337 al-muqtadir, Dirhams (2), Harran 312h, 3.29g and al-basra 313h, 3.06g. First cleaned, very fine and rare, the second good very fine.

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1 331 al-muqtadir, Dirham, al-rahba 297h, 2.60g. Very fine and very rare al-muqtadir, Dirhams (2), Harran 312h, 3.29g and al-basra 313h, 3.06g. First cleaned, very fine and rare, the second good very fine. (2) al-muqtadir, Dirhams (3), Wasit 303h, 3.35g, Jannaba 305h, 3.42g, Surra man ra a 307h, 4.05g. First cleaned, very fine, the second partly flat, good fine and rare, the last very fine. (3) al-muqtadir, Dirham, al-rahba 308h, 3.07g. Cleaned, about very fine and very rare al-muqtadir, Dirhams (6), al-basra date off flan, 4.05g, Halab 3xxh, 3.03g, al-rafiqa 319h, 2.97g, Shiraz 304h, 4.75g, Nisibin date off flan, 4.50g and Wasit 319h, 2.50g. All fine to very fine, the second and fifth one-third flat, the last pierced. (6) al-muqtadir, Dirham, Tarsus 318h, 3.24g. Good very fine and very rare al-qahir ( h), without name of heir, Gold Dinar, al-ahwaz 321h, 4.32g. Extremely fine and rare al-muqtadir, Dirham, Tarsus 319h, 3.23g. Very fine and very rare al-qahir, with heir abu l-qasim, Gold Dinar, al- Karaj 321h, 3.57g. Good very fine, rare al-muqtadir with vizier Amid al-dawla, Dirham, Tarsus 320h, 3.14g. About very fine and very rare al-qahir, without name of heir, Gold Dinar, Hamadhan 321h, 4.63g. Crude, fine and very rare al-muqtadir, Dirhams (2), Shiraz 319h, 2.82g and Mah al-kufa 319h, 4.01g. Both cleaned, about very fine or better. (2) al-radi ( h), Gold Dinar, al-ahwaz 324h, 3.83g. Double-struck, very fine

2 344 al-radi, Gold Dinar, Hamadan 324h, 3.28g (Kazan 197 var; A 254.1). Double-struck, otherwise very fine al-muttaqi ( h), with Amir al-umara Sayf al-dawla/nasir al-dawla, Gold Dinar, Madinat al-salam 331h, 4.45g. Very fine al-radi, Gold Dinar, Hamadan 327h, 3.01g (A 254.1). Weakly struck, otherwise very fine al-muttaqi, with Amir al-umara abu l-husayn Bahjam, Gold Dinar, Wasit 329h, 3.78g. Extremely fine and rare al-radi, Gold Dinar, Maragha 327h, 4.56g. Very fine and extremely rare al-nasir ( h), Gold Dinar, Madinat al- Salam 603h, 5.25g (A 268). Slightly creased, partly flat, otherwise very fine al-radi, Dirham, al-masisa 322h, 2.54g. Partly flat, fine and very rare al-nasir, Gold Dinar, Madinat al-salam 609h, 4.31g (BMC I:486; A 268). Margins partly flat, otherwise very fine al-radi, Dirham, Tarsus 322h, 3.08g. Weakly struck, good fine and very rare al-nasir, Gold Dinar, Madinat al-salam 613h, 4.68g (BMC IX:488b; A 268). Very fine al-radi, Dirhams (2), Halab 323h, 2.29g and al- Basra 328h, 4.08g. First partly flat, fine and rare, the second cleaned, edge weakness, about very fine. (2) al-nasir, Gold Dinar, Madinat al-salam 617h, 4.41g (BMC I:491; A 268). Slightly creased, very fine

3 356 al-zahir ( h), Gold Dinar, Madinat al-salam 622h, 3.21g (Qatar 1364; A 270). Some weakness in margins, otherwise very fine, rare al-mustansir ( h), Gold Dinar, Madinat al-salam 625h, 4.97g. Partly flat, good vey fine and very rare Dinars of al-mustansir are by far the rarest of the late Abbasid coinage. They come in two varieties: the first this coin, resembling the earlier coinage of al-nasir li-din Allah, and the later appearing in the late 630s with the field legends within a quatrafoil enclosure. 358 al-musta sim ( h), Gold Dinar, Madinat al-salam 641h, 4.97g. About very fine al-musta sim, Gold Dinar, Madinat al-salam 641h, 6.47g. Very fine Dirhams (17), temp. al-saffah, al-kufa 132h, temp. al-mansur (16), Ardashir Khurra 146h; Arminiya 145h, 146h, 154h; al-basra 138h, 146h, 147h; al- Abbasiya 151h, 153h (2); al-rayy 146h, 147h; al-muhammadiya 148h, 150h, 151h; Madinat al-salam 158h. Mainly fine to very fine, several scarce to rare. (17) Dirhams (27), Arminiya 145h, Madinat Isbahan 199h, 207h, al-basra 133h, 160h, 161h, 167h, Madinat Jayy 162h (2), al-rafiqa 190h, Madinat Zaranj 183h, Madinat Samarqand 196h, 197h, 198h, 201h, Samarqand 206h, al- Abbasiya 161h, 172h, 173h, Kirman 167h, 168h, al-muhammadiya 180h, Madinat Marw 185h (2), 186h, Madinat Nishapur 193h, 197h. Fine to good very fine, some scarce. (27) Dirhams (18), temp. al-mahdi, Adharbayjan 167h; Arminiya 161h, 167h; al- Abbasiya 163h, 164h, 169h; Madinat Jayy 162h; Kirman 168h (2); al-muhammadiya 168h; Madinat al-salam 159h, 161h; al-haruniya 169h; al-hadi with heir Harun, Ifriqiya 170h (2); al-haruniya 170h (3). Mainly fine to very fine, several rare. (18) Dirhams (7), Madinat Balkh 188h, 189h, al-rayy 145h, 148h, 179h, al-muhammadiya 171h, Madinat Herat 196h. Mostly very fine. (7) Dirhams (28), temp. al-rashid, Madinat Abarshahr 192h (2); al- Abbasiya 171h, Ma dan Bajunays 191h; Madinat Balkh 185h (3); Madinat Zaranj 179h, 181h, 190h; Sijistan 174h, 17xh; Ma dan al-shash 190h; al-muhammadiya 171h, 172h, 183h, 191h; Madinat al-salam 174h, 179h, 180h, 181h (4), 191h; Misr 180h; al-haruniya 170 (al-mardi); uncertain, Madinat? 193h. Mainly fine to good very fine, some better and rare. (28) Dirhams (21), al-amin, Madinat al-salam 195h (2), 196h; with heir al-ma mun, Madinat Bukhara 194h (2); Madinat Samarqand 194h (2); al-muhammadiya 194h, Madinat Naysabur 194h, 195h; al-ma mun, Madinat Isbahan 197h, 198h, 199h; Madinat Samarqand 195h; al- Muhammadiya 198h 206h; Madinat al-salam 198h, 204h (L 1440), 204h (L 1447) Madinat Naysabur 186h, 201h. Mainly fine to good very fine. (21) Dirhams (12), Isbahan 244h, al-ahwaz, date unclear, al-basra 311h, Surra man Ra a 298h, Samarqand 209h, Shiraz 314h, 317h, al-kufa 301h, 317h, Madinat al-salam 329h, Madinat Nishapur 193h, al-haruniya 170h. Fine to good very fine, many scarce. (12) Dirhams (30), al-mu tamid, Surra man ra a 258h; al-mu tadid, al-basra 287h; al-rafiqa 282h; Surra man ra a 283; al-kufa 286h; Madinat al- Salam 286h; al-mawsil 283h (2); Nisibin 288h; al-muktafi, Madinat al-salam 289h, 290h, 292h; Wasit 292; al-muqtadir, al-basra 307h, Surra man ra a 316h; al-kufa 301h; Madinat al-salam 299h, 306h, 310h; Wasit 306h, 314h; al-qahir, Madinat al-salam 320h; al-radi, al-basra 322h; Madinat al- Salam 322h, 323h, 324h, 326h, 327h; al-muttaqi, al-basra 330; Madinat al-salam 331h. Mainly fine to good very fine, al-qahir rare. (30) Dirhams (12), al-ahwaz 286h, al-basra 273h, 317h, Surra man Ra a 304h, 311h, Mah al-kufa 313h, Madinat al-salam 260h, 295h, 312h, 333h, al-mawsil 303h, Wasit 326h. Fine to very fine, some rare. (12) al-mu tadid, Dirhams (2), Isbahan 28xh, 2.95g and al-basra 286h, 2.83g; al-muktafi ( h), Dirhams (3), al-rahba 29xh, 2.82g, Madinat al- Salam 291h, obv wali al-dawla, 2.73g, al-mawsil 294h, 4.12g. Fine to very fine, the last with weak centres but margins fine. (5)

4 370 al-qahir, Dirham, Madinat al-salam 321h, 2.74g; al-muttaqi, Dirham, Madinat al-salam 329h, 3.68g; al-muttaqi with Amir al-umara Bajkam, Dirhams (2), Madinat al-salam 329h, 3.66g and 3.07g; al-muttaqi with Amir al-umara Sayf aldawla/nasir al-dawla, Dirham, Madinat al-salam 331h, 2.39g. Fine to about very fine. (5) Idrisid 377 Yahya b. Muhammad ( h), Dirham, al- Aliya 240h, in the name of his father Muhammad b. Idris, 1.96g (A 425). Very fine, rare Yahya b. Muhammad, Dirham, al- Aliya 245h, in the name of his father Muhammad b. Idris, 1.87g (A 425). Good very fine, rare temp. Ibrahim al-mubarak b. al-mahdi, Dirham, Madinat al-salam 202h, 2.94g (L 1428), extremely fine and rare; temp. al-ma mun/hamid, Dirhams (2), Madinat al-salam 203h, 3.00g and 204h, 2.93g (L 1432, 1440), about extremely fine, scarce and good very fine. (3) Isa b. Idris ( h), Dirham, mint (Wazzaqur?) unclear, 22xh, 1.91g (A 429); Abbasid, Fals of al- Jazira, undated (A 304). First weak in parts, otherwise very fine and rare, the second fine. (2) Fals, Irqa, undated, citing Muhammad b. Malik and Humayd b. Yahya, 1.67g (Shamma p.118, 3; L -; A A288). Fine, very rare Idrisid Contemporaries 373 Fulus (4), Ardashir Khurra 167h, Istakhr 140h, 167h, mint and date unclear. Fine to about very fine, scarce. (4) Fulus (4), Istakhr 140h, 145h, 159h, 167h. Fine to about very fine, one double-struck, scarce. (4) Fulus (4), Istakhr 140h, 149h, 159h, 167h. Fine to about very fine, scarce. (4) Mu tazilites, Dirham, in the name of Ma zuz b. Talut, Watit 224h, citing Hamdun, 2.07g (Lavoix 920 var; A 433). Very fine, very rare Ibadid of the Maghrib Aghlabid An important group of early Dirhams - mostly unrecorded by al- Ush 376 temp. Muhammad b. Asha th ( h), Dirham, Ifriqiya 143h, 2.22g (Lowick 270). Clipped, about fine and extremely rare Up to and including this date the Dirham coinage of North Africa was struck on the Umayyad pattern. 381 Ibrahim I ( h), Dirham, Ifriqiya 194h, obv nothing between second and third lines in the field, 2.78g (not recorded by al- Ush Aghlabides). Very fine and very rare

5 382 Ibrahim I, Dirham, Ifriqiya 195h, obv Musâ between second and third lines in the field, 2.88g (not recorded by al- Ush). About very fine and very rare Abd Allah I, Dirham, Ifriqiya 201h, obv bakh bakh between second and third lines in the field, 2.85g (not recorded by al- Ush). Very fine and very rare Anti-Aghlabid revolt, Anonymous, Dirham, 195h, obv nothing between second and third lines in the field, 2.87g (al- Ush 238). Very fine and very rare Ziyadat Allah I ( h), Dirham, Ifriqiya 202h, obv Musâ between second and third lines in the field, 2.80g (not recorded by al- Ush). Very fine and very rare Ibrahim I, Dirham, Ifriqiya 196h, obv Musâ between second and third lines in the field, 2.88g (not recorded by al- Ush). Very fine and very rare Ziyadat Allah I, Dirham, Ifriqiya 203h, obv Musâ between second and third lines in the field, 2.78g (not recorded by al- Ush). Good very fine and very rare Abd Allah I ( h), Dirham, Ifriqiya 197h, obv nothing between second and third lines in the field, 2.76g (not recorded by al- Ush Aghlabides). Very fine and very rare Ziyadat Allah, Dirham, Ifriqiya 204h, obv Musâ between second and third lines in the field, 2.83g (not recorded by al- Ush). Good very fine and very rare Abd Allah I, Dirham, Ifriqiya 198h, obv bakh between second and third lines in the field, 2.77g (al- Ush 195). Good very fine and rare Ziyadat Allah, Dirham, Ifriqiya 207h, obv Masrur between second and third lines in the field, 2.73g (not recorded by al- Ush). Good very fine and very rare Abd Allah I, Dirham, Ifriqiya 200h, obv bakh bakh between second and third lines in the field, 2.77g (not recorded by al- Ush). Good very fine and very rare Ahmad ( h), Gold Dinar, no mint 245h, Dadi, 4.23g (al- Ush 59). Good very fine

6 Al-Murabitid 394 temp. Ahmad, Gold Dinar, no mint 249h, obv Dadi, 4.12g. Crimped, good very fine Muhammad II ( h), Gold Dinar, no mint 253h, 4.23g (al- Ush 72). Extremely fine Anonymous, temp. Abu Bakr b. Umar ( h), Gold Dinar, Sijilmasa 453h, 4.14g (date unrecorded by Hazard, but obverse as no.28, reverse as no.26). Good very fine and extremely rare Ibrahim II ( h), Gold Dinar, no mint 283h, 4.20g (al- Ush 134). Extremely fine Zirid 402 Abu Bakr b. Umar, Gold Dinar, Sijilmasa xx3h, 4.20g. Crude calligraphy, otherwise as struck al-mu izz b Badis ( h), Gold Dinar, Madinat Izz al-islam wa l-qayrawan 441h, 4.01g (Haz 3). Good very fine and scarce Ali b. Yusuf ( h), Gold Dinar, Aghmat 536h, with the name of the heir Tashfin, 4.10g (Hazard 365; A 466). Good very fine and scarce al-mu izz b Badis, Gold Dinar, Madinat Izz al- Islam wa l-qayrawan 442h, 3.85g (Haz 4). Very fine al-mu izz b Badis, Gold Dinar, Madinat Izz al- Islam wa l-qayrawan 444h, 4.08g (Haz 7). Good very fine Probably Christian imitation of an al-murabitid Gold Dinar, uncertain ruler, no mint, blundered date, underweight at 3.30g. Ex-mount, very fine and very rare Al-Muwahhid 400 Anonymous, temp. al-mu izz b. Badis, Gold Dinar, Madinat Izz al-islam wa l-qayrawan (4)44h, 4.24g (Album 458). Crimped, good very fine Abu Muhammad Abd al-mu min ( h), Gold ½-Dinar, no mint or date, 2.27g (Hazard 466; A 478). Very fine

7 Hafsid Tulunid 406 abu-ishaq Ibrahim II ( h), Gold Dinar, no mint undated, (underweight) 2.94g (Hazard 606). About fine and rare Ahmad b. Tulun ( h), Gold Dinar, Misr 266h, 4.15g (Grabar 3; A 661). Wavy flan, good very fine abu l- Abbas Ahmad II, Gold Dinar, no mint undated, 4.69g (Hazard 609 for reverse field and segments). Very fine Ahmad b. Tulun, Gold Dinar, Misr 269h, 4.19g (Grabar 12; A 661). Very fine Hazard did not record this precise variety of coin. obverse is unrecorded for this ruler. The abu- Amr Uthman ( h), Gold ½-Dinar, Tarablus undated, 2.38g (Hazard 630). Crude, fine Ahmad b. Tulun, Gold Dinar, Misr 270h, 4.01g (Grabar 14; A 661). Slightly creased, good very fine abu- Amr Uthman, Gold Dinar, uncertain mint, Tanas? undated, 4.72g (Hazard North Africa -, cf 637 and 640). About fine Sa adian Sharifs 415 Khumarawayh b. Ahmad ( h), Gold Dinar, al-rafiqa 276h, 3.67g (Grabar 33; A 664). Crude style, very fine and scarce Ahmad al-mansur ( h), Gold Dinar, Baldat Sijilmasa 1011h, 4.51g (Album 565). Good very fine and rare Khumarawayh, Gold Dinar, al-rafiqa 277h, 3.45g (Grabar 38). Very fine Ahmad al-mansur, Gold Dinar, mint illegible 1004h, 4.54g (Album 565). Twice pierced, fine Khumarawayh b. Ahmad, Gold Dinar, Misr 271h, 4.26g (Grabar 20; A 664). Scraped on reverse, good very fine

8 418 Khumarawayh b. Ahmad, Gold Dinar, Misr 272h, 4.05g (Grabar 21; A 664). Very fine Khumarawayh b. Ahmad, Gold Dinar, Misr 282h, 4.07g (Grabar 67; A 664). Slightly bent, graffiti on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine Khumarawayh b. Ahmad, Gold Dinar, Misr 274h, 4.10g (Grabar 26; A 664). Very fine Harun b. Khumarawayh ( h), Gold Dinar, Dimashq 287h, 4.24g (Grabar 82; A 667). Traces of mount on edge, otherwise very fine, scarce Khumarawayh b. Ahmad, Gold Dinar, Misr 274h, 3.94g. About very fine Harun b. Khumarawayh, Gold Dinar, Misr 284h, 4.17g (Grabar 72; A 667). About extremely fine Khumarawayh b. Ahmad, Gold Dinar, Misr 277h, 4.39g (Grabar 37; A 664). Wavy flan, very fine Harun b. Khumarawayh, Gold Dinar, Misr 286h, 3.85g (Grabar 78; A 667). Slightly clipped, otherwise very fine Khumarawayh b. Ahmad, Gold Dinar, Misr 278h, 4.23g (Grabar 42; A 664). Scratched on both sides, otherwise very fine Harun b. Khumarawayh, Gold Dinar, Misr 288h, 3.92g (Grabar 84; A 667). Minor weakness in margins, about extremely fine Khumarawayh b. Ahmad, Gold Dinar, Misr 279h, with the names of the caliph al-mu tamid and the caliphal heir al-mu tadid, 4.08g (Grabar 52; A 664). Slightly creased, otherwise very fine and rare Harun b. Khumarawayh, Gold Dinar, Misr 289h, with the name of the caliph al-muktafi, 3.95g (Grabar 87; A 667). Very fine

9 430 Harun b. Khumarawayh, Gold Dinar, Misr 290h, 3.96g (Grabar 90; A 667). Extremely fine Ali b. al-ikhshid/(k)afur, Dirham, Tabariya 353h, 2.08g (Bacharach 197). About extremely fine and rare Harun b. Khumarawayh, Gold Dinar, Misr 291h, 3.90g (Grabar 94; A 667). About extremely fine Ali b. al-ikhshid/(k)afur, Dirham, Filastin 351h, 2.64g (Bacharach 192). Cleaned, very fine and rare Ikhshidid 432 Ali b. al-ikhshid ( h), Gold Dinar, Filastin 353h, 4.55g (Bacharach 99). Crimped, about extremely fine Ali b. al-ikhshid/(k)afur, Dirham, Filastin 353h, 3.09g (Bacharach 193). Edge weakness, about extremely fine Ali b. al-ikhshid/(k)afur, Gold Dinar, Filastin 353h, 3.82g (Bacharach 99). Good very fine Ahmad b. Ali, Gold Dinar, Filastin 358h, 4.29g (Bacharach 107). Good very fine, rare Fatimid 434 Ali b. al-ikhshid, Gold Dinar, Filastin 353h, 2.91g (Bacharach 99). Crimped, good very fine al-qa im ( h), ½-Dirham, al-mahdiya 326h, 1.41g (Nicol Fatimid 171, 1 ref). Good very fine abu l-misk Kafur ( h), Gold Dinar, Filastin 355h, 3.96g (Bacharach 104). Very fine al-qa im, ½-Dirham al-mahdiya 328h, 1.42g (N 173, 1 ref). Very fine al-qa im, ½-Dirham al-mahdiya 329h, 1.45g (N 174). Good very fine

10 al-qa im, ½-Dirham al-mahdiya 330h, 1.41g (N 175). Very fine al-qa im, ½-Dirham al-mahdiya 331h, 1.44g (N 177). Very fine al-mu izz, Gold Dinars (2), Misr 363h, 4.14g and al-mansuriya 359h, 3.95g (N 368, 416). Very fine to good very fine. (2) al-mu izz ( h), Gold Dinar, al-mansuriya 343h, 4.11g (N 391). Good very fine al-mu izz, Gold Dinars (2), al-mansuriya 360h, 4.14g and 365h, 3.79g (N 418, 430). Both very fine. (2) al-mu izz, Gold Dinar, Misr 359h Rajab, 4.09g (N 353). Very fine and very rare al- Aziz ( h), Gold Dinar, Misr 366h, 4.15g (N 700). Very fine al-mu izz, Gold Dinar, Misr 363h, 4.18g (N 368). Very fine al- Aziz, Gold Dinar, Misr 366h, 4.09g (N 700). Very fine al- Aziz, Gold Dinars (3), Misr 366h, 4.13g (N 700), Misr 384h, 4.05g (N 721), al-mahdiya, date off flan, 4.00g. Very fine, good fine and fine. (3) al-mu izz, Gold Dinar, Misr 364h, 4.16g (N 370). Good very fine al- Aziz, Gold Dinars (2), Misr 367h, 4.15g, 368h, 3.74g (N 701, 702). Both very fine. (2) al- Aziz, Gold Dinars (2), Misr 368h, Misr 373h (N 702, 708). About very fine. (2) al-mu izz, Gold Dinar, Misr 364h, 4.16g (N 370). Good very fine al-mu izz, Gold Dinar, Misr 364h, 4.09g (N 370). Very fine al- Aziz, Gold Dinars (2), Misr 383h, 4.15g and al-mansuriya 382h, 4.16g (N 720, 763). First very fine, the second good very fine. (2)

11 459 al- Aziz, Gold Dinar, al-mansuriya 384h, 4.17g (N 765). Very fine al-mustansir ( h), Gold Dinar, al- Iskandariya 470h, 4.17g (N 1675). About very fine and very rare al- Aziz, Gold Dinar, al-mahdiya 385h, 4.02g (N 820). Very fine, rare al-mustansir, Gold Dinar, Tarablus 448h, 3.11g (N 2003). Very fine al-hakim ( h), Gold Dinars (2), Misr 387h, 4.15g, Misr 401h, 3.74g (N 1073, 1088). Good very fine and about very fine. (2) al-mustansir, Gold Dinars (2), Misr 440h, 4.04g, 442h, 3.84g (N 2121, 2124). Both extremely fine. (2) al-hakim, Gold Dinar, Misr 389h, 4.15g (N 1075). Good fine al-mustansir, Gold Dinars (2), Misr 432h, 4.21g, 435h, 4.00g (N 2109, 2113). Both very fine. (2) al-hakim, Gold Dinars (3), Misr 400h, 4.19g, 404h, 4.06g, 411h, 4.23g (N 1086, 1092, 1105). About very fine or better. (3) al-mustansir, Gold Dinars (2), Misr 438h, 4.27g, 439h, 4.23g (N 2117, 2119). First crimped, good very fine, the second extremely fine. (2) al-zahir ( h), Gold Dinars (2), Misr 416h, 4.19g, 427h, 3.98g (N 1518, 1538). Both very fine. (2) al-mustansir, Gold Dinars (2), Misr 443h, 4.22g and 454h, 4.24g (N 2125, 2137). Both good very fine. (2)

12 471 al-mustansir, Gold Dinar, Misr 454h, 3.75g (N 2137). Very fine Anonymous, Christian Imitation of Silver ½- Dirham, marginal legends off flan, 1.38g (Malloy, Preston, Seltman, Coins of the Crusader States p.139, no.16). Very fine and very rare Ayyubid 472 al-mustansir, Gold Dinar, Madinat al-mahdiya 450h, 3.99g (Hazard -; N 2225, 6 refs). Twice pierced, very fine and very rare al-nasir Salah al-din Yusuf ( h), Gold Dinar, al-qahira, date off flan, 3.82g (A 785.2). Clipped, otherwise about very fine al-amir ( h), Gold Dinar, al-iskandariya 504h, 3.96g (N 2448). Good extremely fine al-kamil Muhammad I ( h), Gold Dinar, al-qahira, date unclear, 4.56g (A 811). Slightly bent, otherwise very fine al-amir, Gold Dinar, Misr 512h, 4.14g (N 2534). Extremely fine al-kamil Muhammad ( h), Gold Dinar, al-qahira 631h, 5.38g (Album 811.3). Cleaned, well centered, good very fine al-amir, Gold Dinar, Sur 512h, 4.22g (N 2488). Very fine and rare Bahri Mamluk 476 al-amir, Gold Dinar, Sur 516h, 3.79g (N 2492). About extremely fine al-zahir Baybars I ( h), Gold Dinar, al- Iskandariya, date off flan, 4.21g (A 880). Weak in parts, otherwise good very fine Crusader 477 Copy of a Fatimid Gold Dinar, al-amir, mint and date illegible, 3.78g. About extremely fine al-nasir abu l-mahasin Hasan (first reign, h), Gold Dinar, Halab 750h, 4.74g (Balog -; Album 944). Very fine and very rare, an unrecorded Dinar mint for this ruler

13 Burji Mamluk al-ashraf Barsbay ( h), Ashrafi, al-qahira (8)29h, 3.39g. Very fine al-ashraf Barsbay, Ashrafi; al- Aziz Yusuf, Ashrafi, al-qahira 84xh; al-zahir Jaqmaq, Ashrafi (2), al-qahira; al- Ashraf Aynal, Ashrafi (2), al-qahira; al-ashraf Qa itbay, Ashrafi. Mainly very fine, the second rare. (7) Egypt 486 Fu ad I ( ), Gold 500-Piastres, 1922 (1340h), 37.19g (KM 342; F 26). About uncirculated Gold Medal, 1970, commemorating Gamal Abdel Nasser, 15.92g. Good extremely fine Bronze Medal, Paris Mint, commemorating the visit of Ibrahim Pasha, the son of Muhammad Ali, to the Paris Mint, 6 th May 1846, obv bust of Muhammad Ali to right, MEHEMET ALI RÉGÉNÉRATEUR DE L ÉGYPTE, to right in Arabic Muhammad Ali muhyi al-dawla al-misiriya (Muhammad Ali Reviver of the Egyptian State), on the truncation E. ROGAT 1840 and in Arabic the same name with date 1356, rev legend in Turkish, surrounded by wreath of laurel leaves, His Highness Ibrahim Pasha has honoured the Paris Mint by his visit on the 6 th of May 1846, 50mm, 72.70g. Virtually uncirculated and very rare Bronze Medal, 1929, Visit of Fu ad I to Germany, by S E Vernier & M Bezner, bust of Fu ad right, rev Egyptian lion with Brandenburg Gate behind, 72mm (Cairo 6240). About extremely fine

14 Jordan 490 Gold Proof 25-Dinars, 1977, commemorating the silver jubilee of King Hussein, 15.08g (KM 33). Mint state al-hadi ila l-haqq, Dirham, San a undated, 2.49g. Twice pierced, good very fine and extremely rare Banu Sama of Oman Rassid (First Period) 491 al-hadi ila l-haqq ( h), Gold Dinar, San a 298h (frozen date), 2.83g (A 1065). About extremely fine Ahmad b. Hilal, Dirham, Uman 301h, 3.99g (date unrecorded in Uman on p.129; Album F1160). Crude, fine and extremely rare Wajihid 494 Yusuf b. Wajih ( h), Dirham, Uman 325h, 4.14g. Good very fine and rare Mukramid 495 Buwahyid/Mukramid, Sultan al-dawla/mukram, Medallion Dinar, Uman 409h, 8.74g (see Coinage of Oman p.136 for date). Good very fine and extremely rare This heavyweight medallion type Dinar may have been struck to commemorate the beginning of Mukramid rule in Oman.

15 496 Nasir al-din (c h), Gold Dinar, Uman 421h, 4.08g ( Uman p.137; Album 1164). Crude, about extremely fine and very rare Zanzibar Zangid of Mosul 497 Barghash b. Sa id ( h), Silver Riyal, no mint (Brussels) 1299/1882, 27.16g (KM 4). Extremely fine The royal protocol on this coin was arranged more for its visual harmony than for its genealogical accuracy. It reads Sultan Sa id/bin Barghash bin/sultan, but it should read Sultan Barghash bin Sa id bin Sultan. It is likely that when the Arabic wording was submitted to the die-sinkers in Brussels, they were unaware of the Sultan s parentage, and chose to arrange the legend it to suit their own aesthetic pleasure. This issue was named sikka sa idiyya, or auspicious coinage, which was ultimately a misnomer because, of the six denominations (two in gold, three in silver and one in copper), only the silver Riyal and copper Baisa were actually placed in circulation. Burids of Damascus 500 Nur al-din Arslan Shah ( h), Gold Dinar, al-mawsil 594h, caliph al-nasir, heir Abu Nasir (later al-zahir), 3.38g (Bibliothèque Nationale 4:340). Good very fine and rare Zangid of Sinjar 501 al-amjad Umar ( h), AE Dirham, (Sinjar) (6)16h, 10.53g (Spengler & Sayles Zangid 84; Album 1881). Fine Rum Saljuq Tughtekin ( h) with caliph al-mustazhir, Billon Dirham, mint and date missing, 2.16g (Album Checklist 780). Fine, very rare Abaq ( h) with Overlords Sanjar and Mas ud, Billon Dirham, mint and date missing, 1.42g (Album Checklist 784). Fine and very rare Sulayman Shah ( h), Heavy Fals, no mint 595h, 8.56g. Good very fine

16 509 Mahmud I ( h), Gold Zeri Mahbub, Islambul 1143h, 2.59g (Pere 556; KM 222). Extremely fine Kaykhusraw II ( h), Dirhams (2), Madinat Qunya 642h, 2.94g, 643h, 2.93g (Album Checklist ). First very fine, the second good vey fine. (2) Ottoman Mahmud I, Gold Zeri Mahbub, Misr 1143h, ain, 2.57g (Pere 562; KM 86). About extremely fine Mahmud I, Gold Funduq, Islambul 1143h, sad, 3.47g. About extremely fine Salim II ( h), Sultani, Misr 974h, 3.49g (Pere 239). Very fine Murad III ( h), Sultani, Misr, date (982h) unclear (A 1332); Egypt, Fu ad I ( h), Gold 20-Piastres, 1341h/1923 (KM 339); together with a base metal copy of an Ottoman Hayriye Altin and a barbarous imitation of a Rassid Sudaysi composed of two obverses stuck together. First about very fine, the others very fine, the last pierced. (4) Ottoman Afsharid, Ottoman countermark of the tughra of Sultan Mahmud I ( h), on Rupi of Nadir Shah ( h), Dar al-saltinat Tabriz 1152h, 11.44g. Coin very fine, countermark extremely fine and very rare The countermark on this coin is certainly a product of the intermittent Turko-Persian wars in the mid-18 th Century between the armies of the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud I ( h) and Nadir Shah Afshar. As the Ottomans frequently held lands in Western Iran where Afsharid Rupis were current coin, it was judged necessary to validate them for use by the Turks by countermarking them with the stamp bearing the Sultan s tughra that was used on ring weights and commodity measures employed in Ottoman market places. 506 Ahmed III ( h), Gold Zeri Istanbul, Islambul 1115h, 3.46g (Pere 499; KM 173). About extremely fine Mustafa III ( h), Gold Zeri Mahbub, Islambul 1171h, year 7, 2.63g (Pere 616; KM 334). Good extremely fine Ahmed III, Gold Zeri Mahbub, Islambul 1115h, 2.59g (Pere 501; KM 166). Good extremely fine Mustafa III, Gold Zeri Mahbub, Misr 1171h, ms, 2.61g (Pere 622; KM 105). Minor peripheral weakness, good extremely fine Ahmad III, Gold Funduq, Misr 1115h, 3.43g. Extremely fine Mustafa III, Gold Zeri Mahbub, Misr 1171h, 6md, 2.60g (Pere 622; KM 105). Good very fine

17 516 Mustafa III, Gold Zeri Mahbub (2), Misr 1171h, sin, ain (Pere 621, 622; KM 106, 105). Very fine, the first with small edge crack. (2) Abd al-hamid I ( h), Gold Zeri Mahbub (3), Misr 1187h, year 1, abd, year 8 (Pere 664, 666; KM 126, 127). Very fine, the second with small edge crack. (3) Abd al- Aziz, Gold Guinea/100-Ghurush, Misr 1277h, year 5, 8.51g. Good very fine Abd al- Aziz, Gold Guinea/100-Ghurush, Misr 1277h, year 7, 8.50g. Good very fine Abd al-hamid I with Jidawi Bey, Gold Zeri Mahbub, Misr 1187h, year 2, dal, 2.59g. Extremely fine Abd al- Aziz, Gold Guinea/100-Ghurush, Misr 1277h, year 10, 8.46g. Good very fine Murad V (1293h), Gold Guinea/100-Ghurush, Misr 1293h, year 1, 8.53g. Good very fine and rare Abd al-hamid I, Kurush (2), Qustantiniya 1187h, years 1, 2 (Pere 675, 676). Good very fine. (2) Murad V, Gold ½-Guinea/50-Ghurush, Misr 1293h, year 1, 4.24g. Good very fine and rare Abd al-hamid II ( h), Gold 5-Ghurush, Misr 1293h, year 18, 0.43g. Crimped, about extremely fine Mahmud II ( h), Gold 20-Ghurush, Misr 1123h, year 32, 1.69g. About extremely fine Sulayman I, Sultanis (4), Jaza ir, Sidra Qapsi 926h, Misr 926h (2); Salim II, Sultani, Jaza ir. Mainly fine to very fine. (5) Abd al-majid ( h), Gold ½-Guinea/50- Ghurush, Misr 1255h, year 15, 4.15g. About very fine Abd al- Aziz ( h), Gold Guinea/100- Ghurush, Misr 1277h, year 4 (Paris mint), 8.56g. Extremely fine Abd al-hamid I, Contemporary Copy of Ottoman Gold Ziynet Multiple Zar-i Mahbub, Misr 1187h, year 2, 7.03g. Twice pierced, very fine and rare

18 534 Ahmad b. Abd Allah, Broad Dirham, Madinat Harat 268h, 5.90g (A 1396). Pierced, about very fine and very rare Gold Zeri Mahbub (9), Misr, various types. Mostly very fine, a few better. (9) Saffarid (First Dynasty) 532 Order of the Mejidiye, 5 th Class, civil issue, with rosette, rev stamp of the Ottoman mint (cf Volpe vol 2, p.173). Good very fine Khujistanid 535 Tahir b. Muhammad, Dirham, Uman 294h, 3.06g ( Uman p.129, 1 ref; A 1404). Very fine and extremely rare Samanid 533 Ahmad b. Abd Allah (c h), Broad Dirham, Naysabur 268h, 8.81g (A 1396). Very fine and rare Ahmad b. Isma il ( h), Dirham, al-biyar 298h, 2.91g (BMC IX:283b; A 1446). Centres weak, otherwise very fine and rare

19 537 Samanid Rebel, Ahmad b. Sahl/Nasr II b. Ahmad, Dirham, Farwan 306h, 3.24g (A B1453). Good very fine and very rare Mansur I b. Nuh ( h), Fals, Bukhara 358h, 3.56g (A 1467). Good very fine and scarce Nasr II b. Ahmad ( h), caliph al- Muqtadir, Gold Dinar, al-muhammadiya 318h, 3.93g. Fine style, carefully struck, extremely fine and rare Nuh b. Mansur ( h), Gold Dinar, Herat 375h, citing Ali, 2.96g (A 1468). Weak in parts, otherwise good very fine, scarce Nasr II b. Ahmad, Gold Dinar, al-muhammadiya 321h, caliph al-qahir, 3.75g (Miles Rayy -). About very fine and very rare Samanid / Ghaznawid, Mansur II / Mahmud, Gold Dinar, Naysabur 387h, 3.56g. Very fine Volga Bulgars 540 Nasr II b. Ahmad, Gold Dinar, Qazwin 328h, caliph al-radi, 3.91g (A ). Weakly struck, good very fine and rare Mika il b. Ja far (fl. mid-4 th Century AH), Dirham, imitating a Samanid type, 2.89g (A P1481). Harshly cleaned, flat in parts, otherwise very fine, very rare Nasr II b. Ahmad, Dirham, al-khuttal 315h, 2.61g. Extremely fine and very rare Nuh II b. Nasr ( h), Gold Dinar, Naysabur 332h, 4.37g. Very fine Anonymous, Dirham, imitating a Samanid type of Nasr II b. Ahmad, legends retrograde, 2.64g (A Q1481). Very fine, rare

20 Ziyarid of Tabaristan 548 Anonymous, Dirham, imitating a Samanid type of Nasr II b. Ahmad, mint and date blundered, 3.44g (A Q1481). Very fine, rare Mardawij b. Ziyar ( h) caliph al-qahir, heir abu l-qasim, Gold Dinar, Mah al-basra 322h, 3.63g. About very fine and very rare Su lukid 553 Mardawij b. Ziyar, caliph al-qahir, heir abu l- Qasim, Gold Dinar, Hamadhan 322h, 4.24g. About very fine and very rare Muhammad b. Ali (second reign c h), overlord Nasr II b. Ahmad, caliph al-muqtadir, Gold Dinar, al-muhammadiya 316h, 3.67g. Very fine and very rare Bisutun b. Wushmagir ( h), Dirhams (2), Astarabad 363h, Jurjan 363h, in the name of his father Wushmagir (A 1533). Both flat in parts, otherwise very fine, scarce. (2) Alid of Tabaristan Buwayhid 550 al-hasan b. Zayd ( h), Dirham, Madinat Jurjan 268h, 5.31g (A 1523). Minor edge flaws, otherwise very fine, rare Rukn al-dawla ( h), Gold Dinar, Sawa 345h, 2.41g (Treadwell Sa345G, 2 refs). Good very fine and very rare This very rarely encountered mint is known to have struck gold, but surprisingly little silver. 551 Anonymous, temp. al-hasan b. al-qasim (second reign h), Gold Dinar, al- Muhammadiya 316h, obv field al-muwaffaq/ ashhadu an la ilah illa/allah wahda/la sharik lah/ li ta a lillah, rev field al-rida min al-muhammad, 3.70g. About very fine and very rare Although this coin is strictly speaking anonymous, the soldiers of al-hasan bin al-qasim would have known the identity of the issuer through the epithets he applied to himself. On the obverse, the successful in obedience to God and on the reverse, the favoured of the House of Muhammad. The obverse kalima is also inscribed as the declaration of faith required of those who wish to be accepted as Muslims. 556 Rukn al-dawla, Dirham, Isbahan, date unclear, citing Abu Mansur, 3.58g (cf Treadwell Is346; A ). Small edge split, very fine and very rare Baha al-dawla Abu Nasr ( h), Gold Dinar, Suq al-ahwaz 398h, 3.57g (Treadwell Su398G; A 1573). Flan crack, otherwise very fine

21 Kakwayhid 558 Abu-Kalinjar ( h), Gold Dinar, Suq al- Ahwaz 421h, 3.46g (Treadwell -; A A1584). Very fine and rare Muhammad b. Dushmanzar ( h), Dirham, mint unclear, 415h, citing the Buwayhid ruler Majd al-dawla as overlord, 3.09g (A 1591). Margins partly flat, about very fine and very rare Ghaznavid 559 Abu-Kalinjar, Gold Dinar, Uman 432h, 5.58g (Treadwell Buyid Um432G). Very fine and very rare Mahmud b. Sabuktakin ( h), Pale Gold Dinar, Ghazna 418h, 3.33g (A 1607). Very fine Abu-Kalinjar, Gold Dinar, Uman 432h, 5.51g (Treadwell Um432G). About very fine and very rare Dirhams (13), Arrajan 340h, 345h, 349h, Jurjan 384h, Siraf 347h, Shiraz 357h, Fasa 360h (2), 363h, Qazvin 353h, 354h, al-muhammadiya 348h, al-mawsil 371h. Mostly very fine, a few better. (13) Dirhams (5) Aydhaj 342h, Jannaba 340h, Siraf 347h, Hamadan 347h, mint and date unclear. Fine to very fine, all scarce or rare. (5) Dirhams (14), Mu izz al-dawla, al-ahwaz 341h; Aydhaj 342h; Tustar min al-ahwaz 343h; Askar Mukram 343h; Izz al-dawla, al-basra 355h (sic); Adud al-dawla, Siraf 360h, 362h; Shiraz 361h (2), 362h, 363h; Huzu 351h; Shirdhil, al-sirjan 361h; unidentified (3). Mainly fine to very fine, some rare and with dies unrecorded by Treadwell. (16) Great Seljuq 567 Barkiyaruq, Gold Dinar, Nishapur 497h, 3.86g (A 1682). Partly weak, about very fine Sanjar ( h), Gold Dinar, Balkh 512h, 3.92g (A 1687). Flat in parts, otherwise about very fine, mint and date clear Julandid Abbasid/Great Seljuq 564 Ridwan b. Ja far (fl h), Dirham, Huzu 339h, 2.05g (cf Peus Auction 376, lot 1578 [same dies]; Oman p.133; A 1586). Edge slightly chipped, some weakness in margins, otherwise very fine and very rare al-muktafi/sanjar and Mas ud, Gold Dinar, Takrit 545h, 2.01g. Pierced, about fine and extremely rare

22 Seljuq Governor of Hamadan Salghurid 570 Chagri Tekin (c h), Gold Dinar, Hamadhan (4)8?1h, 3.57g (A 1707). Edge weakness, very fine and rare Amirs of Nishapur 575 Abish bint Sa d ( h), Gold Dinar, Dar al-mulk Shiraz 673h, citing the Ilkhanid ruler Abaqa as overlord, 7.03g (Diler 115 var; A 1928). Good very fine, scarce Tughanshah b. Ay Aba ( h), Gold Dinar, mint off flan 57xh, 2.11g (A ). Fine and rare Abish bint Sa d, Dirham, no mint or date, citing the Ilkhanid ruler Abaqa as overlord, Arabic script on both sides, 2.87g (Diler 118; A -). Very fine and very rare Ghorid of Bamiyan Qalhatid of Hormuz 572 Baha al-din Sam ( h), Gold Dinar, no mint or date visible, 3.29g (A 1803). Weak in parts, otherwise very fine and rare temp. Turanshah II ( h), Gold Fractional Dinar, Jarun 842h, 1.29g (A 1942). About extremely fine and scarce Ildegizid Bagratid/Great Mongols 573 Shams al-din Ildegiz ( h), Multiple Dirham, Urmiya date missing, 7.78g (A ). Weak margins, very fine and very rare Batinids of Alamut 578 David Narin/Guyuk, Dirham, Tiflis 467 (Georgian era)/645h, 2.29g (Lang Georgia in Transcaucasia no.16). Fine and very rare Muhammad III b. al-hasan ( h), Donative Fractional Dirham, no mint undated, obv mawlana/ al-a zam, rev Muhammad bin/al-hasan, 0.95g (A 1921A). Good very fine and very rare Chingiz Khan ( h), Gold Dinar, Baldat Ghazna (61)8h (Album 1964). Edge weakness, about very fine and very rare

23 Sufid 580 temp Husayn / Yusuf, Gold Fractional Dinar, Madinat Khwarizm 774h, 1.14g (A 2063). About very fine, rare Ilkhanid 581 Abaqa ( h), Dirham, Sinjar 675h, 3.32g (Diler 77; A 2127). Tooled and scratched, otherwise about very fine and extremely rare Abu Sa id ( h), Gold Dinar, Isfahan 719h, type C, 8.14g (Album 2198). Cleaned, very fine Abu Sa id, Fulus (4), pictorial types, Isfarayin 735h, rev lion (Diler -); Bazar, no date visible, rev lion (Diler 652); Jurjan?, no date visible, rev bird and sun (Diler -); no mint or date visible, rev lion (Diler -). Fair to good fine, all rare. (4) Silver (17), temp. Hulagu, Tabriz 64(sic)3h; Abaqa, Tabriz 679h; Arghun, Baghdad 684h (2); Irinjin Turji, Tabriz 691h; Mardin 691h; Ghazan Mahmud, Arzurum 699h; Baghdad 700h; Abu Sa id, type C, Rayy 719h, Tabriz 719; Arzinjan 719h 720h; type D, Sultaniya 722h; Kashan 723h; Wasit 723h; Sinjar 724h; type H, Sultaniya 33 khani. Mainly very fine, one pierced. (17) Arghun ( h), Dirham, Bazar Urdu, no date visible, rev lion within central circle, 2.27g (Diler 174; A -). Flat in parts, about very fine and very rare Ghurid/Shansabanid 589 Mu izz al-din Muhammad b. Sam ( h), Gold Dinar, Baldat Ghazna 594h, 4.69g (Album 1759). Very fine and rare Arghun, Dirham, Tabriz 689h, rev hawk (Diler 172; A 2148); Uljaytu, Fals, mint (Sultaniya?) and date unclear, rev lion (Diler 439 var); Muhammad ( h), Fals, mint (Tabriz?) and date unclear, rev goat (Diler 710). First very fine, the second and third fine and rare. (3) Jalayirid 584 Ghazan Mahmud ( h), Gold Dinar, prereform coinage, Baldat Isfahan 69xh, rev badshah jahan / al-sultan al-a zam / qazan mahmud / khallada allah mulkahu, 4.77g (Diler -; A 2167). Peripheral weakness, otherwise very fine and extremely rare, the mint unrecorded for the type Uljaytu ( h), 6-Dirhams, type C, Jajerm 714h (A 2187); Abu Sa id ( h), 6-Dirhams (2), type C, Baward 719h, Rayy 719h (A 2199). Very fine, the second rare. (3) temp. Shaykh Hasan Buzurg ( h), Gold Dinar, Irbil 756h, obv God s spiritual leaders Muhammad and Ali, Irbil, 3.75g (unrecorded date for mint), together with a Gold Ring inscribed with similar legend, 3.71g. Both about extremely fine and extremely rare. (2) Given the great rarity of both these objects, is it possible that they once originally belonged to the same owner? Afrasiyabid 591 Anonymous, 6-Dirhams (5), Sari, 759h (2), date unclear (3), in the name of al-mahdi Muhammad (A A2347). Mostly very fine with some weakness, rare. (5)

24 Taghaytimurid 592 Pir Muhammad b. Luqman ( h), Silver Tanka (?), Aqalim, undated, 4.40g (cf M&M Auction 76, Basel, September 1991, lot 1175; A 2349 var). Struck slightly off-centre, very fine and very rare Isma il III, Silver 2-Shahi-Mahmudi, Mazandaran 1168h, 2.26g (unrecorded denomination for ruler). Extremely fine and extremely rare Hotaki Afghan Timurid/Mughal 593 Muhammad Shah Rukh III b. Ibrahim b. Sulayman Mirza ( h), ¼-Ashrafi, no mint (Badakhshan) undated (c h), 0.93g (A 2466). Good very fine and rare Aq Qoyunlu 598 Ashraf ( h), Ashrafi, type A, Isfahan 1137h, 3.43g (A 2718). Minor weakness, otherwise good very fine and rare Afsharid 594 Rustam ( h), Gold Ashrafi, no mint or date visible, 3.43g (A 2531). Peripheral weakness, otherwise very fine, rare Safavid 599 Nadir Shah ( h), Abbasi, type B, Mashhad 1150h (A 2749); Ibrahim ( h), 6-Shahi, type D, Astarabad 1162h (A 2765). Very fine, the first scarce, the second rare. (2) Nadir Shah, Rupees (3), Isfahan, 1157, Mashhad 1153, Tabriz 1157; Shah Rukh, Double-Rupees (2), Mashhad, 1162, 1163 (KM 385, 438). Very fine. (5) Isma il I ( h), ½-Shahi (10), first silver standard, without visible mints or dates (A 2577). Very fine or better. (10) Qajar 596 Isma il III ( h), Rupi, type A, Mazandaran 1167h, 11.34g (A 2702). About extremely fine with some toning, scarce Muhammad Hasan Khan ( h), Rupi, type A, Mazandaran 1169h (A 2827); Nasir al-din Shah, ½-Qiran, portrait type, Dar al- Khilafat Tehran 1272h (A 2935). First scratched, otherwise good very fine, scarce, the second very fine. (2)

25 602 Fath Ali Shah ( h), Gold Toman, type W, Dar al- Ilm Shiraz 1233h, 4.59g (A 2865). Minor weakness, good very fine Muzaffar al-din Shah ( h), Gold Toman, Tehran 1318h (F 70; KM Y36); Gold ½-Toman, Tehran 1316h (F 71; KM Y35). First with mount removed, about very fine, the second good very fine. (2) Pahlavi 603 Fath Ali Shah, Gold Toman, Dar al- Ibada Yazd 1233h, 4.60g. Good very fine Reza Shah ( sh), Gold 2-Pahlavi, 1306sh, 3.73g (F 93; KM Y121). Traces of mounting on edge, good fine Fath Ali Shah, Gold Toman, Yazd 1233h, 4.60g (KM 753). Nice very fine Reza Shah, Gold Pahlavi, 1305sh (F 90). In NGC holder graded MS Shaybanid 605 Fath Ali Shah, Gold Toman, Yazd 1235h?, 4.59g (KM 753). Very fine The last digit of the date is engraved rather faintly and is, therefore, not very clear. 611 Abd Allah II ( h), Gold ¼-Mithqal, no mintname, 1004h, 0.95g (SNAT XIVc:442; A 2994). Good very fine, scarce Mangit of Bukhara 606 Nasir al-din Shah ( h), Gold 2-Tomans, Tehran 1297h (F 60; KM Y19). In ANACS holder graded AU Haydar b. Mas um Ghazi ( h), Tilla, Bukhara-yi Sharif 1218/1219h, 4.48g (A ). Good very fine and rare Nasir al-din Shah, Gold Tomans (2), Tehran 1304h, 1305h (F 62; KM Y18). First from a mount, about very fine, the second very fine. (2) temp. Nasrullah ( h), Tilla, Bukhara-yi Sharif 1265h, 4.55g (A 3035). Good very fine and scarce

26 614 temp. Muzaffar al-din ( h), Tilla, Bukhara-yi Sharif 1289h, 4.55g (A 3038). Very fine temp. Abd al-ahad ( h), Tilla, Bukharayi Sharif 1325/132xh, 4.55g (A 3041). Good very fine Sultans of Delhi 618 Islamic Silver (5), Abbasid, al-qahir, Dirham, Madinat al-salam 321h, 2.80g; Spanish Umayyad, Dirhams (2), Abd al-rahman I, al- Andalus 166h, 2.51g; al-hakam II, Madinat al- Zahra 354h, 2.45g; Qajar, Nasir al-din Shah, ½- Qiran (2), Tihran 1273h, portrait type, 2.44g and Astarabad 1275h, 2.49g. First three very fine, others good fine and extremely fine. (5) Islamic Dirhams (7), Aghlabid, Ibrahim I, Ifriqiya 192h; Suluqid, Ahmad b. Ali, al-muhammadiya 307h; Samanid, Nasr II b. Ahmad, Samarqand 306h; Naysabur 316h Ma dan 310h; unidentified (2). Mainly fine to very fine, the second rare, an interesting group. (7) Islamic Dirhams (13), Abbasid (3), Spanish Umayyad (2), Idrisid (1), Ikhshidid (2), Samanid (5). An interesting but problematic group brought about by poor striking or later mistreatment, thus only fine, but with some rarities. (13) Ala al-din Muhammad ( h), Gold Tanka, (Hadrat Dihli) 715h, 10.94g (G&G D221). Good very fine Miscellaneous 617 Islamic Gold (11), Abbasid, Dinars (3), 141h, 186h, 208h; Fatimid, al-hakim, Gold ¼-Dinars (2); Ayyubid, al-kamil, Gold Dinar; Zangid, Gold Dinar; Khwarazmshah (3); Great Mongol (1), total weight 38.82g. Mint missing in all cases, dates on all but three, fair to fine. (11) Islamic Silver (29), Abbasid, Madinat al-salam 637h; Ayyubid, Dimashq 615h, Halab 593h and Crusader copy, Dimashq blundered date; Walid, Astarabad 760h; Timurid, Sultan Husayn abu l- Ghazi, Harat, date missing; Qara Qoyunlu, temp. Aspan, Baghdad 837h (3) and date off flan; Madinat al-salam Baghdad 841h and date off flan (4); Safawid, Safi I, Isfahan 1042h, Sultan Sulayman I, Mashhad, date missing; Qajar, Fath alishah, Ardabil, date missing, Tihran 1233h, Qazwin 1231h; Muhammad Shah, Rasht 1251h; other Silver (8). Mainly fine some better. (29)

27 622 Saffarid, Amr b. al-layth ( h), Dirham, Fars 267h (A 1402); Khalaf b. Ahmad, second reign ( h), Gold Fractional Dinar, Sijistan 366h (A 1417); Samanid, Ahmad b. Isma il ( h), Dirham, Andaraba 299h, citing Abu Nasr (A 1446); Alid of Tabaristan, Anonymous Dirham, no mint or date (A Z1523); Buwayhid, Imad aldawla ( h), Dirham, Arrajan, date unclear (A 1540); Ghorid, Mu izz al-din Muhammad b. Sam ( h), Dirham, bullseye type, mint (Ghazna) and date unclear (A 1770); Walid, temp Amir Wali ( h), 6-Dirhams, type F, Madinat Astarabad 775h (A ). Fine to very fine. (7) Saffarid, Muhammad b. Amr ( h), Dirham, Fars 273h (A 1403); Samanid, Nasr II b. Ahmad ( h), Dirham, Andaraba 308h? (A 1451); Hasanwayhid, Badr b. Hasanwayh ( h), Dirham, Saburkhwast xx3h (A ); assorted Islamic copper coins (11), some pictorial. Varied state, some scarce. (14) Islamic Fulus (10), Arab Byzantine (3), standing caliph Dimashq, Amman and Qinnasrin; Umayyad Post-Reform (5), uncertain mint and date, al-mawsil (3) (Rotter 1, 4, 10) and Wasit 120h; Abbasid (2), Madinat al-salam 157h, al- Kufa 165h. Mostly fine. (10) Islamic Copper (3), Zangid of Aleppo, Nur al-din Mahmud, Fals/Dirham, mint and date off flan, 3.80g (S&S type 74 of Dimashq c h), very fine; Rum Saljuq, Kaykhusraw I (second reign), Fals, no mint undated, horseman type, 2.56g (A A1207), good fine; Danishmendid of Kayseri, Dhu l-nun b. Muhammad, AE Dirham, no mint undated (c h), 7.19g (Whelan 1 type A; A ). About very fine and very rare. (5) Tahirid, Talha b. Tahir ( h), Fulus (2), Bust 209h, with Sasanian bust (A 1394); Saffarid, Ahmad b. Muhammad ( h), Fals, Sijistan 339h (A 1413A); Great Seljuq, Malikshah ( h), Fals, Isfahan, undated (A 1677). Fair to good fine, the last rare. (4) Islamic Fulus (26), Abbasid, al-jazira (3), others (4); Artuqid (Spengler and Sayles Artuqid type 46 (1)), Zangid (S&S Zangid type 59.6, 60.4, 68, 76, 79 (2), 81, 82, 89); Ayyubid (2); Mamluk (4), Ilkhan (1), Crusader (1), Indian (1). Mainly fine. (26) END OF SALE