Important Coins of the Islamic World

ABBASID, TEMP. AL-MA’MUN (194-218h), Dinar, Misr 214h. REVERSE: In field: lillah | Muhammad | rasul | Allah | Abu Ishaq, 4.21g. REFERENCE: Berna...

ABBASID, AL-MU‘TASIM (218-227h), Dinar, Marw 220h, 4.18g. REFERENCE: Bernardi 151Ph RR. CONDITION: Good fine and very rare, the first year of iss...

ABBASID, AL-MUHTADI (255-256h), Dinar, al-Ahwaz 255h, 4.06g. REFERENCE: Bernardi 165Nd RR. CONDITION: Fair to fine and very rare

ABBASID, AL-MUHTADI (255-256h), Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 255h, 4.30g. REFERENCE: Bernardi 165Nd. CONDITION: Fair to fine and rare

ABBASID, AL-MUHTADI (255-256h), Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 256h, 4.14g. REFERENCE: Bernardi 165Nd. CONDITION: Good fine and very rare

ABBASID, AL-MU‘TAMID (256-279h), Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 269h. OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | al-Muwaffaq bi...

ABBASID, AL-MU‘TADID (279-289h), Dinar, Samarqand 281h. REVERSE: lillah | Muhammad | rasul | Allah | al-Mu‘tadid billah | letter sin, 3.66g. REF...

ABBASID, AL-MU‘TADID (279-289h), Dinar, al-Muhammadiya 283h, 4.56g. REFERENCES: Bernardi 211Mh RRR; Miles, Rayy –. CONDITION: Some weak areas, fi...

ABBASID, AL-MU‘TADID (279-289h), Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 284h, 4.09g. REFERENCE: Bernardi 211Jh. CONDITION: Flan slightly buckled, some pin-marks...

ABBASID, AL-MU‘TADID (279-289h), Obverse brockage of a dinar, Madinat al-Salam 287h, 1.87g. REFERENCE: Bernardi 211Jh. CONDITION: Very fine and v...

ABBASID, AL-MUKTAFI (289-295h), Dinar, Qumm 290h. OBVERSE: In field: triplet of pellets to left, 3.96g. REFERENCE: Bernardi – (cf 226Mn for type...

ABBASID, AL-MUQTADIR (295-320h), Dinar, Filastin 298h, 4.37g. REFERENCE: Bernardi 242Gn. CONDITION: Some weak striking and on a buckled flan, goo...

ABBASID, AL-MUQTADIR (295-320h), Dinar, Filastin 305h, 3.70g. REFERENCE: Bernardi 242Gn. CONDITION: Weakly struck, fine for issue

ABBASID, AL-MUQTADIR (295-320h), Dinar, Filastin 314h, 4.83g. REFERENCE: Bernardi 242Gn. CONDITION: Obverse weak, fair/good fine

ABBASID, AL-MUQTADIR (295-320h), Dinar, Mah al-Kufa 312h, 4.22g. REFERENCE: as Bernardi 242Mr (date not listed). CONDITION: Very fine to good ver...

ABBASID, AL-MUQTADIR (295-320h), Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 301h, 4.35g. REFERENCE: Bernardi – (see 242Jh for type); cf Morton and Eden auction 54, ...

ABBASID, AL-RADI (322-329h), Dinar, Filastin 323h, 2.84g. REFERENCE: Bernardi 285Gn. CONDITION: Scratches on obverse, fair to fine

ABBASID, AL-RADI (322-329h), Dinar, Filastin 325h, 2.09g. REFERENCE: Bernardi 285Gn. CONDITION: Fair to fine

ABBASID, AL-RADI (322-329h), Dinar, Mah al-Kufa 322h. OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | ibriz. REVERSE: In fie...

ABBASID, AL-MUSTAKFI (333-334h), Amiri dinar, San‘a 325h (sic, for 335), 1.91g. REFERENCE: Bikhazi 127. CONDITION: Almost uncirculated and rare

ABBASID, AL-MUSTAKFI (333-334h), Amiri dinar, San‘a 336h (sic), 1.88g. REFERENCE: Bikhazi 136. CONDITION: Minor edge marks, almost extremely fine...

ABBASID, AL-MUTI‘ (334-363h), Amiri dinar, San‘a 338h, 1.83g. REFERENCE: Bikhazi 145. CONDITION: Extremely fine and rare

ABBASID, AL-MUSTAKFI (333-334h), Amiri dinar, San‘a 339h (sic), 1.74g. REFERENCE: Bikhazi 148. CONDITION: Minor marks on edge, almost extremely f...

ABBASID, AL-MUTI‘ (334-363h), Dinar, Surdud 341h, 2.68g. REFERENCE: SICA 10, 187. CONDITION: Polished, very fine and extremely rare. PROVENANCE:...

ABBASID, AL-MUSTAZHIR (487-512h), Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 491h, 4.24g. REFERENCE: Jafar A.MS.491; Album B266 RRR; Wilkes 464. CONDITION: Flan cre...

ABBASID, AL-MUSTAZHIR (487-512h), Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 496h, 1.58g. REFERENCE: Jafar A.MS.496A; Album B266 RRR; Wilkes 464. CONDITION: A typic...

ABBASID, AL-MUQTAFI (530-555h), Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 552h, 4.21g. REFERENCE: Jafar A.MS.552; Album F266 RRR; Wilkes 466. CONDITION: Some weak ...

ABBASID, AL-MUSTANJID (555-566h), Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 561h, 2.35g. REFERENCES: Kazan 203; Album 266; Wilkes 467. CONDITION: On a characterist...

ABBASID, AL-NASIR (575-622h), Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 576h, 2.89g. REFERENCE: noted in Diler but otherwise apparently unrecorded (see note below)...

ABBASID, AL-MUSTANSIR (623-640h), Dinar, Irbil 632h. OBVERSE: In field: al-Imam | la ilaha illa Allah | wahdahu la sharik lahu | al-Mustansir bil...

ABBASID, AL-MUSTANSIR (623-640h), Dinar, Irbil 633h, 4.95g. REFERENCE: Lavoix 1308. CONDITION: Creased, good fine and very rare

ABBASID, AL-MUSTANSIR (623-640h), Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 629h, 8.53g. REFERENCE: cf Sotheby’s auction, 18 February 1983, lot 124 (cited by Diler...

ABBASID, AL-MUSTANSIR (623-640h), Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 632h, 3.91g. REFERENCE: Diler p. 1144, 1606-31, this piece. CONDITION: Some marginal w...

ABBASID, AL-MUKTAFI (289-295h), Dirham, Tiflis 294h, 2.96g. REFERENCE: Pakhomov p.41. CONDITION: Toned, some deposit on reverse, good very fine a...

ABBASID, AL-MUKTAFI (289-295h), Dirham, San‘a 291h. OBVERSE: In field: letter ha below, 2.83g. REFERENCE: SCC 1433, same obverse die. CONDITION:...

ABBASID, AL-MUQTADIR (295-320h), Donative dirham, Madinat al-Salam 310h, 2.95g. REFERENCE: Ilisch DI 21. CONDITION: Small crimp at edge where a m...

ABBASID, Al-MUQTADIR (295-320h), Donative dirham, Madinat al-Salam 313h, 2.22g. REFERENCE: Ilisch DI 22, same dies. CONDITION: Minor peripheral w...

ABBASID, AL-MUQTADIR (295-320h), Dirham, Na’in 315h, 3.39g. REFERENCE: Diler -. CONDITION: Central weakness on both sides but otherwise good very...

ABBASID, AL-RADI (322-329h), Dirham, al-‘Urdunn 327h, 3.34g. REFERENCE: SNAT IVa, 384 (a fragment), same dies. CONDITION: A coarse and uneven str...

ABBASID, AL-RADI (322-329h), Donative dirham, Wasit 328h. OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu |la sharik lahu | Abu’lFadl bin | Amir...

ABBASID, TEMP. AL-MANSUR (136-158h), Fals, al-Yazidiya 149h. OBVERSE: Annulets in border; an eight-pointed star above and below field. REVERSE: ...

ABBASID, TEMP. AL-MANSUR (136-158h), Fals, al-Yaman 156h, 2.78g. REFERENCE: Lowick 125. CONDITION: Fine, very rare

ABBASID, TEMP. AL-MAHDI (158-169h), Fals, Nasaf 159h. OBVERSE: In margin: mint and date; In field: horse walking left, uncertain symbol above. R...

UMAYYAD OF SPAIN, HISHAM II (FIRST REIGN, 366-399h), Dinar, Sijilmasa 380h. REVERSE: In field al-Imam Hisham |Amir al-Mu’minin | al-Mu’ayyid bill...

IDRISID, JA‘FAR B. IDRIS (fl. 224h), Dirham, Aghmat 224h. REVERSE: In field: Ja‘far | Muhammad | rasul | Allah | bin Idris, 1.37g. CONDITION: Alm...

ALMORAVID TAIFAS, ANONYMOUS (c.541-546h), Dinar, without mint-name, [5]44h. OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa Allah | Muhammad rasul Allah | al-am...

AGHLABID, ZIYADAT ALLAH III (290-296h), Donative dinar with broad margins, 295h. OBVERSE: In field: lillah | la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la s...

TULUNID, KHUMARAWAYH B. AHMAD (270-282h), Dinar, Antakiya 279h. OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | al-Mufawwad i...

TULUNID, JAYSH B. KHUMARAWAYH (282-283h), Dinar, Misr 283h. OBVERSE: In field: pellet below. REVERSE: In field: letter ha below, 4.07g. REFEREN...

TULUNID, HARUN B. KHUMARAWAYH (283-292h), Dinar, Halab 284h, 3.47g. REFERENCES: Bernardi 215Gb RRR = Qatar II, 2328, same dies. CONDITION: Crudel...

TULUNID, HARUN B. KHUMARAWAYH (283-292h), Dinar, Filastin 285h, 4.43g. REFERENCES: Bernardi 215Gn; Grabar 76. CONDITION: Very fine and rare

TULUNID, HARUN B. KHUMARAWAYH (283-292h), Dirham, Balis 284h, 3.84g. REFERENCE: Diler -; Grabar -; cf Morton & Eden auction 1, 18 April 2002, lot...

HAMDANID, NASIR Al-DAWLA and SAYF AL-DAWLA, Donative dirham, al-Madinat al-Sayfiyya min Halab [35]3h. OBVERSE: Plain border between outer and inn...

IKHSHIDID, MUHAMMAD B. TUGHJ (323-334h), Donative silver dirham, no mint-name (Misr), 329h. OBVERSE: In margin: bismillah duriba sanat tisa‘ wa ‘...

FATIMID, ABU ‘ABDALLAH Al-SHI‘I (296-297h), Half-dirham, al-Qayrawan 296h. REVERSE: In field: al-hamdu lillah Muhammad | rasul | Allah | rabb al-...

FATIMID, AL-MAHDI (297-322h), Dinar, al-Qayrawan 302h, 3.97g. REFERENCE: Nicol 28. CONDITION: Good fine and rare

FATIMID, AL-MAHDI (297-322h), Dinar, al-Qayrawan 305h, 3.84g. REFERENCE: Nicol 33. CONDITION: Edge marks, fine and rare

FATIMID, AL-MAHDI (297-322h), Sudaysi, al-Jaththa, undated, 0.29g. REFERENCE: Nicol 8, citing a single example. CONDITION: Very fine with mint-na...

FATIMID, AL-MANSUR (334-341h), Dinar, al-Mansuriya 338h, 4.18g. REFERENCE: Nicol 215. CONDITION: Good very fine

FATIMID, AL-MU‘IZZ (341-365h), Dinar, Filastin 364h, 4.26g. REFERENCE: Nicol 338. CONDITION: Pierced, very fine to good very fine and rare