Important Coins of the Islamic World

FATIMID, AL-MAHDI (297-322h)Dinar, al-Qayrawan 301hWEIGHT: 4.03gREFERENCE: Nicol 27CONDITION: Good very fine or better, rare thus ...[more]

FATIMID, AL-MAHDI (297-322h)Dinar, al-Qayrawan 305hWEIGHT: 4.06gREFERENCE: Nicol 33CONDITION: Evenly struck with fully legible margins, very fine ...

FATIMID, AL-MAHDI (297-322h)Dinar, al-Mahdiya 310hOBVERSE: In field: two pellets to rightREVERSE: In margin: sanat apparently repeated in date for...

FATIMID, AL-MAHDI (297-322h)Dinar, al-Muhammadiya 322hWEIGHT: 3.99gREFERENCE: cf Nicol 51 [321h]CONDITION: Fair to fine, extremely rare and appare...

FATIMID, AL-MAHDI (297-322h)Dinar, without mint name, 314hWEIGHT: 4.11gREFERENCE: cf Nicol 95 [dated 315h]CONDITION: Very fine and extremely rare ...

FATIMID, AL-MAHDI (297-322h)Dinar, without mint name, 320hWEIGHT: 4.14gREFERENCE: cf Nicol 102 [dated 321h]CONDITION: Very fine and extremely rare...

FATIMID, AL-MAHDI (297-322h)Dinar, without mint name, 326h (sic)WEIGHT: 3.96gREFERENCE: Nicol –CONDITION: Very fine and extremely rare NOTE: It is...

FATIMID, AL-MANSUR (334-341h)Dinar, al-Mansuriya 338hWEIGHT: 4.17gREFERENCE: Nicol 215CONDITION: Good very fine and rare ...[more]

FATIMID, AL-MANSUR (334-341h)Dinar, al-Mahdiya 336h, month of ShawwalOBVERSE: In margin: bismillah…al-dinar bi’l-Mahdiya shahr Shawwal min sanat…W...

FATIMID, AL-MU‘IZZ (341-366h)Dinar, no mint name [Sijilmasa] 366hWEIGHT: 3.91gREFERENCE: cf Nicol 287 [365h]CONDITION: A typically crude striking,...

FATIMID, AL-‘AZIZ (366-387h)Dirham, al-Qahira al-Mahrusa 383hWEIGHT: 1.40gREFERENCE: Nicol 697, this coin citedCONDITION: Flan crack, good fine an...

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MIRDASID, ASAD AL-DAWLA SALIH (414-420h)Dinar, Halab 417hOBVERSE: Outer margin: mint and date Middle margin: al-amir Asad al-dawla wa mufakhkhamuh...

MIRDASID, ASAD AL-DAWLA SALIH (414-420h)Dinar, Halab 420hOBVERSE: Outer margin: mint and date Middle margin: al-amir Asad al-dawla wa mufakhkhamuh...

MIRDASID, SHIBL AL-DAWLA (420-429h)Dinar, Halab 427hOBVERSE: Outer margin: mint and date Inner margin: al-Imam ‘Abdallah wa walihi ‘Ali Abu’l-Hasa...

MIRDASID, SHIBL AL-DAWLA (420-429h)Dinar, Halab 427hOBVERSE: Outer margin: mint and date Inner margin: ‘Abdallah…al-Zahir li-I‘zaz Din Amir al-Mu‘...

MIRDASID, SHIBL AL-DAWLA (420-429h)Dinar, Halab 429hOBVERSE: Outer margin: mint and date Inner margin: al-Amir al-mu‘ayyad Muhammad al-Amir Nasr a...

FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h)Dinar, Halab 432hOBVERSE: Margin: mint and date (beginning bismillah al-rahman al-rahim duriba…) In centre: al-Ima...

FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h)Dinar, Halab 433hOBVERSE: Outer margin: mint and date Inner margin: ‘Izz (?) al-Muzaffar In centre: al-Imam |Ma‘ad...

FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h)Dinar, Halab 433hOBVERSE: Outer margin: mint and date (unit of date slightly defective and lacking one ‘tooth’) In...

FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h)Dinar, Halab 446hWEIGHT: 3.33gREFERENCE: Nicol 1710, this coin citedCONDITION: Some marginal weakness, very fine P...

FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-287h)Dinar, Dimashq 435hWEIGHT: 3.89gREFERENCE: Nicol 1723CONDITION: Faint marks on edge, good fine and rare ...[mor...

FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h)Dinar, Dimashq 441hWEIGHT: 3.54gREFERENCE: Nicol 1727CONDITION: Clipped, very fine and scarce ...[more]

FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h)Dinar, Zabid 447hOBVERSE: In centre: al-Imam Ma‘add | Abu TamimREVERSE: In centre: al-Mustansir | billah Amir al-m...

FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h)Dinar, Sabra 440hOBVERSE: In margin: uncertain letter (‘ayn?) above century of dateWEIGHT: 4.11gREFERENCE: Nicol 1...

FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h)Dinar, Tabariya 432hOBVERSE: In margin: mint and dateREVERSE: In margin: Qur‘an ix, 33WEIGHT: 4.01gREFERENCE: Nico...

FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h)Dinar, ‘Akka 463hWEIGHT: 3.42gREFERENCE: Nicol 2024CONDITION: Good very fine ...[more]

FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h)Dinar, ‘Akka 464hWEIGHT: 3.83gREFERENCE: Nicol 2025CONDITION: Good very fine and rare ...[more]

FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h)Dinar, Filastin 445hWEIGHT: 4.08gREFERENCE: Nicol 2073CONDITION: Good very fine and rare ...[more]

FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h)Dinar, Filastin 448hLEGENDS: as Nicol type W1WEIGHT: 4.14gREFERENCE: cf Nicol 2075 [449h]CONDITION: Minor marks, v...

FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h)Dinar, Filastin 472hLEGENDS: as Nicol type W1WEIGHT: 3.94gCONDITION: Struck from coarsely-engraved dies, otherwise...

FATIMID, AL-BASASIRI / AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h)Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 451h, month of al-MuharramOBVERSE: In field: letter ‘ayn after name Ma‘addWE...

FATIMID, AL-MUSTA‘LI (487-495h)Dinar, al-Iskandariya 493hWEIGHT: 4.15gREFERENCE: Nicol 2400CONDITION: Reverse struck a little off-centre, otherwis...

FATIMID, AL-MUNTAZAR (524-526h)Dinar, Misr 525hOBVERSE: Outer margin: mint and date Inner margin: Abu’l-Qasim al-Muntazar bi-amr Allah Amir al-Mu‘...

FATIMID, AL-FA’IZ (549-555h)Dinar, Misr 551hWEIGHT: 4.26gREFERENCE: Nicol 2675CONDITION: Slightly crimped, faint edge marks, almost extremely fine...

FATIMID, AL-‘ADID (555-567h)Dinar, Misr 563hWEIGHT: 4.30gREFERENCE: Nicol 2698CONDITION: Some light die rust, extremely fine and rare ...[more]

FATIMID, AL-‘ADID (555-567h)Dinar, al-Mu‘izziya al-Qahira 564hWEIGHT: 4.25gREFERENCE: Nicol 2711CONDITION: About uncirculated with much lustre, ra...

FATIMID, AL-‘ADID (555-567h)Dinar, al-Mu‘izziya al-Qahira 566hWEIGHT: 3.15gREFERENCE: Nicol 2713CONDITION: Weak patches in margins on both sides, ...