Coins Medals & Banknotes

*Ottoman, Abdul Aziz (1277-1293h), 10 para, Misr 1277h, year 8, with flower to right of toughra, 6.00g (KM 242), indentation in obverse field, oth...

Saffarid, Muhammad b. ‘Amr (272-274h), dirham, Fars 274h, citing ‘Amr b. al-Layth, 2.96g (Vasmer -), very fine and very rare; together with other ...

Saffarid, Ahmad b. Qudam (306-310h), dirham, Sijistan 307h, 2.92g (Album 1409), obverse slightly double-struck, about very fine, very rare ...[m...

*Saffarid, Ahmad b. Muhammad (311-352h), dirham, Sijistan 314h, 2.94g (Album 1412; cf Peus auction 372, lot 1607), good very fine for issue, rare ...

*Samanid, Isma’il b. Ahmad (279-295h), dinar, Samarqand 283h, 4.17g (Bernardi 223Qe), very fine and very rare ...[more]

*Samanid, Isma’il b. Ahmad (279-295h), dinar, Samarqand 288h, 4.18g (Bernardi 223Qe), slightly creased, very fine and rare ...[more]

*Samanid, Isma’il b. Ahmad (279-295h), dinar, Samarqand 294h, 4.18g (Bernardi 234Qe), wavy flan, otherwise about extremely fine, rare ...[more]

*Samanid, Isma’il b. Ahmad (279-295h), dinar, al-Shash 289h, citing the caliph al-Mu’tadid, 4.27g (Bernardi 223Qf), about extremely fine, extremel...

Samanid, Nasr II b. Ahmad (301-331h), dinars (2), Nishapur 321h, 331h, the latter with engraver’s signature in outer obverse margin, 4.08g, 4.04g ...

*Samanid, Nuh b. Nasr (331-343h), dinar, Amul 334h, citing the caliph al-Mustakfi, 2.92g (Bernardi 351La var.), weak in parts, otherwise very fine...

*Samanid, Nuh b. Nasr (331-343h), dinar, Amul 336h, citing the deposed caliph al-Mustakfi, 2.83g (Bernardi -), creased, weak in parts otherwise ve...

*Samanid, Nuh b. Nasr (331-343h), dinar, al-Muhammadiya 332h, 4.23g (Bernardi 332Mh), edge clip, slightly bent, otherwise very fine, very rare ....

*Amirs of Bust, Khut-Tegin I, fals, Bust 339h, 2.09g (Album A1478 RR), good fine/fine with clear date, rare ...[more]

*Amirs of Bust, Muhammad b. Khut-Tegin (Abu’l-Hasan), broad fals, Bust 347h, 2.92g (Album B1478 RR), almost very fine and rare ...[more]

*Su’lukid, Ahmad b. ‘Ali (fl. 304-311h), dirham, al-Muhammadiya 311h, 2.88g (NHR 155B), slightly double-struck, otherwise very fine, rare ...[mo...

*‘Alid of Tabaristan, al-Hasan b. Zayd (250-270h), dirham, Madinat Jurjan 268h, 2.84g (Album 1523), about very fine and toned, scarce ...[more]

*Ziyarid, Mardawij b. Ziyar (315-323h), dinar, Mah al-Basra 322h, with the name of the caliph al-Qahir, 4.58g (Bernardi 280Mq), weak in parts, ver...

*Ziyarid, Mardawij b. Ziyar (315-323h), dinar, Hamadhan 322h, 3.89g (Bernardi 280Mu [RRR], citing two examples), very fine and a very rare mint fo...

Ziyarid, Qabus b. Wushmagir, First Reign (367-371h), dirham, Astarabad 368h, 4.22g (Album 1535), about very fine for issue and scarce; Sarbadarid,...

*Buwayhid, ‘Adud al-dawla Abu Shuja’ (338-372h), dinar, al-Basra 371h, 4.33g (Treadwell Ba371G), scratched on reverse, otherwise extremely fine, r...

*Buwayhid, ‘Adud al-dawla Abu Shuja’ (338-372h), dinar, al-Basra 372h, 4.32g (Treadwell Ba372G), about extremely fine ...[more]

*Buwayhid, Baha’ al-dawla Abu Nasr (379-403h), posthumous dinar, Madinat al-Salam 404h, 3.05g (Treadwell Ms404Ga), very fine ...[more]

*Buwayhid, Baha al-dawla, dirham, al-Basra 384h, 3.00g (Treadwell Ba384a, citing a single specimen), very fine and rare ...[more]

*Buwayhid, Abu Kalijar, dirham, Shiraz 436h, obv., legends arranged around heptagon, 4.60g (Treadwell Sh436), some marginal weakness, very fine or...

*Ghaznavid, Mahmud, as Samanid governor (384-389h), dinar, Nishapur 384h, citing Nuh b. Mansur as overlord, 4.22g (Album A1602), slightly wavy fla...

Ghaznavid, Mahmud (389-421h), dinars (2), Nishapur 403h, two different varieties, 3.32g, 3.75g (Album 1606), one with some weakness otherwise good...

Ghaznavid, Mahmud, dinar, Harat 419h, 3.84g (Album 1607); Mas‘ud, dinars (2), Harat 425h and with mint and date unclear, 2.90, 3.93g (Album 1619),...

*Ghaznavid, Muhammad b. Mahmud (421h), dinar, Ghazna 419h (sic), apparently a muling with an old obverse die of Mahmud, rev., naming Muhammad as J...

*Ghorid, Muhammad b. Sam (567-602h), posthumous dinar, square-in-circle type, Ghazna 604h, 15.77g (Album 1762), some weak areas on both sides, oth...

Ilkhanid, Ghazan Mahmud (694-703h), pre-reform coinage, dirhams (6), with hawk and sun on rev., mints and dates unclear (Album 2168C), fine to ver...

*Ilkhanid, Ghazan Mahmud (694-703h), post-reform coinage, dinar, Tabriz, date blundered, 4.25g (Diler 282; A 2170), very fine ...[more]

Ilkhanid, Ghazan Mahmud (694-703h), post-reform coinage, 2-dirhams (6), Bazar 701h, Baghdad 700h(2), 701h(2), Abu Ishaq Kazirun 699h (Album 2172);...

Ilkhanid, Uljaytu (703-716h), dinar, type B, Baghdad 710h, 3.93g (Diler 365; Album 2182), pierced twice, otherwise very fine ...[more]

*Ilkhanid, Abu Sa’id (716-736h), dinar, type C, Baghdad 720h, 7.72g (Diler 488; A 2198), some weakness, otherwise good very fine ...[more]

*Ilkhanid, Abu Sa’id (716-736h), dinar, type D, Shiraz 722h, 8.60g (Diler 502; Album 2202), slightly bent at one edge, very fine ...[more]

*Ilkhanid, Abu Sa’id (716-736h), dinar, type D, Shiraz, date off flan, 4.81g (Diler 502; Album 2202), reverse struck off-centre, otherwise good ve...

*Ilkhanid, Abu Sa’id (716-736h), dinar, type F, Baghdad 727h, 8.58g (Diler 509; Album 2208), good fine ...[more]

*Ilkhanid, Abu Sa’id (716-736h), dinar, type F, Shiraz 725h, 8.52g (Diler 506; Album 2208), very fine ...[more]

*Ilkhanid, Abu Sa’id (716-736h), dinar, type G, Bazar 730h, 10.80g (Diler 525; Album 2212), flat area on each side, about very fine, an exceptiona...

*Ilkhanid, Abu Sa’id (716-736h), dinar, type G, Sabzavar 733h, 6.12g (Diler 525; Album 2212), minor weakness, otherwise about extremely fine ......

*Ilkhanid, Abu Sa’id (716-736h), dinar, type G, Sultaniya 729h, 7.80g (Diler 525; Album 2212), edge flaw, flan crack extending to centre of coin, ...

*Qalhati Amirs of Hormuz, temp. Turanshah II (c.840-860h), fractional dinar, Jarun 844h, 1.17g (Album 1942), some die-rust, otherwise very fine, s...

*Afsharid, Nadir Shah (1148-1160h), gold mohur, Isfahan 1156h, 11.01g (Farahbakhsh p.65, 238-2), some deposit on obverse, very fine ...[more]

Zand, Karim Khan (1166-1193h), quarter-ashrafi, Kirman (undated), 2.65g, pierced and ex-mount, very fine; Qajar, Fath ‘Ali Shah (1212-1250h), toma...

*Sultans of Dehli, Jalal al-din Firuz (689-695h), gold tanka, Hadrat Dehli 691h, 10.96g (GG D195), extremely fine ...[more]

*Sultans of Dehli, Muhammad b. Tughluq (725-752h), gold dinar, Hadrat Dehli 727h, 12.85g (GG D334), very fine ...[more]

Miscellaneous Islamic and related coins in silver (85) and base metal (30), mixed grades (115) ...[more]