Ancient, British, Islamic and World Coins Historical Medals and Banknotes

*Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz (341-365h), half-dirham, Barqa 352h, 1.73g (cf Nicol 266 [351h]), light deposit, good fine and extremely rare, apparently an u...

*Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz, dirham, Filastin 359h, 1.98g (Nicol 340), wavy flan, fine and rare, the earliest date for dirhams of this mint isted by Nicol)

*Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz, dirham, Filastin 363h, 2.76g (Nicol 342), flan crack, almost very fine and very rare

*Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz, dirham, Filastin 364h, 2.63g (cf Nicol 342 [363h]), some weak striking, almost very fine and extremely rare, apparently an un...

*Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz, half-dirham, al-Mu‘izziya 360h, 1.57g (Nicol 380), edge faults, good fine and rare

Fatimid half-dirhams (15), of al-Mu‘izz and al-‘Aziz, mostly with missing or partial mints or dates but including one of al-Mansuriya 343h, fine t...

*Fatimid, al-‘Aziz (365-386h), dinar, Misr 366h, 4.09g (Nicol 700), very fine

*Fatimid, al-‘Aziz, dinar, Misr 367h, 4.15g (Nicol 701), very fine

*Fatimid, al-Hakim (386-411h), dinar, Misr 387h, 4.17g (Nicol 1073), very fine

Fatimid, al-Hakim, dinars (2), Misr 387h, 389h, 4.13, 4.16g (Nicol 1073, 1075), about very fine

*Fatimid, al-Hakim, dinar, Misr 390h, 4.12g (Nicol 1076), very fine

Fatimid, al-Hakim, dinars (3), Misr 391h, 392h, 394h, 4.14, 4.16, 4.18g (Nicol 1077, 1078, 1080), about very fine (3)

*Fatimid, al-Hakim, dinar, Misr 400h, 4.22g (Nicol 1086), good very fine

*Fatimid, al-Mustansir (427-487h), dinar, Halab 446h, 4.09g (Nicol 1710), wavy flan, small edge clip, otherwise about extremely fine, rare.

*Fatimid, al-Mustansir / al-Basasiri, dinar, Madinat al-Salam 450h, obv., in field: Ma‘add | ‘Abd Allah wa waliyat | al-Imam Abu Tamim | al-Mustan...

*Fatimid, al-Amir (495-524h), dinar, al-Mu‘izziya al-Qahira 520h, 4.20g (Nicol 2562), almost very fine, rare

*Batinite Rulers of Alamut, Muhammad b. Buzurgumid (532-557h), fractional dinar, Kursi al-Daylam 538h, 1.57g (Hamdan and Vardanyan 5), crimped, so...

*Hamdanid, Nasir al-dawla and Sayf al-dawla (330-356h), dirham, al-Mawsil 330h, 3.13g (Bikhazi 1-5), about very fine

*Hamdanid, Nasir al-dawla and Sayf al-dawla (330-356h), dirham, al-Raqqa 332h, 2.76g (Bikhazi -; Diler p.615), small part of edge broken away, oth...

*Hamdanid, Nasir al-dawla and Sayf al-dawla (330-356h), dirham, Halab 334h, with the name of the caliph al-Mustakfi, 3.49g (Bikhazi 81; A 748), we...

*Hamdanid, Nasir al-dawla and Sayf al-dawla, dirham, Hims 335h, with the name of the deposed caliph al-Mustakfi, 2.78g (Bikhazi -; A 748), weak in...

*Ayyubid, al-Nasir Salah al-din Yusuf (567-589h), dinar, al-Iskandariya 570h, with the name of the caliph al-Mustadi, 4.19g (Balog 19), obverse do...

*Ayyubid, al-Kamil Muhammad I (615-635h), dirham, Ghazza 619h, 2.48g (Balog -), very fine and very rare

*Bahri Mamluk, Sha‘ban II (764-778h), dinar, al-Qahira 778h, 6.92g (Balog 408), extremely fine

*Burji Mamluk, al-Nasir Faraj (801-808, 809-815h), dinar, al-Qahira 80xh, 9.34g (Album 977), weak area on each side, otherwise very fine

*Burji Mamluk, al-Musta‘in (815h), bunduqi, Dimashq 815h, 3.58g (Balog 672), good very fine and rare

*Rassid, al-Hadi Yahya b. al-Husayn (284-298h), donative dirham, Sa‘da, undated, 2.65g (SICA 10, 195A), small piercing and additionally mounted at...

*Governors of Oman, Ahmad b. Halil (fl.290-312h), dirham, ‘Uman 305h, 4.05g (A F1160), some weakness in margins, otherwise very fine, rare.

Sulayhid, al-Mukarram Ahmad (473-484h), posthumous dinar, ‘Adan 497h (?), 2.44g (Album 1077), about extremely fine and posthumous half-dinar, Dhu ...

*Sulayhid, al-Mukarram Ahmad, dinar, ‘Adan (4)75h, 2.39g (SICA 10, 417), very fine

*Sulayhid, al-Mukarram Ahmad, posthumous dinar, ‘Adan 492h, 2.43g (cf SICA 10, 419 [493h]), very fine and of good style

Sulayhid, al-Mukarram Ahmad, posthumous dinar, ‘Adan 495h?, 2.41g (cf SICA 10, 420 [494h]), crude, about very fine and posthumous half-dinars (4),...

*Sulayhid, al-Mukarram Ahmad, posthumous half-dinar, Dhu Jibla 501h?, citing the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir, 0.98g (Album 1078.1), good very fine

Seljuq of Rum, Sulayman II (592-600h), fulus (2), both with horseman to right, one dated 595h, the other with title al-malik al-qahir but without ...

*Lu’lu’id, Badr al-din Lu’lu’ (631-657h), dinar, al-Mawsil 645h, 5.22g (Jafar 50), minor weakness in margins, very fine

*Lu’lu’id, Badr al-din Lu’lu’, dinar, al-Mawsil 654h, citing the Ayyubid ruler al-Nasir Yusuf as overlord, 5.42g (Jafar 59), margins partly flat, ...

*Begteginid, Muzaffar al-din Kökburi (563-630h), dinar, Irbil, date unclear, with the name of the caliph al-Mustansir, citing the Ayyubid ruler al...

*Ottoman, Selim I (918-926h), ashrafi, Dimashq [9]2x, similar to contemporary Mamluk issues, 3.31g (Pere 113), two small scrapes on obverse, almos...

*Ottoman, Selim I (918-926h), sultani, Serez 918h, obv., Sultan Selim Shah bin Bayezid Khan…, 3.48g (Pere 122), very fine

*Ottoman, Selim I (918-926h), sultani, Qustantaniya 918h, 3.43g (Pere 116), evenly struck, almost very fine

*Ottoman, Sulayman I (926-974h), sultani, Misr 928h, 3.35g (Pere -; cf The New York Sale XXXV, 7 January 2015, lot 1255, same obverse die), weakly...

*Ottoman, Sulayman I, sultani, Misr 931h, with double border around field on each side, 3.52g (Pere 182), minor marks on edge, very fine

*Ottoman, Sulayman I, sultani, Misr 932h, with double border around field on each side, 3.46g (Pere -; cf Künker auction 231, 16 March 2013, lot 9...

*Ottoman, Sulayman I, sultani, Misr 933h, 3.46g (cf Artuk 1555 [932h]), almost very fine and rare

*Ottoman, Sulayman I, sultani, Misr 934h, 3.50g (cf Artuk 1555 [932h]), good fine and rare

*Ottoman, Sulayman I, sultani, Misr 935h, 3.44g (Artuk 1556), good fine and scarce

*Ottoman, Sulayman I, sultani, Misr 941h, 3.47g (Artuk 1557), good fine

*Ottoman, Mehmed III (1003-1012h), sultani, Baghdad 1003h, 3.44h (Pere 314), some peripheral weakness, almost very fine and rare

*Ottoman, Mehmed III (1003-1012h), sultani, Siwas 1003h, 3.44g (Pere 326 var.), areas of flat striking on both sides, traces of lacquer, otherwise...

*Ottoman, ‘Uthman II (1027-1031h), sultani, Misr 1027h, 3.42g (Pere 394), clipped, some weak striking, almost very fine and scarce

*Ottoman, Mehmed IV (1058-1099h), sultani, Trablus Gharb 1078h, 3.45g (Pere 449), some weak striking, good fine and scarce

*Ottoman, Ahmad III (1115-1143h), 2-ashrafi, Qustantaniya 1115h, 6.28g (Pere 506) pierced and ex-mount, fine and rare

*Ottoman, Ahmad III (1115-1143h), kabir ashrafi tek, Qustantaniya 1115h, 3.35g (Pere 507), pierced and with light crease, good fine and scarce

*Ottoman, Osman III (1168-1171h), 3-funduq, Islambol 1168h, mint-mark jim ,9.50g (Pere 590), good very fine with no visible traces of mounting, ve...

*Ottoman, ‘Abd al-Hamid I (1187-1203h), 1½ funduq, Islambol 1187/2, 5.13g (Pere 654), traces of mounting at edge above toughra, good very fine and...

Ottoman, Mahmud II (1223-1255h), double rumi altin (3), Qustantaniya, years 9, 10 and 11, 4.76, 4.81, 4.78g (Pere 756), struck on slightly wavy fl...

Ottoman, Mahmud II (1223-1255h), khayriye altin (5), Qustantaniya, years 21 (4) and 22, 1.79, 1.79, 1.78, 1.79, 1.80g (Pere 746), extremely fine ...

*Ottoman, Mehmed V (1327-1336h), gold 50-kurush, Edirne 1327/2, 3.57g (Pere 1009), very faint edge marks, good very fine

*Saffarid, ‘Abdallah b. Ahmad (310-311h), dirham, Sijistan 310h, citing his son ‘Aziz, 3.16g (Album 1410 RRR; cf Peus auction 369, lot 1645), good...

*Samanid, Nasr II b. Ahmad, dinar, al-Muhammadiya 322h, citing al-Qahir, with elaborate calligraphy and ornaments in fields on both sides, bakh re...