Coins and Historical Medals

Arab-Sasanian, ‘Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, Drachm, da (Darabjird) 45ye, 4.09g/3h (Malek 406; A 12; ICV 11). About extremely fine £100-£120

Arab-Sasanian, ‘Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, Drachm, da-gh (Jahrum) 60ye, 3.89g/3h (Malek 475; A 16; ICV 13). Lightly cleaned, small flan flaw on rever...

Arab-Sasanian, Anonymous, Pashiz, no mint or date, two facing busts, rev. cross on steps, 1.33g/9h (Gyselen 85 var.; A 43A; ICV 70). About very fi...

Tabaristan, ‘Umar b. al-‘Ala, Half-Drachm, tpwrstan (Tabaristan) 125pye, with outer circle on both sides, 1.93g/9h (Malek 77; A 57; ICV 104). Extr...

Tabaristan, Yahya, Half-Drachm, tpwrstan (Tabaristan) 129pye, 1.80g/4h (Malek 89; A 60; ICV 106). Lightly cleaned, otherwise about extremely fine,...

Tabaristan, Nusayr, Half-Drachm, al-Rayy 168h, 1.92g/3h (Malek 212; A L73; ICV 108). Lightly cleaned, some weakness in margins, otherwise good ver...

Tabaristan, Anonymous, Half-Drachm, tpwrstan (Tabaristan) 134pye, bakh bakh in 3rd quarter of obv. margin, 2.24g/8h (Malek 196; A 73A; ICV 120). A...

Tabaristan, Anonymous, Half-Drachms (20), tpwrstan (Tabaristan), various dates (A 73; ICV 120) [20]. Very fine or better £300-£400

Umayyad, temp. Sulayman, Dirham, Surraq 98h, 2.81g/2h (Klat 472; ICV 273). Good very fine, scarce £100-£120

Umayyad, Dirhams (6): al-Basra 81h, Sabur 91h, Suq al-Ahwaz 94h, al-Kufa 101h, Mahay 98h, al-Mubaraka 118h (Klat 170, 422, 491, 545, 564.a2, 576; ...

Abbasid, al-Mu‘tadid, Dirham, Hamadan 287h, 3.04g/6h (A 242; ICV 422). Slightly bent, edge chipped, otherwise obverse very fine, reverse fair, ext...

Abbasid, al-Muktafi, Dirham, Isbahan 295h, 2.75g/12h (SICA 4, 77; A 244.1; ICV 426). Weak in parts, otherwise good very fine, rare £100-£120

Abbasid, al-Muktafi, Dirham, Suq al-Ahwaz 295h, 3.00g/8h (A 244.1; ICV 426). Minor weakness in margins, otherwise very fine, extremely rare £100-£...

Abbasid, al-Muti‘, Dirham, Antakya 357h, 3.41g/1h (cf. Album Auction 22, lot 284; A 265; ICV -). Weak in parts, otherwise good fine, very rare £20...

Abbasid, al-Mustansir, Dirham, Madinat al-Salam 638h, 2.95g/6h (Jafar 146; A 272; ICV 472). Wavy flan, very fine £70-£90

Abbasid, Dirhams (11): al-Ahwaz 323h, Madinat Bukhara 193h, al-Basra 244h, 292h, Madinat Balkh 189h, Halab 329h, Ma‘dan al-Shash 190h, al-Muhammad...

Abbasid, Dirhams (22): Madinat al-Salam 162h (18), 163h (4) [22]. Mostly fine to very fine £100-£150

Hudid of Murcia, Muhammad b. Yusuf (621-635h), Dirham, mint not visible, undated, 1.45g/12h (A 408; ICV 625); ALMOHAD, ‘Abd al-Mu’min b. ‘Ali (524...

Nasrid, Anonymous, square Half-Dirhams (5), Gharnata, undated (Hohertz 160; A 416; ICV 639) [5]. About very fine or better £100-£150

Almoravid, ‘Ali b. Yusuf (500-537h), Qirat, no mint or date, citing the heir Sir (A 467.2; ICV 692); Tashfin b. ‘Ali (537-540h), Qirats (2), no mi...

Almoravid, Tashfin b. ‘Ali (537-540h), Quarter-Qirat, uniface, no mint or date, reads tashfin bin al-amir ‘ali (upwards), 0.23g (Hazard -; A 473C;...

Almohad, Abu Hafs ‘Umar (646-665h), square Dirham, al-Hadrat al-Mu’miniya al-Murtadiya, undated, 1.54g/12h (Hohertz 18; A 493A; ICV 712). About ex...

Almohad, Anonymous, square Dirham, Tin Mellal, undated, 1.54g/12h (Hohertz 66; A 497; ICV 715). Slightly bent, otherwise about extremely fine, rar...

Almohad, Anonymous, square Dirham, Zajandar, undated, 1.50g/12h (Hohertz -; A 497; ICV 715). About extremely fine, rare £60-£80

Almohad, Anonymous, uniface square Eighth-Dirham and Sixteenth-Dirham, no mint or date, 0.13g, 0.06g (Hohertz 100, –; A –; ICV –) [2]. About very ...

Merinid, temp. Abu Yahya Abu Bakr (642-656h), Half-Dinar, no mint or date, 2.33g/12h (Hazard 695; A 521; ICV 754). Reverse slightly double-struck,...

Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz (341-365h), Fifth-Dirham, no mint or date, struck by Fatimid partisans in Multan, 0.57g/6h (Fishman/Todd FG1; Nicol 510; A A702...

Fatimid, al-Mu‘izz (341-365h), Fifth-Dirham, no mint or date, struck by Fatimid partisans in Multan, 0.48g/2h (Fishman/Todd FG1; Nicol 510; A A702...

Ottoman, Suleyman Çelebi, Akçes (13), no mint, all dated 806h, including one brockage (A 1296; ICV 3130) [13]. Mostly very fine, some with minor d...

Ottoman, Suleyman I, Sultani, Qustantiniya 926h, 3.45g/8h (A 1317; ICV 3158). Possibly removed from a ring-mount, otherwise good very fine £200-£2...

Ottoman, Murad III, Sultani, Qustantiniya, date (982h) off flan, 3.42g/10h (A 1332.1; ICV 3173). Good very fine £150-£180

Ottoman, Mahmud II, Rubiye, Qustantiniya 1223h, yr 9, 0.79g/1h (OC 30-062-02; ICV 3483). Good very fine £60-£80

Buwayhid, Mu‘izz al-dawla, Dirham, Tustar min al-Ahwaz 356h, citing ‘Izz al-dawla and Rukn al-dawla, 2.88g/3h (A 1545; ICV 1580); SAMANID, Mansur ...

Ghaznavid, Mahmud (389-421h), Dammas (4), no mint or date (A 1613; ICV -); AMIRS OF SIND, ‘Abd Allah, Dammas (6), no mint or date (A 1495, A1502; ...

Great Mongol, Anonymous, Dinar, Khujanda, no date visible, citing the caliph al-Nasir as al-imam al-a‘zam, 3.83g/2h (A A1967; ICV 1943). Edge ragg...

Great Mongol, Anonymous, Dinar, no mint or date visible, 2.46g/10h (ICV 1943). Partly flat, otherwise about very fine £150-£180

Ilkhanid, Gaykhatu (690-694h), Dirham, Tabriz, date unclear (A 2159.1; ICV 2087); Ghazan Mahmud, 2 Dirhams, Baghdad 702h (A 2172; ICV 2098); Uljay...

Ilkhanid, Abu Sa‘id, 2 Dirhams, type C, Arzinjan 720h, 3.59g/8h (A 2200.1; ICV 2131); 2 Dirhams, type H, Erzurum 33kh, 2.90g/6h (A 2218.1; ICV 214...

Ilkhanid, Abu Sa‘id, 6 Dirhams, type G, Isfarayin 730h, 9.62g/3h (SNAT XIVa, 47, same dies; A 2213; ICV 2144). Extremely fine, rare £100-£120

Timurid, Sultan Muhammad, Tanka, mint unclear, 853h, 4.96g/12h (A 2425; ICV 2314); Sultan Husayn (3rd reign, 873-911h), Tanka, an unidentified hos...

Safavid, Isma‘il I (907-930h), Larin, mint and date off flan, 5.06g (A A2588; ICV 3637). Very fine, rare £100-£120

Safavid, Tahmasp I, heavy Ashrafi, Kashan 938h, 3.89g/3h (A A2593; ICV 3642). Peripheral weakness, otherwise very fine, rare £200-£260

Safavid, Tahmasp I, 2 Shahi, Ja‘farabad 979h, 4.60g/10h (A A2606; ICV 3644); Sultan Husayn, Abbasi, Nakhjavan 1130h, 4.34g/3h (A 2683.1; ICV 3697)...

Zand, Karim Khan, Quarter-Mohur, type C, Dar al-Sultanat Qazvin 1186h, 2.75g/6h (A 2791; ICV 3771). Peripheral weakness, about extremely fine £200...

Qajar, Fath ‘Ali Shah, Third-Riyal, type C, Dar al-‘Ilm Shiraz 1230h, 3.38g/3h (A 2884; ICV 3814). Lightly cleaned, some peripheral weakness, othe...