St James's Auctions - Auction 37

Arab Sasanian, ‘Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad (53-67h), drachm, KRMN = Kirman 58h, wt. 3.98gms. (Walker -; Album A12), extremely fine, very rare

Arab Sasanian, ‘Abd Allah b. Khazim (c. 62-72h), drachm, MRW = Marw 65h, with countermark no. 52, wt. 3.29gms. (Walker p. 91: 168; Album 19), good...

Arab Sasanian, ‘Umar b. ‘Ubayd Allah (c. 67-70h), drachm, ST = Istakhr 67h, wt. 4.08gms. (Walker p. 102: 205; Album 21), about extremely fine

Arab Sasanian, ‘Abd al-Malik b. Marwan (c. 65-86h), drachm, DA = Darabjird 60YE = 72h, wt. 4.10gms. (Walker p. 28:C3; Album 32), extremely fine

Arab Sasanian, ‘Abd al-Malik b. ‘Abd Allah (66-67h), drachm, BISH = Bishapur 66h, wt. 3.98gms. (Walker p. 97: Sh.5; Album 20), extremely fine, ver...

Arab Sasanian, Khalid b. ‘Abd Allah (c. 73-75h), drachm, BJRA = Basra 73h, wt. 2.56gms. (SICA 1, 106 of 75h; Album 24), clipped, fine, very rare K...

Arab Sasanian, ‘Abd Allah b. Umayya (c. 74-77h), drachm, SK= Sistan 75h, wt. 4.02gms. (Walker - ; Album 30), good very fine, rare

Arab Sasanian, Qatari b. al-Fuja’a (69-79h), drachm, DA = Darabjird 75h, wt. 4.15gms. (Walker p. 113: 220, name as I47), good very fine, rare

Arab Sasanian, ‘Ubayd Allah b. Abi Bakra (80h), drachm, SK = Sistan, blundered date, wt. 3.60gms. (Walker p. 110: Th.14; Album 37), very fine

Arab Byzantine, Justin and Sophia type, fals, Scythopolis year 7, rev. officina alpha, NIKO in exergue, wt. 11.57gms. (Walker p. 1: 1; 1 SICA 1, 5...

Arab Byzantine, Justin and Sophia type, fals, Scythopolis year 7, rev. officina alpha, NIKO in exergue, wt. 11.32gms. (Walker p. 1: 1; 1 SICA 1, 5...

Arab Byzantine, Justin and Sophia type, fals, Scythopolis undated, rev. officina alpha, miqsam to right downwards, wt. 11.23gms. (Bone 1.2a), very...

Arab Byzantine, two seated figures, fals, Baysan undated, rev. K, wt. 3.89gms. (Bone 3; INJ 13, B2; Album 3510), good very fine, rare

Arab Byzantine, two seated figures, fals, Baysan undated, rev. K, wt. 3.17gms. (Bone 3; INJ 13, B2; Album 3510), very fine, rare

Umayyad, temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, dinar, no mint 78h, wt. 4.28gms. (Album 125), extremely fine

Umayyad, temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, dinar, no mint 80h, wt. 4.26gms. (Album 125), good very fine

Umayyad, temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, dirham, Jayy 78h, wt. 2.45gms. (date not in Klat; Album 126), flan broken in four pieces, but complete, about very f...

Umayyad, temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, dirham, al-Kufa 79h, wt. 2.36gms. (Klat 540), clipped, very fine, rare

Umayyad, temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, dirham, Nahr Tirâ 80h, wt. 2.88gms. (Klat 641), about extremely fine, rare

Umayyad, temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, dirham, Sabur 81h, wt. 2.88gms. (Klat 417), good very fine

Umayyad, temp. ‘Abd al-Malik, dirham, Jayy 82h, wt. 2.71gms. (Klat 256), encrustations, good very fine, rare

Umayyad, temp. al-Walid I (86-96h), nisf/half dinar, no mint 91h, wt. 2.10gms. (Album 127A), slightly crimped, good very fine, the rarest date for...

Umayyad, temp. al-Walid I, dirham, al-Rayy 94h, wt. 2.91gms. (Klat 403), extremely fine

Umayyad, temp. Sulayman (96-99h), dirham, Jayy 97h, wt. 2.96gms. (Klat 265), good very fine

Umayyad, temp. ‘Umar/Yazid II, dirham, Wasit 101h, wt. 2.81gms. (Album 133), cleaned, very fine, rare

Umayyad, temp. Hisham (105-125h), dinar, no mint 119h, wt. 4.23gms. (Album 136), about extremely fine

Umayyad, temp. Hisham, dinar, no mint 120h, wt. 4.24gms. (Album 136), slightly crimped, about extremely fine

Umayyad, Marwan II b. ‘Abd al-Malik (127-132h), fals, Fustat Misr (c. 132h), wt. 7.34gms. (Walker p. 275: P.140; Album 150), good fine

Umayyad, Anonymous, fals, Dhar‘at undated, wt. 3.73gms. (Bone 4.1a; Album 173), good fine, rare

Abbasid 1st period, temp. al-Mansur (136-158h), dirham, Madinat al-Salam 147h, wt. 2.85gms. (Lowick 165, one noted of Damascus style), cleaned, ab...

Abbasid 1st period, temp. al-Mansur, dirham, Arran 149h, wt. 2.91gms. (Lowick 756; Album 213.1), cleaned, good very fine rare

Abbasid 1st period, temp. al-Mansur, dirham, Arminiya 149h, wt. 2.81gms. (Album 213.1), very fine

Abbasid 1st period, temp. al-Mansur, dirham, Arran 152h, wt. 2.92gms. (Album 213.1), good very fine

Abbasid 1st period, al-Mahdi as heir, dirham, Arminiya 153h, wt. 2.76gms. (Album 213.2), good very fine

Abbasid 1st period, temp. al-Mansur, Governor ‘Umar, dirham, al-‘Abbasiya 154h, wt. 2.74gms. (Album 213.3), very fine, scarce

Abbasid 1st period, al-Mahdi as heir, dirham, Arran 154h, wt. 2.86gms. (Album 213.2), very fine

Abbasid 1st period, al-Mahdi as heir, dirham, Arminiya 155h, wt. 2.82gms. (Album 213.2), extremely fine

Abbasid 1st period, temp. al-Mansur/al-Mahdi, dinar, no mint 158h, wt. 4.25gms. (Album 212/214), extremely fine

Abbasid 1st period, al-Mahdi (158-169h), dirham, Arminiya 161h, wt. 2.92gms. (Album 215.1), good very fine

Abbasid 1st period, temp. al-Mahdi, dinar, no mint 162h, wt. 4.28gms. (Album 214), superb, uncirculated

Abbasid 1st period, al-Mahdi, dirham, Arminiya 162h, wt. 2.90gms. (Album 215.1), good very fine

Abbasid 1st period, al-Mahdi, dirham, Arran 165h, wt. 2.35gms. (Album 215.1), very fine, rare

Abbasid 1st period, temp. al-Mahdi, dinar, no mint 167h, wt. 4.13gms. (Album 214), slightly clipped, good very fine

Abbasid 1st period, al-Mahdi, dirham, Arminiya 167h, wt. 2.85gms. (Album 215.1), good very fine

Abbasid 1st period, al-Hadi (169-170h), dinar, no mint (169h) br, wt. 3.58gms. (Bernardi 56 (Ibrahim), cut, very fine, rare

Abbasid 1st period, al-Hadi, heir Harun, dirham, Ifriqiya 170h, wt. 2.83gms. (Album 217.4), about extremely fine, very rare

Abbasid 1st period, al-Amin as heir, dirham, Arminiya 182h, wt. 3.01gms. (Album 219.9a), extremely fine, rare

Abbasid 1st period, al-Amin (193-198h), dirham, Arran 194h, wt. 2.90gms. (Lowick 821), about extremely fine, very rare

Abbasid 1st period, al-Ma’mun as heir, dirham, "Madinat al-Salam 199h" (probably a North African imitation), wt. 3.87gms., very fine, very rare

Abbasid 1st period, al-Ma’mun (194-218h), heir al-Rida, dirham, Madinat Isbahan 204h, wt. 2.72gms. (Album 224), good very fine, rare

Abbasid 1st period, temp. al-Ma’mun, dirham, al-Kufa 204h, wt. 2.88gms. (Lowick 1152), good very fine, rare

Abbasid 2nd period, al-Mutawakkil (232-247h), dirham, Dimashq 241h, wt. 2.95gms. (Album 230.3), fine, rare

Abbasid 2nd period, al-Mutawakkil, small flan dinar, Misr 247h, wt. 4.19gms. (Bernardi 158 De), extremely fine, rare

Abbasid 2nd period, al-Musta’in (248-251h), dinar, al-Basra 249h, wt. 4.26gms. (Bernardi 161 Je), crimped, good very fine

Abbasid 2nd period, al-Mu’tamid (256-279h), dinar, Hamadhan 277h, wt. 4.28gms. (Bernardi -, unrecorded mint for type), good very fine, very rare

Abbasid 2nd period, al-Muktafi (289-295h), dirham, Amid 289h, wt. 3.27gms. (Album 244), crimped, good fine

Abbasid 2nd period, al-Muktafi, dirham, Surra man ra’a 291h, rev. field: abu’l-Husayn? wali al-dawla, wt. 2.95gms., very fine, very rare

Abbasid 3rd period, al-Muqtadir (295-320h), dinar, Qumm 308h, wt. 3.78gms. (Bernardi 242 Mn), very fine, scarce

Abbasid 3rd period, al-Muqtadir, dinar, Madinat al-Salam 312h, wt. 4.12gms. (Bernardi 242 Jh), slightly clipped, good very fine

Abbasid 3rd period, al-Qahir (320-322h), dinar, Hamadhan 321h, wt. 3.90gms. (Bernardi 275 Mn), edge weakness, otherwise very fine, rare