St James's Auctions - Auction 37

Samanid, Nasr II b. Ahmad (301-331h), dinar, al-Muhammadiya 318h, wt. 3.25gms. (Bernardi 269 Mh; Album 1449), extremely fine

Samanid, Nasr II b. Ahmad, dinar, al-Muhammadiya 321h, wt. 3.88gms. (Miles Rayy -; Bernardi 282 Mh, plain style), very fine, very rare

Buwayhid, Shirdhil b. ‘Adud al-dawla (c. 361-372h), dirham, Bardasir 363h, wt. 3.49gms. (Treadwell Br363), very fine, rare

Uncertain ruler, Wali al-dawla . ?, Caliph al-Ta‘i’, dirham, Sinjar 381h, wt. 3.05gms. (unrecorded), very fine, extremely rareAt first glance this...

Buwayhid, Baha al-dawla (379-403h), dinar, Suq al-Ahwaz 398h, wt. 4.57gms. (Album 1573), good very fine

Buwayhid, Baha al-dawla, dinar, Suq al-Ahwaz 399h, wt. 4.85gms. (Album 1573), very fine

Saljuq of Kirman, Qara Arslan Beg (477-490h), dinar, Bamm 453h, wt. 4.63gms. (Album 1697.1), about extremely fine, rare

Saljuq of Kirman, Sultanshah (457-490h), dinar, Bardasir 468h, wt. 3.58gms. (Album 1699), holed and plugged, good fine, very rare

Begteginid, Kökburi b. ‘Ali (563-630h), overlord al-Kamil Muhammad, dinar, Irbil 620h, wt. 5.88gms. (Album 1887.5), very fine, rare

Ilkhan, Abaqa (665-680h), fractional dirham, without mint or date, wt. 0.95gms. (Diler A-79; Album -), good fine, very rare The triangular enclosu...

Ilkhan, Uljaytu (703-716h), dinar, mint uncertain 716h, wt. 6.49gms. (Diler type C, Ul-370; Album 2186), very fine

Ilkhan, Abu-Sa’id (716-736h), dinar, Irbil 720h, wt. 4.28gms. (Diler type C, Ab-506; Album 2198), very fine

Ilkhan, Abu-Sa’id, dinar, Baghdad 724h, wt. 8.61gms. (Diler type F, Ab-506; Album 2208), good very fine

Ilkhan, Abu-Sa’id, dinar, Irbil 729h, wt. 7.66gms. (Diler type G Ab 525, unrecorded in gold), very fine, rare

Ilkhan, Abu-Sa’id, dinar, Jurjan (7)30h, wt. 4.57gms. (Diler -), clipped, about very fine

Jujid/Golden Horde, Jani Beg Khan (742-758h), dinar, Amul 758h, wt. 4.20gms. (Album B2027), good very fine, very rare

Safawid, Shah Sultan Husayn (1105-1135h), ashrafi 1134h, wt. 3.43gms. (Album 2669), extremely fine

Afsharid, Nadir Shah (1148-1160h), rupi, Bhakhar 1157h, wt. 11.51gms. (Whitehead Lahore 17), extremely fine, rare

Zand, Karim Khan (1166-1193h), quarter muhur, Dar al-Saltinat Isfahan 1173h, wt. 2.72gms. (KM.525.1, but date for mint not listed), extremely fine...

Zand, Karim Khan, quarter muhur, Dar al-‘Ilm Shiraz 1178h, wt. 2.74gms. (KM.530.6, date for mint not listed), about extremely fine, rare

Zand, Karim Khan, quarter muhur, Dar al-Aman Kirman 1178h, wt. 2.67gms. (KM.530.3, date for mint not listed), about extremely fine, rare

Zand, Karim Khan, quarter muhur, Dar al-‘Ilm Shiraz 1181h, wt. 2.73gms. (KM.530.6), extremely fine, scarce date

Zand, Karim Khan (1166-1193h), quarter muhur, Dar al-Saltinat Tabriz 1187h, wt. 2.73gms. (KM.530.7), about extremely fine

Zand, Karim Khan (1166-1193h), quarter muhur, Mazandaran 1187h, wt. 2.77gms. (KM.525.4 date for mint not listed), extremely fine, rare

Qajar, Muhammad Hasan Khan (1163-1172h), quarter muhur, Isfahan 1171h, wt. 2.70gms. (KM.505.1 date for mint not listed), good very fine, rare

Qajar, Agha Muhammad Khan (1193-1211h), quarter toman, Dar al-Marz Rasht 1203h, wt. 2.86gms. (KM.624a.4), extremely fine

Qajar, Agha Muhammad Khan, half toman, Dar al-Saltinat Qazwin 1207h, wt. 4.06gms. (KM.626 but mint not listed), extremely fine, rare

Qajar, Fath‘ali Shah (1212-1250h), toman, Dar al-Marz Rasht 1213h, wt. 6.20gms. (KM.739.5), extremely fine

Qajar, Fath‘ali Shah, half toman, Dar al-Marz Rasht 1212h, wt. 3.06gms. (KM.736.2), extremely fine

Qajar, Fath‘ali Shah, toman, Dar al-Mu’minin Kashan 1213h, wt. 6.07gms. (KM.739, but mint not listed), extremely fine, rare

Qajar, Fath‘ali Shah, AR quarter riyal, type c, Dar al-Saltinat Tabriz 1225h, wt. 2.62gms. (Album 2882A), toned, about extremely fine, very rare T...

Qajar, Fath‘ali Shah, toman, Dar al-Saltinat Tabriz 1243h, wt. 4.58gms. (KM.757.5), good extremely fine

Qajar, Fath‘ali Shah, qiran, Dar al-Saltinat Isfahan 1245h, obv. Fath ‘Ali Shah seated on throne, wt. 6.67gms. (Album 2894F, but unrecorded date),...

Qajar, Nasir al-din Shah (1264-1313h), toman, Dar al-Mu’minin Astarabad 1276h, wt. 3.42gms. (KM.853.1, date for mint not listed), test mark, about...

Qajar, Nasir al-din Shah, qiran, Dar al-Nasrat Harat 1277h, wt. 4.97gms. (KM.824.4), extremely fine, rare

Qajar, Nasir al-din Shah, toman, Dar al-Saltinat Tabriz 1278h, wt. 3.44gms. (KM.853.11), test mark, about extremely fine

Qajar, Nasir al-din Shah, double toman, marking the Shah's return from Europe, Tihran, obv. 1299, rev. 1307, wt. 5.53gms. (KM.943), extremely fine...

Qajar, Muhammad Shah/Nasir al-din Shah, AV mint ‘sport’, mule of two obverse dies, no mint name or date, wt. 1.90gms., good very fine

Durrani, Ahmad Shah (1160-1186h), muhur, Mashhad date off flan, wt. 10.94gms. (Album 3090), good very fine

Islamic dirhams (8): Umayyad, Dimishq 80h (2); Abbasid 1st period, Samarqand 196h, al-Muhammadiya 172 and 173h, Madan Bajunays 195h, Sijistan 172h...

Miscellaneous Islamic silver (11), Dimashq 247h, Surra man ra’a 251h, al-Basra 301h, Harran 306h?, Madinat al-Salam 322h, 323h and 331h, Harran 33...

The City of London, a panoramic cityscape with left, the Tower of London, beyond many city churches and the dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral, rev. faç...

London (?), a domed building with classical side wings – perhaps the Horse Guards, Whitehall, rev. a couple, she on his arm, walk up the drive tow...

London, the Docks, a ship enters an already crowded dock, beyond rows of streets and two churches, rev. façade of a handsome building with clock t...

Napoleonic Wars, IN FURY JONNY BULL SEIZ’D BONEY’S / SNOUT AND QUICKLY PUT THE / BRAVOS TO THE ROUT, an English and French soldier grapple, the fo...

Military, THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, a full-blown engagement with kilted Highland soldiers right, firing at the French, rev. two mounted soldiers, a ...

Military and Domestic, an officer in full uniform stands before towered barracks, saluted by soldier, named below, CAPTN TALBOT, rev. a cobbler at...

Peace, Britannia seated on the shore with shield, olive branch and spear, a British Lion beside her, beyond a ship, sails furled, in a calm sea, ...

Domestic, MISS JANE MAPPLEBECK DANCES, within a plain interior, she centre with triple-feathered hat, a couple left, about to dance, a violinist s...

Domestic, CHRISTMAS DANCE, within an interior a couple dance before a window, gentleman seated left and violinist right, rev. the Nativity: Mary, ...

Country Living, a man on horseback outside a pub named the TOM FULPOT, publican’s wife behind stable-door, dig, gin barrel and cart by tree, rev. ...

Death, a graveyard in which a churchwarden, staff in hand and smoking pipe, stands by obelisk, IBS 63 MAY 1815, coffin, skull and pick on ground, ...

Animals - Dogs, Georgian halfpennies (3), smoothed and engraved both sides, dog to l., barking, rev. EDWARD CROUCH 17-66; a dog reclines on cushio...

Animals - Lions, George II evasion halfpenny with bust of BRUTUS SEXTUS, the reverse smoothed and engraved with a radiant sun rising above a resti...

Animals - Squirrel, a George II halfpenny, the reverse smoothed and engraved with a squirrel in a tree, eating, wonderfully naïve, very fine

Animals - Swans, a George III ‘Cartwheel’ penny, the reverse smoothed and engraved with a naïve swan to right; halfpennies (2), swan to l., rev. S...

Animals - Various, a George III ‘Cartwheel’ penny, reverse smoothed and engraved with a cock; Georgian halfpennies (2), smoothed and engraved both...

Animals - Various, Georgian halfpenny, smoothed and engraved both sides, a bull to l., rev. ANN IEPHCOTT, 1726; silver roundel from an agricultura...

Armorial, large smoothed coin engraved one side with shield of arms, below in reversed script, “Robt Pargeter, Bloxham, Oxon”, 38mm; halfpennies (...

Armorial, a professionally engraved oval copper plate with a coat of arms of three heads in divided shield, heart in hand and all-seeing eye above...