Coins, Medals and Banknotes

Honorius (393-423), solidus, 395-402, helmeted bust facing, rev., concordia avgg s, Constantinopolis seated with sceptre and Victory on globe; in ...

Justinian I (527-565), solidus, 527-538, helmeted bust facing with spear and shield, rev., angel with cross and globus cruciger; officina I, 4.46g...

Leo III (717-741), solidus, c.737-741, facing bust holding globus cruciger; legend ends S, rev., facing bust of Constantine V; legend ends A (over...

Constantine V (741-775), solidus, 741-751, facing bust with cross potent; legend ends ΘC, rev., similar bust of his father Leo III, 4.43g (DO1f; S...

Romanus IV (1068-1071), histamenon, Christ crowning Romanus IV and Eudocia, rev., Michael (VII) flanked by Constantius and Andronicus, 4.29g (DO 2...

Greek, tetradrachm of Athens, late 5th century BC; staters of Dyrrhachium and Leucas; drachms of Dyrrhachium and Ephesus (cf. BMC 12-13); Greek se...

Roman, denarii (43), of Antoninus Pius (4), Marcus Aurelius (3), Septimius Severus (1), Caracalla (11), Geta (1), Elagabalus (9), Severus Alexande...

Arab-Sasanian, ‘Abdallah (b. Amir), drachm, DA (Darabjird) 43h, governor’s name without patronymic, 3.65g (SICA 1, 237), minor staining, good very...

Arab-Sasanian, Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, drachm, DA (Darabjird) 43YE, 2.78g (SICA 1, 239ff), evenly clipped, good fine and scarce

Arab-Sasanian, ‘Ubaydallah b. Ziyad, drachms (3), GD (Jayy) 60h, ST (Istakhr) 61h and SYWN (unlocated mint) 60h, 4.09, 4.09, 2.45g (SICA 1, 292, S...

Arab-Sasanian, ‘Ubaydallah b. Ziyad (54-64h), drachm, SYWKAN (unidentified mint) 63h, 2.76g (SICA 1, 382), clipped, otherwise very fine, rare

Arab-Sasanian, Talha b. ‘Abdallah (c. 64-66h), drachm, SK (Sijistan) 65h, 3.11g (SICA 1, -; SCC -), clipped and cleaned, otherwise about very fine...

Arab-Sasanian, ‘Abdallah b. Khazim, drachm, BBA (the camp mint) 67h, 2.77g (SCC 103), clipped, very fine, scarce

Arab-Sasanian, ‘Umar b. ‘Ubaydallah, drachms (7), comprising ART (Ardashir Khurra) 68h, 70h; BYŠ (Bishapur) 68h, 69h, 70h; ST (Istakhr) 67h, 69h, ...

Arab-Sasanian, Qatari b. al-Fuja‘a, drachm, BYŠ (Bishapur) 75h, 2.50g (SICA 1, 193ff), heavily clipped, good fine and scarce

Arab-Sasanian, ‘Atiya b. al-Aswad, drachm, KRMAN-NAR (Narmashir) 77h, 3.62g (SICA 1, 327), good fine and toned

Arab-Sasanian, ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, drachm, SK (Sijistan) 84h, obv., in margin: bismillah – rabbi, 3.77g (Album 38A), almost extremely fine...

Eastern Sistan series, drachm, SK (Sijistan) 93h, 3.75g (Album 77), some porosity, very fine

Arab-Byzantine, fulus (2): Ma‘arrat Misrin, standing caliph with title khalifat Allah, rev., modified cross-on-steps with mint-name to left and ri...

Arab-Byzantine, ‘Abd al-Malik b. Marwan, fals, unread mint, standing caliph, rev., modified cross-on-steps with wafin to left and mint-name to rig...

Abbasid governors of Tabaristan, Harashi (fl. 166h), hemidrachm, tpwrstan PYE 131, with Harashi to right of bust, 1.69g (Malek 91; Album 61 RR), e...

Abbasid, temp. al-Mansur (136-158h), dirham, al-Hashimiya 139h, 3.10g (SCC 848; Lowick 1080 var.), very fine to good very fine, scarce

Abbasid, al-Rashid (170-193h), dirham, Arran 191h, rev., citing Khuzayma, letter ‘ayn below, 2.69g (cf Vardanyan 143 [dated 190h]), cleaned but be...

Abbasid, temp. al-Ma’mun (194-218h), dinar, Madinat al-Salam 214h, 4.22g (Bernardi 116Jh), slight bend in flan, very fine

Abbasid, temp. al-Ma’mun (194-208h), dirham, al-Kufa 204h, 2.87g (Lowick 1152), light deposit, almost extremely fine; Tahirid, Talha b. Tahir (217...

Abbasid, al-Wathiq (227-232h), dinar, San‘a 232h, obv., citing Ja‘far (governor in the Yemen) and with uncertain word after century of date, 2.03g...

Abbasid, al-Mutawakkil (232-247h), dinar, al-Muhammadiya 234h, 4.21g (Bernardi 155Mh), minor weakness, almost very fine and rare

Abbasid, al-Musta‘in (248-251h), dinar, Samarqand 248h, without name of heir, 4.24g (Bernardi 160Qe RR), good fine and rare

Abbasid, al-Mu‘tamid (256-279h), dinar, Surra man ra’a 257h, citing Ja‘far, 4.53g (Bernardi 173Jc), unit of date a little weak, on a buckled flan,...

Abbasid, al-Mu‘tamid (256-279h), dinar, Madinat al-Salam 269h, obv., with letter sad below field, 4.19g (Bernardi 177Jh, date not listed), with cu...

Abbasid, al-Mu‘tamid (256-279h), dinar, Misr 258h, obv., citing Ja‘far, rev., citing the mint official Nahrir, 4.17g (Bernardi 174De), fine, a rar...

Abbasid, al-Muktafi (289-295h), dinar, al-Basra [29]1h, rev,.citing Wali al-dawla, 3.43g (Bernardi 228Je RRR), edge clip, otherwise very fine and ...

Abbasid, al-Muktafi (289-295h), dirham, Misr 292h, 2.65g (SCC 1443), some staining, good fine; al-Muqtadir (295-320h), dirhams (2), Mah al-Basra 2...

Abbasid, al-Muqtadir (295-320h), dinar, Ardabil 31[8]h, obv., legends in four lines, with letter ha above and two elongated pellets below, 4.98g (...

Abbasid, al-Muqtadir (295-320h), dinar, al-Karaj 315h, 4.04g (Bernardi 242Jf RR), some weak striking, almost very fine. Ex Morton and Eden auction...

Abbasid, al-Muqtadir (295-320h), dirham, Madinat al-Salam 319h, rev., citing Amid al-dawla, 3.90g (Album 249 ‘320 only’), obverse weak and with ho...

Abbasid, al-Radi (322-329h), dinar, Mah al-Basra 324h, obv., unread letters above and below field, 3.13g (Bernardi 285Mq, this piece), an uneven s...

Abbasid, al-Radi (322-329h), dinar, Mah al-Basra 326h, obv., pellet and crescent above, rev., pellet below, 2.68g (Bernardi 285Mq RRR), very fine ...

Abbasid, al-Radi (322-329h), dirham, Antakiya 328h, rev., citing the heir Abu’l-Fadl, 2.34g (SICA 4, 97-98), good fine and rare

Abbasid, al-Muti‘ (334-363h), dirham, Madinat Antakiya 354h, of purely Abbasid type without additional governor’s name, rev., letter dal below, 2....

Abbasid, al-Mustazhir (487-512h), dinar, Madinat al-Salam 496h, 1.58g (Jafar A.MS.496A; Album B266 RRR; Wilkes 464), a typically coarse striking o...

Abbasid, al-Zahir (622-623h), dinar, Madinat al-Salam 622h, 2.54g (BMC IX, 495w; Kazan 209), good fine and rare

Tulunid, Ahmad b. Tulun, cast fals, Thughur al-Shamiya 264h, 3.50g (Miles, Tarsus 20), fine, rare; Khumarawayh b. Ahmad (270-282h), dirham, al-Raf...

Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz (341-365h), dinar, Misr 359h, month of Sha‘ban, 4.18g (Nicol 354), almost very fine

Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz (341-365h), dinar, Misr 360h, month of Jumada al-Akhir, 3.96g (Nicol 359), scratch on obverse, good fine

Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz (341-365h), dinars (3), Misr 361h, 363h, 364h, 4.00, 4.10, 4.16g (Nicol 361, 368, 370), good fine to almost very fine (3)

Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz, quarter-dinar, al-Mansuriya 343h, with mint and date in inner margin, 0.97g (Nicol 394), almost very fine and rare

Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz, quarter-dinar, al-Mansuriya 361h, 1.02g (Nicol 422), tiny plug, almost very fine

Fatimid, al-‘Aziz (365-386h), dinars (3), Misr 366h, 377h, 379h, 4.03, 3.86, 4.15g (Nicol 700, 713, 715), good fine to almost very fine (3)

Fatimid, al-Hakim (386-411h), dinars (3), Misr 394h, 395h, 396h, 4.13, 4.15, 4.24g (Nicol 1080-1082), fine to very fine (3)

Fatimid, al-Hakim (386-411h), quarter-dinar, al-Mahdiya, date off flan, 1.02g; al-Zahir (411-427h), quarter-dinars (2), Siqiliya 422h, 427h, 0.97,...

Fatimid, al-Zahir (411-427h), dinars (2), Misr 416h, 418h, 4.24, 4.21g (Nicol 1518, 1520), about very fine (2)

Fatimid, al-Zahir, quarter-dinar, Siqiliya 423h, 0.97g (Nicol 1426), very fine to 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 (427-487h), dinar, Filastin 440h, 3.15g (Nicol 2068), edge damage good fine and rare

Fatimid, al-Mustansir (427-487h), dinar, Misr 427h, 4.20g (Nicol 1538), slight crease, good fine and a scarce date

Fatimid, al-Mustansir (427-487h), dinar, Misr 438h, 4.21g (Nicol 2117), almost extremely fine

Fatimid, al-Mustansir (427-487h), dinars (3), Misr 443h, 445h, 446h, 3.83, 3.85, 3.78g (Nicol 2125, 2128, 2129), all lightly clipped but otherwise...

Fatimid, al-Mustansir (427-487h), dinar, Misr 487h, 4.40g (Nicol 2173A = ICA 6, 7 May 2003, lot 200, same reverse die), slightly buckled flan, ver...

Fatimid, al-Amir (495-524h), dinar, al-Iskandariya 512h, 4.45g (Nicol 2457), edge shaved, good very fine