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Lot 33
Abbasid, al-Mu‘tamid (256-279h), dinar, no mint-name 273h, obv., citing the caliph’s brother al-Muwaffaq billah, 3.99g (Bernardi 177 RRR), good fine and very rare. These very rare mintless dinars were struck for a brief period in the early 270s. Thei style of the epigraphy is very distinctive, and similarities have been noted with the contemporary dinars of the Arab Amirs of Crete, which apart from special donative issues are the only other gold coins of this period not to bear a mint-name.
![Bahri Mamluk, al-Ashraf Khalil (689-693h), dinar, al-Qahira al-Mahrusa [69]2h, 7.20g (Balog 144, same rev. die), good very fi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b9e8b6b7-aee3-4033-b4bf-a68800efc520/4fc855cd-7b39-4610-857e-f95e865b883e/468x382.jpg)
![Bahri Mamluk, al-Ashraf Khalil (689-693h), dinar, [al-Qahira or Dimashq] al-Mahrusa 690h, 6.79g (cf Balog 142 or 148), some f](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b9e8b6b7-aee3-4033-b4bf-a68800efc520/2ce2b6b9-3e2f-4140-e6a7-30e06463b795/468x382.jpg)
![Hamdanid, Nasir al-dawla and Sayf al-dawla (330-356h), dirham, Raqqa 332h, 2.64g (Bikhazi -; Tiesenhausen 2458 [as Abbasid]),](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b9e8b6b7-aee3-4033-b4bf-a68800efc520/63c20a4d-7ec9-473a-a493-d17714b79a5f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 376
Anti-Hamdanid Rebellion, dirham, Antakiya 353h, obv., la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | al-haqq al-mubin, 2.42g (RIC 360, same dies), crude and some spelling errors in legends, about very fine and extremely rare. The date on this coin is strangely engraved, which led Miles to read it as 339h. The decade, however, is clearly khamsin, ‘fifty’, and the unit of the date is best read as thalath with a lam-alif (so Ilisch, Münzen und Medaillen auction 76, 19-20 September 1991, lot 1055 and note)
![Hamdanid Governor of Aleppo, Qarghuya (fl. 358h), dirham, Madinat [Halab] 35[8]h, rev., citing Qarghuya below, 2.30g, about f](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b9e8b6b7-aee3-4033-b4bf-a68800efc520/b4e6b59b-89de-4a90-febc-57249c8ede66/468x382.jpg)
Lot 378
Hamdanid Governor of Aleppo, Qarghuya (fl. 358h), dirham, Madinat [Halab] 35[8]h, rev., citing Qarghuya below, 2.30g, about fine and extremely rare, apparently unpublished. In the year 358h two large rebellions took place within Sayf al-dawla’s territory, including one in Antioch under the leadership of Rashid b. ‘Abdallah al-Nasimi, who raised an army and laid siege to Aleppo. The town was defended for Sayf al-dawla by his ghilman, Qarghuya, who is named on this coin. Rashid b. ‘Abdallah was killed three months into the resulting siege, but Qarghuya was eventually defeated by the new rebel commander, Dizbar, and Aleppo taken later that year.
Lot 384
Qarmatid, Alptekin Abu Mansur al-Mu‘izzi (fl. 364-367h), dirham, Filastin 367h, obv., in fourth and fifth lines of field: al-Ta‘i lillah | al-sayyid al-ra’is, rev., in field: lillah | Muhammad | rasul | Allah | al-sayyid Ja‘far al-Fadl | Abu Mansur al-Mu‘izzi, 2.50g (cf Vardanyan 32), fine and excessively rare, apparently an unrecorded variety for this very rare issue
Lot 40
Abbasid, al-Mustarshid (512-529h), dinar, Isfahan 512h, obv., unread word above; name of caliph below, rev., in field: Qur‘an 48: 1-3, ‘We have given you a great victory, that God may cover up your shortcomings, past and future, and that he may complete his favour on you and may guide you on the straight path, and help you with everlasting help,’ around which, starting at 3 o’clock: ‘Conclude – Lord, you have blessed – with benevolence – alone,’ 3.21g (see Younis, M., ‘Seljuq Dinars of Isfahan 512/1118, Dating for the Military Confrontation between Sanjar and Mahmud’ in Rasmir: Oriental Numismatics, Proceedings of the 1st International Scientific Conference held in Odessa, Ukraine, 29-31 July 2011, pp.137-142; cf Morton & Eden auction 54, 23 April 2012, lot 95), fine to good fine and extremely rare. This remarkable coin with its highly distinctive religious verses was struck in a year of considerable political change. The previous caliph, al-Mustazhir, died earlier in this year, while there was war among the Seljuqs between Sultan Mahmud and Sanjar, with the latter finally prevailing in 513h. Presumably, while the outcome of the fighting was in doubt, it was felt safest to strike coins acknowledging neither.
![‡Almoravid Taifas, anonymous (c.541-546h), dinar, [5]44h, without mint-name, 3.67g (Vives 2001 var.; Album 405; cf Morton & E](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b9e8b6b7-aee3-4033-b4bf-a68800efc520/b889ca9f-77ed-407a-d421-955720717f6b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 420
Samanid, Nuh b. Nasr (331-341h), dinar, al-Muhammadiya 331h, with broad margins on both sides each containing four annulets at cardinal points, obv., in field, to left: Nasr min lillah, rev., citing the caliph al-Muttaqi, 3.67g (ICA 17, lot 539; cf Miles 171B; cf Bernardi 332Mh), toned, centres weak, almost very fine for issue and rare
Lot 43
Tulunid, Khumarawayh b. Ahmad (270-282h), dinar, Antakiya 279h, obv., citing al-Mufawwad ila-’llah, rev., citing the caliph al-Mu‘tamid ‘ala-’llah and Khumarawayh b. Ahmad, 4.20g (cf Bernardi 193Ga, this date not listed), struck from rusty dies but good fine to very fine, extremely rare and apparently an unpublished date
![Great Seljuq, Sanjar and Muhammad I (492-511h), dinar, Walwalij [49]8h, month of Dhu’l-Quda, obv., elaborately decorated bord](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b9e8b6b7-aee3-4033-b4bf-a68800efc520/6bb2ca50-7c83-421c-9798-ca1a40e0b355/468x382.jpg)
Lot 460
India, Bengal Presidency, a contemporary imitation of a Murshidabad mohur with letters ‘GR’ in lower segment on obverse, 11.41g (cf Stephen Album Rare Coins auction 18, lot 1815 for a similar piece with ‘RN’ similarly placed), probably a jeweller’s imitation made in the nineteenth or early twentieth century, traces of mounting on obverse, very fine and unusual
Lot 48
‡Fatimid, al-Qa’im (322-334h), dinar, al-Qayrawan 335h (sic), 4.21g (Nicol 148), fine to good fine, rare. During the reign of al-Qa’im a rebellion against the Fatimids broke out in North Africa, led by Abu Yazid al-Nukkari. Al-Nukkari took control of Qayrawan in 333h and struck coins in this and the following year. Al-Qa’im died during 334h and it was his successor, al-Mansur, who led the campaign which defeated al-Nukkari. The present coin shows that pro-Fatimid forces had regained control of Qayrawan by 335h, but al-Mansur himself appears to have struck no coins there in his own name, possibly because he had already begun work on the foundation of a new Fatimid capital named after him: al-Mansuriya.
Lot 58
Kingdom of Syria, Faisal b. al-Hussain (1338h / 8 March – 24 July 1920m), dinar, no mint-name (struck at Damascus) 1338/1920m, crowned shield within wreath with inscription around and date below, rev., tughra within wreath, crown above, 6.73g (KM 67), coarsely struck with small inclusion in obverse field, small obverse die-flaw at 7 o’clock and evidence of machining on reverse die with parallel circles within wreath; minimal wear and retaining some lustre, about extremely fine for issue and extremely rare. The Arab Kingdom of Syria existed officially from 8 March - 24 July 1920 and this coin is one of very few to document Syria’s brief experience of monarchy. Supported by British troops Faisal b. al-Hussain entered Damascus in October 1918 and announced the creation of an independent Arab constitutional government. However this provoked strong disagreement between the British and the French, which rumbled on throughout 1919 and into 1920. On 8 March 1920 the Syrian National Congress proclaimed Faisal as king of a Syria with boundaries which encompassed Lebanon and Palestine, an arrangement which France would not tolerate. The San Remo Conference gave France a mandate to govern Syria and, having crushed Syrian opposition at the Battle of Maysalun, French forces entered Damascus on 24 July. Syria and Lebanon came under French control while the British received a mandate to govern Palestine and Mosul. Faisal himself was expelled from Syria and lived for a few months in England before being created king of Iraq in August 1921.
![Seljuq of Rum, Kayka’us, Qilij Arslan and Kayqubadh (647-657h), dinar, Qunya 652h, 4.53g (cf Broome 337 [dated 653h]), die ru](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b9e8b6b7-aee3-4033-b4bf-a68800efc520/0ab13ee6-a82c-4f5d-bb41-69eee21748a6/468x382.jpg)
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