and rare £100-150

209Fals, without mint or date (Tarsus), cast, citing the governor Munajah, 2.10 g. (cf. Shamma p.102, 21), very fine to good very fine and rare £100-150

210Aghlabid, Ziyadat Allah I, dinar, 215h, fine; Marinid,Abu Yahya Abu Bakr, dinars (2), without mint-name (Album 520), buckled flans, fine to good fine; Ayyubid, al-Kamil Muhammad I, dinar, al-Qahira 629h, good fine; Mamluk, Faraj, dinar, al-Qahira date off flan, flatness on both sides, very fine (5) £250-300

211Almoravid, Yusuf b. Tashufin, 480-500h, dinar, Sijilmasa 484h, 4.08 g. (Hazard 78), very fine or better £300-400

212Almoravid, `Ali b. Yusuf, 500-537h, dinar, al-Mariya 529h, 4.01 g. (Hazard 356), almost extremely fine £250-300

‡213Almoravid, `Ali b. Yusuf, dinar, al-Mariya 533h, without name of heir, 4.19 g. (Hazard 361), good very fine £200-250

214Almohad, Abu Ya`qub Yusuf I, 558-580h, half dinars (2), Hadr Marrakush, no date (as amir, 558-563h), and without mint or date (as amir al-mu`minin, 563-580h), 2.28, 2.28 g. (Hazard 488, 495), good very fine (2) £120-150

215Almohad, Abu Yusuf Ya`qub, 580-595h, dinar, without mint-name, 4.58 g. (Hazard 501; Album 484), extremely fine

£200-300

216Almohad, Abu Yusuf Ya`qub, 580-595h, dinars (2), similar to the last, 4.59, 4.60 g., good very fine to extremelyfine (2) £400-500

217Tulunid, Ahmad b. Tulun, 254-270h, dinar, al-Rafiqa 266h, 3.86 g. (Grabar -), good very fine and scarce £200-300

218Tulunid, Khumarawayh, 270-282h, dinars (3), Misr 273h, 277h, 279h, 3.96, 4.29, 3.92 g. (Grabar 24, 37, 52), firstabout fine, others good very fine, the second weak in centres

on both sides (3) £200-300

219Ikhshidid, `Ali b. al-Ikhshid, 349-355h, dirham, Filistin 353h, 2.37 g. (Album 677 RR), flan crack, good fine; together with Turkoman pictorial bronzes of the Artuqids (1 - SS type 35), Zangids (11 - SS types 59, 61, 68, 79, 81 (3), 82 (2), 83, 85); and Ayyubids (3); other Islamic bronze issues (9) and a Byzantine follis, a few cleaned, some fine (26) £120-150

220Fatimid, al-Mu`izz, dinar, al-Mansuriya 345h, 3.88 g. (Miles -; Kazan 449), lightly clipped, otherwise very fine and scarce

£150-200

221Fatimid, al-`Aziz, dinars (3), al-Mahdiya 367h, 4.05 g. (Kazan 477), good fine; al-Mansuriya 381h?, good fine, crude with mint-name blundered, and Misr 386h, scratched,fair (3) £150-200

222Fatimid, al-Hakim, dinar, Misr 411h, fine; al-Zahir, dinars (4), al-Mansuriya (2), 426h (pierced) and with date off flan; al-Mahdiya (2), 4xx, (4)x6, fine and better (5) £180-220

223Fatimid, al-Mustansir, 427-487h, dinars (3), Sur 435h, 437h, 439h, 4.11, 4.15, 3.53 g. (Miles 289, 290, 291), fine to very fine (3) £250-300

224Fatimid, al-Mustansir, dinars (4), Sur 435h, 437h, 438h, 439h, 3.31, 3.92, 3.71, 4.42 g. (Miles 289, 290, p.50, 291), good fine to very fine, the last two bent at the edge (4) £400-500

225Fatimid, al-Mustansir, dinars (2), Trablus 437h, 438h, 3.87, 4.12 g. (Nicol 2046, 2047), the first damaged with margins partially illegible but mint and date clear, fine to

very fine (2) £120-150

226Fatimid, al-Mustansir, dinars (4), Sur 440h, 444h, 446h, 447h, 3.81, 4.05, 3.39, 3.26 g. (Nicol 2033, 2036, 2037, 2038), generally good fine (4) £380-420

227Fatimid, al-Mustansir, dinars (3), Sur 440h, 446h, 447h, 3.46, 4.02, 3.55 g. (Nicol 2033, 2037, 2038), fine to good fine (3) £250-300

228Fatimid, al-Mustansir, dinars (3), Trablus 440h, 445h, 453h, 3.83, 5.30, 4.22 g. (BMC 140p, - , 164), last with edge damage, good fine to very fine (3) £250-300

229Fatimid, al-Mustansir, dinar, Misr 442h, 4.19 g. (Miles 338), almost extremely fine; with al-Mu`izz, fractional dinars (2), both with mint and date off flan; al-Hakim, 386-411h, dinar,Misr 396h, fair to fine; al-Zahir, 411-427h, dinar, al-Mansuriya 416h, good fine; al-Zafir, 544-549h, dinar, al-Iskandariya 5xx, margins weak, stained, fine (6) £250-300

230Fatimid, al-Mustansir, dinars (2), Sur 444h, 454h, 4.18, 3.49 g. (Miles 295, -), both on buckled flans and with some edge damage, otherwise about very fine and scarce (2) £150-200

231Fatimid, al-Mustansir, dinar, Dimashq 446h, 4.24 g. (Miles p.50; BMC -; Nicol -), very fine and rare £1,000-1,500

232Fatimid, al-Mustansir, dinars (3), Sur 449h, 4.15 g. (Nicol 2039); 454h, 4.26 g. (Miles p.50); 455h, 3.83 g. (Miles p.50, good fine to about very fine (3) £300-400

233Fatimid, al-Mustansir, dinar, Sur 450h, 3.89 g. (Miles 298), very fine £140-180

234Fatimid, al-Mustansir, dinar, Madinat al-Salam 451h, month of Muharram, struck by the partisan Arslan al-Basasiri, 3.80 g. (Kazan 611), double struck on obverse, otherwise very fine and very rare £2,500-3,000

235Fatimid, al-Mustansir, dinar, Sur 452h, 3.99 g. (Nicol 2040), almost very fine £140-180

236Fatimid, al-Mustansir, dinar, Sur 453h, 3.89 g. (BMC IV.160), about very fine £140-180

237Fatimid, al-Mustansir, dinar, Sur 456h, 3.74 g. (Nicol 2041), very fine £150-200

238Fatimid, al-Mustansir, dinar, Sur 462h, 4.16 g. (unlisted in Miles but a known date; Nicol -), very fine and rare £200-250

239Fatimid, al-Hafiz, 526-544h, dinars (2), al-Iskandariya 531h, 534h, 4.42, 3.87 g. (Miles 487, 488), first about extremely fine, second good fine and clipped; al-Mustansir,

dinar, al-Iskandariya, date off flan, scrape on reverse, otherwise extremely fine (3) £250-300

‡240Ayyubid, Saladin, 564-589h, dinar, al-Iskandariya [57]1h, citing the caliph al-Mustadi, 3.76 g. (Balog 20), clipped, about very fine and scarce £120-150

‡241Ayyubid, al-Mansur Muhammad, 595-596h, dinar, al-Qahira 595h, 4.70 g. (Balog 226), extremely fine with some mint lustre, rare £300-400

242Bahri Mamluk, Sha`ban II, 764-778h, dinar, mint and date off flan (Dimashq 776h by die-link), 9.40 g. (Balog 424); Faraj, 801-808h and 809-815h, dinar, al-Qahira 809h, 8.46 g. (Balog 621)., about extremely fine (2) £300-400

243Ziyadid, `Ali b. Ibrahim, 362-370h, dinar, Zabid 368h, 3.07 g. (SICA X, -; Bikhazi -; Album B1071 RRR; cf Emirates Coin Auction 1, lot 348), very fine and rare £300-400

244Rassid, al-Hadi, 284-298h, dinar, Sa`da 298h, 2.90 g. (SICA X, 188ff), good very fine; Sulayhid, al-Mukarram Ahmad, 473-484, dinar, `Adan 482h, 2.33 g. (Album 1076), good very fine (2) £160-220

245Tarafid Amirs of `Athar, Abu `Ali al-Faraj, dinar, `Athar 383h, rev., / / , 2.57 g. (cf. Spink Zurich auction 27, lot 166), flan lamination on reverse, very fine and very rare £1,000-1,500

246Mukramid, Nasir al-din, fl. 411-427h, dinar, `Uman (41)9h, 3.21 g. (cf Emirates Coin Auction 2, lot 453, 11), about fine and very rare £600-800

‡247Seljuq of Rum, Kaykhusraw III, 633-682h, dinar, Madinat Siwas 668h, rev., in five lines: / /

/ / , 4.38 g., slightly wavy flan, otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare,

apparently unpublished £3,000-4,000

248Pictorial bronzes (12): Artuqid (9 - SS types 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 43); Zangid (2 - SS types 59, 83); Ayyubid (1 - Balog 849), fine to good fine (12) £150-200

249Ottoman, Sulayman I, 926-974h, sultani, Misr 926h, Murad III, sultani, Misr 982h; Ahmad I, sultani, Misr 1012h; Mahmud I, zir-i mahbub, Misr 1143h; AbdulHamid I, zir-i mahbub, Misr (119)2h; Mahmud II, rumi altin, Qustantaniya 1223h year 13, good fine to about extremely fine (6) £200-300

250Ottoman, Sulayman I, sultani, Misr 932h, rev. flan faults, good fine and scarce; Murad III, sultani, Misr 982h, scratch on rev., very fine; Murad IV, sultani, Misr date off flan, good very fine (3) £150-200

251Ottoman, Ahmad III, 1115-1143h, ashrafi, Misr 1115h, 3.48 g. (Pere 509; KM 73), has been straightened with some resulting flatness, otherwise fine to very fine and rare; with other Ottoman gold (7), 18th century to Turkish Republic,two pierced, fine to extremely fine (8) £300-400

252Ottoman, 100 kurush (4), all Qustantaniya, issues of `Abd al-Mejid, 1255h year 14; `Abd al-`Aziz, 1277h year 3; `Abd al-Hamid II, 1293h years 28 and 33, good fine to very fine (4) £180-220

253Georgia, Queen T`amar, AD 1184-1213, AE, K`oronikon 420 = AD 1200 (Lang 11), very fine; Abaqa, dirham, Christian type, struck in Tiflis c. 680h (Lang 19), goodfine/very fine (2) £100-150

254Georgia, Queen Rusudan, AD 1223-1245, dirham, no mint (Tiflis), K`oronikon 450 = AD 1230, nimbate bust of Christ facing, raising right hand in benediction and holding Gospels, rev., Georgian RSN monogram in ornate border, Arabic legend around, 2.79 g. (Lang 14 var.), good very fine, rare in this condition £250-300

255Georgia, David Ulugh and Möngke Khan, dirham, Tiflis 650h, 2.71 g. (Lang p.39), very fine or better, rare £150-200

256Sajid of Adharbayjan, Muflih al-Yusufi, fl. 317-323h,

dinar, Adharbayjan 323h, 3.31 g. (Album 1480; cf Sotheby’s, 21 November 1985, lot 388), almost very fine and very rare £800-1,200

257Salukid, Muhammad b. `Ali, governor of Rayy 314-316h,

dinar, al-Muhammadiya 315h, obv., pellet above field, below, rev., above field, 4.06 g. (Album A1483; Miles 159 var.), very fine and rare £350-400

258Zanj Rebellion, `Ali b. Muhammad, dinar, Madinat al-Mukhtara 261h, obv. centre: - / Muhammad bin / Amir al-Mu`minin, inner margin: mint/date formula, outer margin: “Truly God has purchased the persons and goods of the Faithful at this price – that theirs is paradise who fight in the Way of God, rev. centre: `Ali / - / al-Mahdi `Ali bin Muhammad, margin: “And those who will not decide in accordance with what God has sent, these are the infidels,” 3.76 g. (Album A1432; Walker, J.A., ‘A rare coin of the Zanj,’ JRAS July 1933, pages 651-655), obverse weak, otherwise very fine and of the highest rarity £4,000-6,000

Struck from the same dies as the British Museum specimen.

The Zanj were slaves who originally came from East Africa (their name survives in the name Zanzibar). They worked in appalling conditions in the marshlands in southern Iraq, clearing salt from agricultural land. They staged a revolt against the caliph in 254h and made a series of raids into Khuzistan, culminating in the capture of Basra and massacre of its inhabitants in 257h. It took years of hard campaigning before the rebellion was finally crushed by al-Mufawwaq, the caliph’s brother, in 270h.

Madinat al-Mukhtara (‘The Elect City’) was the Zanj capital, located some way south of Basra. Its location is now uncertain after it was comprehensively destroyed by al-Muwaffaq.

259Hasanwayhid, Badr b. Hasanwayh, 369-405h, dinar, Sabur Khwast 395h, 4.16 g. (Album 1588 RR; cf Sotheby’s, 9 March 1989, lot 439), very fine to good very fine and rare

£300-400

260Kakwayhid, `Ala al-Dawla Muhammad, 398-433h, dinar, Isbahan 432h, 2.80 g. (Album 1590), clipped, about very fine and scarce £120-150

261Tahirid, Tahir b. al-Husayn, 205-207h, dirhams (2), Samarqand 206h, citing the governor al-`Ala, 2.38 g. (Album 1391; Sotheby’s, 17 April 1984, lot 104), obverse off-centre and some hoard-staining, otherwise almost extremely fine and rare; Madinat Harat 206h, citing the governor al-Shukr b. Ibrahim, 3.44 g. (Album 1391A; cf Sotheby’s, 17 April 1984, lot 105), obverse slightly double struck, very fine, reverse about fine and scratched, rare (2) £250-300

262Samanid, Ahmad II b. Isma`il, dirham, Farwan 297h, 3.74 g. good very fine/good fine, the reverse scratched where corrosion has been removed, rare £200-250

263Samanid, Nasr b. Ahmad, 301-331h, dinars (5), al-Muhammadiya 331h, 4.36 g. (Miles 171A), good fine and scarce; Naysabur 316h (ex-mount), 322h, 325h (twicepierced), 330h, fine and better (5) £160-180

264Samanid, Nuh b. Nasr, 331-343, dinars (2), Samarqand 333h, with below obverse field, 4.12 g., and Naysabur 336h, with die engraver’s signature in obverse margin, 3.64 g. (BMC IX, 356v), good very fine (2) £200-300

265Samanid, Nuh b. Nasr, dinar, Shiraz 339h, 4.51 g. (Zambaur p. 164, note 28 ‘von allergrößter Seltenheit’), veryfine and very rare £300-400

Markov also lists a dinar of “Sabur 339h” (no. 819); it is possible that this was a misreading for Shiraz.

266Samanid dinars (4), Naysabur 325h, 345h, 385h, 387h, good fine to very fine (4) £180-220

267Samanid dirhams (13): Isma`il b. Ahmad, 279-295h,

dirham, al-Shash 286h, Nasr b. Ahmad, 301-331h, Badakkhshan 318h, Balkh 317h, Samarqand 331h, al-Shash 330h, Ma`dan 304h; Nuh b. Nasr, 331-343h, Bukhara 337h, 339h, Samarqand 339h, 341h, Ma`dan 333h; `Abd al-Malik b. Nuh, 343-350h, Samarqand 344h; Mansur I b. Nuh, 350-365h, Bukhara 354h, all identified in envelopes, first ex-mount, others mainly weakly struck but generally very fine or

better for issue (13) £120-150

‡268 Katib13Buwayhid, `Imad al-dawla, dinar, Madinat al-Salam 334h, citing Mu`izz al-dawla and the caliph al-Muti`, 4.63 g. (Treadwell Ms334Gb), almost very fine and rare £200-300

Struck in the year the Buwayhids occupied Baghdad.

269Buwayhid, `Adud al-dawla, dinar, Shiraz 361h, 4.21 g. (Treadwell Sh361G, same dies), about extremely fine and rare £500-700

270Buwayhid, `Adud al-dawla, dinar, Suq al-Ahwaz 367h, 4.41 g. (Treadwell Su367G), good very fine; Second Saffarid Dynasty, Khalaf, 352-393h, fractional dinars (2), 361h and date off flan, very fine to good very fine (3) £150-200

271Buwayhid, Rukn al-dawla and `Adud al-dawla, dirham, Shiraz 345h, marginal legends arranged within double hexagon with concave sides, obv., star in upper field, rev.,star in lower field, 2.78 g. (Treadwell Sh345b. var), crazedflan and unevenly struck, otherwise very fine £150-200

272Buwayhid, Rukn al-dawla and `Adud al-dawla, dirham, Shiraz 346h, marginal legends arranged within double hexagon with concave sides, rev., star in lower field, 4.14 g. (Treadwell Sh346.2), crazed flan, fine £100-150

273Buwayhid, Rukn al-dawla and `Adud al-dawla, dirham, Huzu 349h, 1.94 g. (Treadwell Hz349, same dies), good fine and rare [2 specimens listed by Treadwell] £200-300

274Buwayhid, Rukn al-dawla and Mu`izz al-dawla, dirham, Suq al-Ahwaz 354h, obv. citing Ahmad b. Buwayh below kalima, rev., citing the caliph al-Muti` and `Ali b. Buwayh, 3.30 g. (Treadwell -), weakly struck, good fine to almost very fine and very rare, apparently unpublished £100-150

275Buwayhid, Rukn al-dawla and `Adud al-dawla with

Shirdhil, governor of Kirman, dirham, Bardasir 366h, 3.19 g. (Treadwell p. 77 note, legends similar to Br365), weakly struck, fine or better and very rare £100-150

276Buwayhid, Fakhr al-dawla and Samsam al-dawla, dirham, al-Rudhan 382h, 3.42 g. (Treadwell Rd382), good fine and extremely rare [two examples listed by Treadwell] £200-300

Both examples illustrated by Treadwell are unclear at the start of the mint-name, hence he gives the mint as Rudhan without the definite article. This is the only date known for Buwayhid coins of this mint.

277Buwayhid dirhams: `Imad al-dawla and Mu`izz al-dawla,

al-`Askar min al-Ahwaz 338h; Rukn al-dawla and `Adud al-dawla, Arrajan 365h (plugged), 367h; Shiraz 348h, 355h (pierced), 358h, 359h, 363h; Fasa 355h (pierced), (35)8h, 360h; Kard Fana Khusra 360h; Fakhr al-dawla and Samsam al-dawla, Bardasir 382h (2); al-Basra 385h; Fasa 382h; Kard Fana Khusra (38)1h; Shiraz 382h; Sultan al-dawla, Fasa 408h; other Buwayhid dirhams (6) with missing or partial mints or dates, many fine and better, some scarce (25) £300-400

278Qarakhanid, Nasr b. `Ali, c. 383-403h, dinar, Naysabur 396h, 3.95 g. (Kazan 995), very fine and rare £350-450

279Qarakhanid, `Ali b. al-Hasan, c. 417-428h, dirham, Khutlugh Urdu 425h, 3.30 g. (Kochnev 784), weak strike but with little actual wear, about extremely fine for issue

and rare £80-120

280Ghaznavid, dinars (6), Naysabur 399h, Harat 4xx (sword type), 407h, 412h, 413h, Ghazna 42x, fine to very fine and base gold dinars (2), Balkh 489h, 490h, very fine (8) £300-400

281Ghaznavid, Mas`ud I, 421-432g, pale dinar, Ghazna 422h, without name of caliph, 4.97 g. (Album 1619), very fine; Zangid, Mahmud, 616-631h, dinar, al-Mawsil 624h, 7.53 g. (BN 385), usual uneven strike, otherwise good very fine, scarce of this weight; Ilkhanid, Uljaytu, 703-716h, dinar, Baghdad 715h, 4.94 g. (Album 2186), very fine (3) £220-280

282Ghaznavid, Mas`ud I, dinar, Isbahan 427/9h, 2.28 g. (Album 1618, note), some flat striking, very fine and rare £200-300

283Great Seljuq, Tughril Bek, dinar, Naysabur 450h; AlpArslan, dinar, Naysabur 465h; Malik Shah, dinars (2), Naysabur 465h, 482h; with miscellaneous Eastern dinars (5), all with missing or partial dates, mainly fine (9) £200-300

284Great Seljuq, Muhammad I, 492-510h, dinar, Isfahan 510h, rev., with the entire ‘Throne Verse’ (Qur’an II, 255) in field, 3.87 g. (cf. BN 118), edge damaged from mounting and some weakness in margins, fine to good fine and rare £300-500

The mint-name is written rather than (see BN p. 83, note). There appears to be space for at least one more word between the end of the mint-name and the start of sanat, butunfortunately the margin is not legible at this point.

285Seljuq of Kirman, Qara Arslan Beg, 440-465h, dinar, Shiraz 452h, obv., citing `Amid al-dawla and al-Qa`im, rev., citing Qara Arslan Beg, 3.41 g. (cf Lowick, N.M., “Seljuq Coins”, NC1970, no. 21 for a coin of 454h with the same legends differ-ently arranged; Album 1697), almost very fine, rare £300-400

286Mongol Great Khans, Genghis Khan, 603-624h, dinar, citing the caliph as al-imam al-a`zam, 6.36 g. (Album A1967), uneven strike, good fine £400-600

‡287Ilkhanid, Hulagu, 654-663h, dinar, Baghdad 65x, 8.02 g. (Album 2121), uneven strike, very fine and scarce, of unusually heavy weight £200-250

‡288Ilkhanid, Hulagu, dinar, Baghdad [66]1h, 7.50 g. (Album 2121), margins weak but almost as struck with some mint lustre, scarce £200-250

289Ilkhanid, Abaqa, 665-680h, dinar, type with all inscriptions in Arabic, Isfahan date off flan, 8.27 g. (Album 2126.1), margins weak, about extremely fine £200-250

290Ilkhanid, Abu Sa`id, 716-736h, dinar, Baghdad 718h, 10.35 g. (Album 2194), almost extremely fine, scarce of this weight £180-220

‡291Ilkhanid, Abu Sa`id, dinar, Yazd 719h, mihrab type, 8.66 g. (Album 2198), small edge chip and scratch on reverse, good very fine and scarce £150-200

Ex Sotheby’s, 14 October 1999, lot 385 (part).

292Mehrabanid of Sijistan,`Izz al-Din Karman, 753-784h,

gold tanka, Nimruz (7)68h, month of Safar, 11.05 g. (Album 2358), small areas of weakness both sides, otherwise about extremely fine and rare £250-300

293Safavid, Tahmasp II, 1135-1145h, silver 20 shahi (5 abbasi), Isfahan 1142h, 26.07 g. (Rabino 28; Album A2689 RRR), ex-mount with some resulting porosity on reverse, very fine or better and rare £300-400

294Afsharid, Nadir Shah, 1148-1160, ashrafi, Mashhad 1150, Type A (toughra type), 3.48 g. (Album 2740; cf Rabino 318 [in silver]), good very fine and rare £200-300

295Afsharid, Ibrahim, 1161-1162, silver 12-shahi, Qazwin 1160 (sic), 13.83 g. (Album 2764), about extremely fine, scarce £80-120

296Zand, Karim Khan 1166-1193h, quarter-mohurs (2), Shiraz 1181h and Kashan 1190h, 2.74 g., 2.70 g., good very fine (2) £150-180

297Qajar, Fath `Ali Shah, 1212-1250h, toman, Lahijan 1213h, 6.17 g. (Farahbakhsh p. 101, 5), about 40% flat on both sides, otherwise good very fine with a clear date, scarce £150-200

298Qajar, Fath `Ali Shah, tomans (2), Lahijan (121)3h and Resht 1213h, 6.04, 6.05 g., each about 30% flat on both sides, otherwise very fine to good very fine, the first scarce (2) £250-300

299Qajar, Fath `Ali Shah, toman, Resht 1213, inscription on both sides within square tablet with triangular lobes (as Farahbakhsh p. 101, 1), 6.15 g., partially flat on both sides but otherwise good very fine £120-150

300Qajar, Fath `Ali Shah, tomans (3), Resht 1213h, 1213/1213h, 1213/1214h, 6.20, 6.05, 6.11 g., very fine to good very fine (3) £300-400

301Qajar, Fath `Ali Shah, tomans (3), Resht 1213h (2), 1213/1214h, 6.06, 6.02, 6.19 g., all with weak areas, very fine to good very fine (3) £280-320

302Qajar, Fath `Ali Shah, toman, Resht 1214/1214h, rev.legend in square tablet with floral design in segments, 6.07 g., uneven strike, very fine and scarce; with another Resht toman of standard type, 1213h, 6.03 g. (Farahbakhsh p. 101, 3), very fine (2) £180-220

303Qajar, Fath `Ali Shah, tomans (3), Resht 1214h, 1232h, 1239h, 6.16, 4.62, 4.57 g., first very fine and scarce, others very fine to almost extremely fine (3) £250-300

304Qajar, Fath `Ali Shah, tomans (2), Tihran 1227h, 1228h, 4.76, 4.78 g., good very fine to about extremely fine (2) £150-180

305Qajar, Fath `Ali Shah, tomans (3), Tihran 1227h, 1228h, 1233h, 4.77, 4.80, 4.59 g., very fine to good very fine (3) £200-250

306Qajar, Fath `Ali Shah, tomans (3), Isfahan 1228h; Resht 1228h; Kashan 1228h, 4.80, 4.79, 4.81 g., very fine to about extremely fine (3) £220-280

307Qajar, Fath b`Ali Shah, tomans (4), Isfahan 1228h, Tihran 1228h, Yazd 1232h and Resht 1232h, generally very fine or better, the first pierced (4) £250-300

308Qajar, Fath `Ali Shah, tomans (2), Mazandaran 1228h type V, 1231h type W, both about extremely fine, the second with some weak areas £200-250

309Qajar, Fath `Ali Shah, tomans (3), Kashan 1229h, 1230h, 1232h, all type V, 4.81, 4.79, 4.61 g., good very fine to about extremely fine for issue (3) £250-300

310Timurid, Abu Bakr, ruler at Balkh, 851h, silver tanka, mint and date off flan (Balkh 851h), (Album 2412 RRR), struck off centre with some flatness on both sides, otherwise

good very fine and toned, very rare £100-120

‡311Sultans of Delhi, Muhammad Shah II, 695-715h, gold tanka, Had[rat Dehli] date off flan, 10.92 g. (Hull 201), good very fine £80-100

312Sultans of Delhi, Muhammad Shah II, gold tanka, Hadrat Dehli date off flan, 10.73 g. (Hull 201), good fine; Mughal, Farrukhsiyar, 1124-1131h, muhur, Shahjahanabad date of flan, 10.87 g., good very fine; Muhammad Shah, 1131-1161h, muhur, Shahjahanabad year 8, 10.86 g., about extremely fine (3) £300-400

313Sultans of Gujarat, Mahmud III, 943-961h, gold tanka, no mint 950h, 11.99 g. (GG 412; Rajgor 2376), extremelyfine £250-300

314Nizamshahis of Ahmadnagar, Burhan II, 999-1003h,

pagoda, Burhanabad 1001, 3.38 g., extremely fine and rare;Sultans of Kashmir, Zain al-Abidin, square half-tanka or sansu, Kashmir 842 (Rajgor 2797), very fine (2) £150-200

315Jaipur, Man Singh II, mohur, year 3 (1924), 10.88 g. (Y. A15), good very fine £100-150

316Miscellaneous: Abbasid, dinar, 188h, fine; Qajar, Fath`Ali Shah, toman, Isbahan 1246h, very fine; with Eastern Islamic dinars (4), a Dutch trade ducat, 1806, and a gold jewellery element with a design apparently similar to 19th

century Qajar coins, mixed grades (8) £150-200

317Miscellaneous: Abbasid, dinar, Madinat al-Salam 603h, fine;Zangid, dinar, al-Mawsil 623h, plugged, about very fine; with other Islamic hammered gold (7), some fine (9) £200-300

318Miscellaneous: Tulunid, Ahmad b. Tulun, dinar, Misr 268h, 4.04 g. (Grabar 8); Ikhshidid, Abu’l-Qasim Unujar, 334-349h, dinar, Filistin 337h, 4.06 g. (Nicol 1808-1811); Fatimid, al-Mustansir, 427-487, dinar, Misr 437h, 4.05 g. (Nicol 2080); Filali Sharifs of Morocco, Isma`il al-Samin, dinar, Fas 1123h, 3.43 g., Burji Mamluk, Ahmad III, 865h, ashrafi, mint and date off flan, 3.39 g. (Balog 781, samedies); Ottoman, Ahmed III, zeri Istanbul, 1115h (Pere 499), first creased and last ex-mount, fine to very fine (6) £280-320

319Miscellaneous Islamic coins: Umayyad dirhams (19), mostly Wasit but including Manadhir 94h, this fine, others fine to very fine; Abbasid dirhams (9) including Arminiya 143h, many very fine; Seljuq dirhams (3), all lion and sun type, good very fine and better; Iranian silver (2) and a larin, very fine and better; Islamic fulus (29), mostly Mamluk, Arab-Byzantine (2), manyfine; and a Sasanian drachm, very fine (61) £150-200

END OF SESSION

The sale will resume at 2.00 pm

BRITISH GOLD COINS

(starting at 2.00 pm)

The Property of a Gentleman

GOLD NOBLES AND THEIR CONTINENTAL IMITATIONS, c. 1350-1600

Representing the principal issues of English nobles, ryals and their various derivative types, this fine group of 50 coins has beenassembled by a North American collector over a period of twelve years. Several exceptional rarities are included, as well as anoutstanding range of Continental nobles, rose nobles and associated coins, a fascinating series which offers plenty of scope for further study. The present catalogue follows the standard work by Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D’Or, Amsterdam, 1964.

‡320Edward III (1327-1377), Third Coinage, Third Period

(1346-51), noble, London mint, obv., standard type: King facing, standing in ship and holding sword and shield; reads EDWAR, rev., standard type: floriated cross with lis terminals, lions and crowns in the angles; large closed E in central panel, 8.07 g / 124.5 gr (N. 1110; S.1481; cf. SCBI Schneider 3, 4), sometime cleaned and with a few light surface marks, very

fine to good very fine, rare £2,000-3,000

Purchased A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 27 August 1992.

‡321Edward III, Fourth Coinage, Pre-Treaty Period (1351-61),

noble, London mint, Series C/E mule; obv., series C, ropes 3/3 (with mast end of stern ropes visible), rev., series E, small closed E in centre, 7.07 g / 109.1 gr (N. 1144/1160; S. 1486/ 1488; SCBI Schneider 21), edge lightly smoothed in places, good very fine with a strong portrait, very rare £1,200-1,500

Ex Prof. D.C. Baker Collection, Spink auction 161, 14 November 2002, lot 1.

‡322Edward III, Fourth Coinage, Treaty Period (1361-9),

noble, London mint, obv., annulet before EDWARD, 7.58 g / 117.0 gr (N. 1232; S. 1503; SCBI Schneider 86), good very fine £1,000-1,200

Ex Spink auction 119, 4 March 1997, lot 2.

‡323Edward III, Fourth Coinage, Treaty Period, noble, Calais mint, obv., voided quatrefoil before EDWARD, flag at stern, rev., C in centre, 7.44 g / 114.8 gr (N. 1236; S. 1504; SCBI Schneider 102), struck from a rusty obverse die, very fine to good very fine £1,000-1,200

Purchased A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 27 August 1992.

‡324Edward III, Fourth Coinage, Post-Treaty Period (1369-

77), noble, London mint, group I, obv., crescent on forecastle, 7.37 g / 113.7 gr (N. 1277; S. 1517; SCBI Schneider 107 (same dies)), obverse struck from rusty die, good very fine £1,200-1,500

Purchased A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 27 August 1992.

‡325Edward III, Fourth Coinage, Post-Treaty Period, noble, Calais mint, group III, with tall, thin post-Treaty lettering, pellet after E in centre of reverse, 7.67 g / 118.4 gr (N. 1281; S. 1521; SCBI Schneider 115), minor spademark on the edge at IBAT, extremely fine £1,500-2,000

Ex Pinchbeck Hoard, Christie’s, 28 February 1989 (lot 71) and Spink auction 101, 24 November 1993, lot 17.

‡326Richard II (1377-1399), noble, Calais mint, third type, with French title, obv., flag at stern, legend ends AQ/T [die characterised by space after RIC ], rev., R in centre, reads MEDIVM, 7.61 g / 117.4 gr (N. 1307; S. 1662 [formerly 1661]; Webb Ware 3a; cf. SCBI Schneider 167-169, different dies), surface lightly scratched in field above shield, very fine and rare £1,500-2,000

Purchased A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 27 August 1992.

‡327Henry IV (1399-1413), Heavy Coinage (1399-1409),

noble, London mint, type 1a (four lis in first quarter of shield), obv., crescent on rudder, four pellets in first quarter of shield and one in fourth quarter, nails on ship’s side to right, rev., h in centre, 7.68 g / 118.5 gr (N. 1336a; S. 1705; SCBI Schneider 190 (same obverse die)), reverse centre weakly (and double-) struck, otherwise very fine or better

and on a full flan, very rare £9,000-11,000

Ex Strauss Collection, Sotheby’s, 26 May 1994, lot 52 and Dix, Noonan & Webb auction, 8 October 2002, lot 1132.

‡328Henry IV, Heavy Coinage, noble, Calais mint, type 1b (new arms, with three lis in first quarter of shield), obv., flagat stern, crown on rudder, nails on ship’s side to left, rev., hin centre, possibly struck over R [cf. Mr. Schneider’s observation of the London mint coin, Schneider 194], wt.7.68 g / 118.5gr (N. 1339/1(b); S. 1708; SCBI Schneider 195a var. (from different dies)), some weakness of striking and a surface knock beside rudder but with minimal wear,

very fine to good very fine, extremely rare £12,000-15,000

Ex Spink auction 161, 14 November 2002, lot 93.

‡329Henry IV, Light Coinage (1412-13), noble, London mint, type V, obv., plain fore- and sterncastles, no mark on rudder, annulet and slipped trefoil on ship’s side, rev., pellet and h in centre, slipped trefoil in third quarter, 6.78 g / 104.6 gr (N. 1355; S. 1715; SCBI Schneider 204), scratched on obverse and with a light creasemark, good fine, rare £2,000-2,500

Ex Prof. D.C. Baker Collection, Spink auction 161, 14 November 2002, lot 9.

‡330Henry V (1413-1422), noble, London mint, class C, obv., mullet by King’s wrist, broken annulet on ship’s side, rev., h in centre, saltire in second quarter, reads Ih’C, 6.84 g / 105.6 gr (N. 1371; S. 1742; cf. SCBI Schneider 236 (same obverse die but from a different reverse die not represented)), good fine £600-800

Purchased A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 30 November 1995.

‡331Henry VI, (First Reign 1422-1461), Annulet Issue (1422-

30), noble, London mint, obv., annulet by King’s wrist, ornaments 1-1-1, rev., annulet in first spandrel of second quarter, 6.96 g / 107.4 gr (N. 1414; S. 1799), a few surface marks and slightly soil-stained, very fine and clear £700-900

Purchased A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 27 August 1992.

‡332Henry VI, Annulet Issue, noble, York mint, obv., lis (for York) above stern of ship, annulet by King’s wrist, ornaments 1-1-1, rev., annulet in first spandrel of second quarter, 6.97 g / 107.6 gr (N. 1414; S. 1799; SCBI Schneider -), extremelyfine, with a strong portrait £2,000-2,500

Ex Spink auction 98, 17 June 1993, lot 309. See also enlargement on front cover.

‡333Henry VI, Rosette-Mascle Issue (1430-31), noble, London mint, obv., lis beside King’s wrist, rosette stops (no mascle), ornaments 1-1-1, rev., lis in second quarter, mainly rosette stops with mascle (not overpunched) after PER, no abbreviation mark after ILLOR, 6.97 g / 107.6 gr (N. 1439; S. 1817; SCBI Schneider 305-306 (same obverse die as 305 but reverse differs)), very fine or better and clear £1,500-2,000

Ex H.F. Cabell Collection (U.S.A.; sold privately to Spink, 1970’s) and Baldwin auction 24, 9 October 2000, lot 988.

‡334Henry VI, Leaf-Trefoil Issue (1436-38), noble, London mint, obv., mainly leaf stops, with trefoil after REX, rev., i.m. lis, IhC’AVT’ [leaf] TRAnCIEnS [leaf] PER MEDIVM [trefoil]ILLOR’ [leaf] IBAT’ [leaf], 6.89 g / 106.3 gr (N. 1482; S. 1830; cf. SCBI Schneider 332-333 but with different reverse reading), double-struck, slightly buckled and with minor striking cracks, otherwise generally good very fine and very

rare £2,000-3,000

Ex Sotheby’s auction, 6 October 1994, lot 145; offered with an old ticket of Max Kiehn, Köln.

‡335Henry VI, Trefoil (or Trefoil/Trefoil-Pellet mule?) Issue

(1439-41 (or -45)), noble, London mint, obv., trefoil of three separate pellets to left of shield, ornaments -1-1-, reads h/EnRIC [double saltire] DI’ [saltire] GRA [single (?) saltire] REX [double saltire] AnGL’ [saltire] Z [saltire] FRAnC’ DS’HIB’, R of FRAnC repunched (over n?), rev., i.m. lis, IhC[double saltire] AVTO [double saltire] TRASIEnS [double saltire] PER [double saltire] MEDIVM [double saltire] ILLORV IBAT, 6.77 g / 104.5 gr (obverse as N. 1495; S. 1832; Whitton 32; SCBI Schneider 335, from a different die (but similarly with the unusual abbreviation DS); reverse not listed but see note below), good very fine, excessively rare, one of only two recorded specimens £6,000-8,000

The other known example, a die duplicate of the present coin, was included in the Fishpool Hoard (Glendining’s auction, 17 October 1968, lot 68). The suggestion that the reverse may represent the Trefoil-Pellet Issue (1443-45), to which no gold coins have yet been definitively ascribed, is based on the similarity of the symbols to those found on Trefoil-Pellet groats.

Ex Baldwin auction 24, 10 October 2000, lot 987.

‡336Edward IV (First Reign 1461-1470), Heavy Coinage

(1461-65), noble, London mint, type 1, with legend beginning at 11 o’clock, obv., lis to left of shield, pellets at each side of King’s crown, ornaments 1-1-1, EDWARD’ / DI / [saltire] GRAREX AnGL’. Z FRAnC DnS HYB’, rev., i.m. lis, E and pellet in centre, reads Ih’C AVT’ TRAnSIEnS PER MEDIVM ILLORV’[saltire] IBAT, 6.96 g / 107.4 gr (N. 1527; S. 1946; Blunt & Whitton type I; SCBI Schneider 338, same obverse die), obverse double-struck and showing a die flaw at DI, also with a minor striking crack at 1 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine and very rare £8,000-10,000

Ex Fishpool Hoard (Glendining’s auction, 17 October 1968, lot 73) and Baldwin’s auction, 7 May 2002, lot 588.

The Fishpool Hoard, discovered in 1966, contained 32 nobles of type 1 and 30 of type 2; the issue had previously been known from only four specimens.

‡337Edward IV, Light Coinage (1465-70), ryal (or rose noble), London mint, i.m. long cross fitchée (on reverse only), type similar to the noble but with the additions of a rose on the ship’s side, a banner bearing the letter E at ship’s stern and a rose over large radiant sun in centre of the reverse, obv.,ornaments two lions (no lis), rev., small trefoils in spandrels, initial mark double-punched, reads IhC’ [trefoil] AVT’ [trefoil]TRAnSIEnS PER [trefoil] MEDIVM ILLORV IBAT, 7.69 g / 118.7 gr (N. 1549 type X; S.1951; Webb Ware dies 59/X; SCBI Schneider 379, same obverse die (but reverse not represented)), good very fine £800-1,200

Purchased A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 27 August 1992.

‡338Edward IV, Light Coinage, ryal (or rose noble), Bristol mint, i.m. sun (on reverse only), mintmark B in waves below ship, rev., large fleurs in spandrels, reads IhC [trefoil]AVT’ [trefoil] TRAnSIEnS [trefoil] PER [trefoil] MEDIVM[trefoil] ILLORVM [two trefoils] I [trefoil] BAT [two trefoils], 7.64 g / 117.9 gr (N. 1550 type VI; S.1953), light traces of ring-mounting, otherwise better than very fine £600-800

Ex Dix, Noonan & Webb auction, 16 November 1994, lot 340.

‡339Edward IV, Light Coinage, ryal (or rose noble), Bristol mint, i.m. crown (on reverse only), mintmark B in waves below ship, rev., small trefoils in spandrels, reads IhC’[trefoil] AVT’ [reversed ‘] TRAnSIEnS [trefoil] PER [trefoil] MEDIVM [trefoil] ILLORVM IBAT, 7.63 g / 117.7 gr (N. 1550 type VIII; S.1954; cf. SCBI Schneider 419, different dies), portrait weak, fine or good fine £600-800

Purchased A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 27 August 1992.

‡340Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Fine Gold Coinage of 1583-93,

ryal, m.m. Gothic A (1583-85; on reverse only), the type essentially as Edward IV coins but with lifelike portrait of the Queen holding orb and sceptre in place of sword and shield, in ‘modern’ ship sailing to left rather than to right, with Gothic lettering, 7.56 g / 116.9 gr (N. 2004; S. 2530; SCBI Schneider 784, same dies), very fine and very rare

£12,000-15,000

Purchased A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 9 December 1994.

SCOTLAND

‡341James VI (1567-1625), Fifth Coinage, thistle noble, obv.,crowned Scottish shield on ship, thistle on ship’s side, rev.,thistle on a saltire cross, with crowns at terminals, crowned lions in angles, 7.66 g / 118.2 gr (S. 5456; Stewart 191)