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Lot 67

An interesting 'Kyoto' Vase, 18th century, enamelled and gilt with figures in a landscape between bands of diaper, impressed (mark) and black script Kyoto Kyoyaki and in another hand: l (?) zo, gilding wear, chip and crack, 16cm It is rare to find a piece of 'Satsuma' with a firm attribution to Kyoto where, in fact, most of it was made. As the term 'Satsuma' has common currency, its use is continued here. Condition Report Small chip to the underside of neck rim. 3cm hairline crack to neck. Crazing.

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Lot 130

An unusual and rare wood and lacquer Miniature Well, c.1880, modelled as a well-head with an applied lacquered snake over a branch, hung with a pulley holding two buckets, with wood and lacquer frogs, a monkey, trailing ivy, flowers and insects, some minor damage, 123cm This is the sort of 'Very Japanese' work of art which appeared in the international exhibitions in the second half of the 19th century and which sparked off the Aesthetic Movement.

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Lot 152

A rare blanc de Chine miniature Censer, c.1650, of depressed form and moulded with two lion mask handles, 8.7cm Condition Report Two cracks to top of rim. Roughness to the top rim.

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Lot 168

A rare blue and white Basin, Jiajing, 1522-1566, painted in a rich underglaze blue with three egrets amongst lotus, the moon above enclosed by entwined scrolls, the everted rim with cranes and clouds, the underside with precious objects and egret roundels, four character fuki sho shun, riveted, wear, 35.2cm

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Lot 179

A rare pair of Coffee Cups, early Kangxi, c.1665, each enamelled with a yellow ground roundel of a red peony hung from green lotus leaves with blue flowers above red and green stiff border and circles, one cracked, wear, 7.5cm (2)

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Lot 225

Teawares, last quarter of the 18th century, each piece decorated in underglaze blue with landscapes, teapot and cover, cracked handle, seven coffee cups, five various saucers, and a milk jug and cover, replacement handle, each piece with London gilding, the latter with rare gilder's mark, and another English saucer (16) Condition Report Teapot: Lid - chip stuck back. Handle stuck back. Jug: Handle replaced with iron and wicker. Gilding rubbed on rim and knob of lid. Three saucers cracked. Wear to gilding.

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Lot 243

A rare pair of inscribed Canton Flowerpots and Covers, c.1840, each of squared octagonal form, moulded with tree rats amongst fruiting vine, and with panels of figures below rope twist handles, the flared feet with fruit flowers and butterflies, the domed and pierced covers, with five apertures, similarly decorated and with rui-edged panels, inscribed, on a pink ground, 23cm (4) Condition Report One vase rim with heavy gilt rubbing and small firing crack. Light gilt rubbing to both. Otherwise no obvious faults.

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Lot 292

A rare ivory Perfumier, Qianlong, of notched rectangular form, carved with a vigorous chilong amongst clouds on a pierced diaper roundel within key fret repeated on the underside, the sides with ribbons and diaper, one sliding, coral bead and red glass terminal, one corner chip, 4.7cm Condition Report Small piece missing on corner where lid slides. Fine splits throughout. Most visible in images (available upon request).

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Lot 498

A bamboo weave lacquer box, inset with silver panels engraved with a bird and bamboo, 10cm, a rare metal box with gilt maple leaves, the lid cold painted to simulate cloisonné, 7.5cm, a silver bowl with a hammered finish, stamped mark, 13.5cm, and a fitted box with three sake cups Condition Report Black metal box - lid in poor condition; much of surface lost. Lacquer box - losses to black painted areas; loose piece on rim of base. Please see images (available upon request).

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Lot 1

ARAB-SASANIAN, AL-HAKAM B. ABI AL-‘ASDrachm, ANWAT (uncertain location, in Kirman) or HWNZYT (Hunzit) 57hOBVERSE: In margin: bismillah al-HakamWEIGHT: 2.98gREFERENCE: SCC 62CONDITION: Ragged edge and also clipped, good fine and rare NOTE: The mint-name on this rare coin has traditionally been read as ANWAT, and because this is also found as a suffix to the KRMAN mint-signature it has generally been taken to refer to an unknown location somewhere in Kirman province. More recently, however, Shams Eshragh suggested the alternative reading HWNZYT, ‘Hunzit’.

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Lot 2

ARAB-SASANIAN, AL-HAKAM B. ABI AL-‘ASDrachm, PYR (uncertain location, possibly in Kirman) 58hOBVERSE: In margin: bismillah al-HakamWEIGHT: 4.01gREFERENCE: SICA I, p.17, note 73CONDITION: Light graffiti on reverse, good very fine and rare

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Lot 3

ARAB-SASANIAN, HUMRAN B. ABANDrachm, ART (Ardashir Khurra) 72hOBVERSE: In margin, starting in second quadrant: bismillah – Humran bin AbanWEIGHT: 3.26gREFERENCES: SICA I, 31; SCC 135CONDITION: Clipped, very fine and rare

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Lot 5

ARAB-LATIN COINAGE, TEMP. AL-WALID I (86-96h)Gold Solidus, Spain, Indiction XII = 93hOBVERSE: Around central eight-pointed star: …]NNdSdSdSSTHIC[…REVERSE: In field: INdC XII In margin: HCISLDFR […] IIWEIGHT: 4.10gREFERENCE: Balaguer 26-27CONDITION: Reverse off-centre, very fine and rare NOTE: Indiction XII appears be much the rarest date for this coinage. Balaguer lists just two specimens from this year, compared with five for year X and more than twenty for year XI.

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Lot 6

‡ARAB-BYZANTINEGold Solidus, undated (possibly circa 60-72h)OBVERSE: DN FOCAS – P?RP AVC, draped and cuirassed bust facing, wearing crown, surmounted by plain vertical diadem and without pendilia, and holding globe surmounted by plain shaftREVERSE: VICTOR- - A AVÇG I, angel standing facing holding long staff with looped top and globe surmounted by plain shaft; in ex., CONOBWEIGHT: 4.45gREFERENCES: Bernardi 1; Miles, EAGC p.207, 1; CONDITION: Minor marks, crudely struck but almost extremely fine, excessively rare and historically important ‡ a 5% import tax if the lot is purchased from within the UK.

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Lot 7

ARAB-BYZANTINEGold solidus, undated (possibly circa 60-72h)OBVERSE: ddNNhC?CLI[…], facing busts of Heraclius (on left) and Heraclius Constantine (on right), each wearing chlamys and simple crown, no crosses on crowns and none in field between themREVERSE: VICTORIA – AVÇ? Z, pole surmounted by cross-bar on three steps, I –B in field to either side, in ex., CONOBWEIGHT: 4.20gREFERENCE: cf Bernardi 2 (obverse) / 4 (reverse); cf Miles, EAGC p.208, 3 (obverse) / p.209, 4 (reverse)CONDITION: Areas of weak striking on both sides, scrapes on reverse and light scratches on obverse, otherwise with minimal wear from circulation and so extremely fine for issue, extremely rare and historically important NOTE: This appears to be an unpublished variety for these extremely rare transitional pieces. Other specimens with the youthful portraits of Heraclius and his son on the obverse lack the indictional year I - B; this is normally found on solidi showing the three standing figures of Heraclius and his two sons (as Bernardi 4). The association of this indictional year 12 with an unrelated obverse type supports Bates’s view that the engravers ‘did not understand or care about the significance of these numbers and put them on their imitations merely because there were numbers on the prototype.’

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Lot 9

UMAYYAD, TEMP. ‘ABD AL-MALIK B. MARWAN to HISHAM IIA set of 55 post-Reform Umayyad dinars, all with no mint-name, comprising an example of each year from 78h to 132h inclusive NOTE: Assembling a complete set of mintless Umayyad dinars has long been viewed as one of the great challenges in collecting and studying Islamic coins. The coins offered here have been carefully chosen for their excellent condition and the overall quality of this set is very high. Particular attention is drawn to the fine examples of the very rare dinars of 107h and 127h. The coins are listed below, giving individual weights, references and the condition of each piece: 78h 4.27g Walker 187 Extremely fine 79h 4.29g Walker 189 Good extremely fine 80h 4.26g Walker 190 Extremely fine 81h 4.23g Walker 191 Almost extremely fine 82h 4.30g Walker 192 Good extremely fine 83h 4.24g Walker 193 About uncirculated 84h 4.25g Walker 194 Very light graffiti, extremely fine 85h 4.32g Walker 196 Good extremely fine 86h 4.27g Walker 197 About uncirculated and lustrous 87h 4.25g Walker 198 Good extremely fine 88h 4.29g Walker 199 About uncirculated 89h 4.33g Walker 200 Almost extremely fine 90h 4.25g Walker 201 Light graffiti, otherwise almost as struck and lustrous 91h 4.25g Walker 202 Extremely fine 92h 4.24g Walker 204 Extremely fine 93h 4.28g Walker 205 Extremely fine, die rust on obverse 94h 4.23g Walker 207 Extremely fine 95h 4.26g Walker 209 Almost uncirculated 96h 4.26g Walker 210 Good extremely fine 97h 4.24g Walker 212 Extremely fine 98h 4.27g Walker 213 About extremely fine 99h 4.14g Walker 214 Good very fine 100h 4.26g Walker 216 Good very fine 101h 4.26g Walker 218 About extremely fine 102h 4.25g Walker 219 Good very fine 103h 4.26g Walker 220 Almost extremely fine 104h 4.21g Walker 223 Graffiti on reverse, good very fine 105h 4.24g Walker 224 Minor edge marks and light tooling, very fine and rare 106h 4.24g Walker 225 Almost extremely fine 107h 4.23g Walker 227 Almost extremely fine and very rare 108h 4.24g Walker 228 Obverse graffiti, extremely fine 109h 4.22g Walker 229 Extremely fine 110h 4.31g Walker 230 Good extremely fine 111h 4.15g Walker 231 Good very fine 112h 4.25g Walker 232 Extremely fine 113h 4.01g Walker 233 Edge smoothed, otherwise almost extremely fine 114h 4.24g Walker 234 Light deposit, extremely fine 115h 4.22g Walker 235 Good very fine 116h 4.03g Walker 236 Clipped, otherwise almost extremely fine 117h 4.24g Walker 237 Scuffed in reverse field, almost extremely fine 118h 4.23g Walker 238 Good very fine 119h 4.25g Walker 239 Good very fine 120h 4.22g Walker 240 Scattered surface marks, good very fine 121h 4.26g Walker 241 Almost extremely fine 122h 4.25g Walker 242 Good extremely fine 123h 4.27g Walker 243 Minor marks, about extremely fine 124h 4.24g Walker 244 About extremely fine 125h 4.25g Walker 245 Clipped, a few small scuffs in fields, good very fine 126h 4.25g Walker 246 Graffiti on both sides, good very fine 127h 4.24g Walker 247 Almost extremely fine 128h 4.25g Walker 248 Almost extremely fine 129h 4.26g Walker 249 Light scratches on obverse, almost extremely fine 130h 4.24g Walker 250 Small test mark on edge, almost extremely fine 131h 4.25g Walker 251 Extremely fine 132h 4.11g Walker 252 From a ring mount, very fine

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Lot 10

UMAYYAD, TEMP. ‘ABD AL-MALIK B. MARWAN (65-86h)Dirham, no mint name, 79hOBVERSE: In border: annulets O O O O OREVERSE: In border: annulets o o o o o In field: wa at end of second lineWEIGHT: 2.86gREFERENCE: Klat 1CONDITION: Almost extremely fine, extremely rare and historically important NOTE: After the first purely Islamic gold dinars were issued in 77h (see lot 8), ‘Abd al-Malik b. Marwan soon turned his attention to producing a related silver coinage. The very first examples were struck in 78h at five different mints: Adharbayjan and Armenia in the North, Kufa in southern Iraq, and Shaqq al-Taymara and Jayy (both parts of Isfahan). All are of the highest rarity with fewer than ten ‘year 78’ dirhams known in total. The reasons why these particular mints should have been the first to strike post-Reform dirhams are not fully understood, but it was probably the result of a combination of local factors rather than an overall central plan. Production of post-Reform dirhams began in earnest in 79h, with some forty different mints striking the new coinage. Not surprisingly, most of these had previously been striking Arab-Sasanian silver drachms. This had always been a decentralized coinage with dozens of mints active at any one time, and it was an obvious step to include the name of the mint on the new dirhams also. But Damascus, the westernmost of the early dirham mints, was located in the former Byzantine province of Syria where silver coins had been uncommon. Here, the prototype for the silver coinage was not the Arab-Sasanian drachm but the post-Reform gold dinar, which did not need to be explicit about the place of minting because they were struck only in Damascus. This was probably why the very first Damascus dirhams, including the piece offered here, were also struck without a mint-name - perhaps it was to be understood that all dirhams were struck at Damascus unless otherwise stated. If so, this experiment cannot have lasted long as Dimashq 79h dirhams are the most plentiful coins of this date surviving today. An alternative theory is that this extremely rare mintless type may have been a pattern rather than a currency issue.

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Lot 11

UMAYYAD, TEMP. SULAYMAN (96-99h)Dirham, Abarqubadh 97hWEIGHT: 2.55gREFERENCE: Klat 22CONDITION: Light graffiti on obverse, very fine and very rare

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Lot 13

UMAYYAD, TEMP. MARWAN II (127-132h)Dirham, Ifriqiya 128hOBVERSE: In border: annulets O O O O O In field: eight-pointed star belowWEIGHT: 2.87gREFERENCE: Klat 110CONDITION: About extremely fine and very rare NOTE: Four examples recorded by Klat. Dirhams from Ifriqiya dated 128h and 129h all bear this distinctive and unusual eight-pointed star in the obverse field.

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Lot 14

UMAYYAD, TEMP. MARWAN II (127-132h)Dirham, Ifriqiya 132hOBVERSE: In margin: legend reads al-dirhar (sic, for al-dirham)REVERSE: In field: first line reads Allah had (sic, for ahad) AllahWEIGHT: 2.72gREFERENCE: Klat 114, same diesCONDITION: Very fine and extremely rare NOTE: Four examples recorded by Klat. Almost all dirhams struck in the year 132h, during which the Umayyads were overthrown by the Abbasids, are extremely rare today.

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Lot 15

UMAYYAD, TEMP. YAZID II (101-105h)Dirham, al-Andalus 103hOBVERSE: In border: annulets o o o o oREVERSE: In border: annulets o o o o oWEIGHT: 3.01gREFERENCE: Klat 116, same reverse dieCONDITION: Some staining on obverse, otherwise almost extremely fine and extremely rare NOTE: This is an extremely rare example of the very first Islamic silver coin struck in Muslim Spain.

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Lot 16

UMAYYAD, TEMP. HISHAM (105-125h)Dirham, al-Andalus 111hOBVERSE: In border: four concentric annuletsREVERSE: In border: annulets o o o oWEIGHT: 3.03gREFERENCE: Klat 124.c, same reverse dieCONDITION: Very fine, rare

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Lot 17

UMAYYAD, TEMP. Al-WALID I (86-96h)Dirham, Bizamqubadh 91hREVERSE: Small pellet at 6 o’clock on border between field and marginWEIGHT: 2.87gREFERENCE: Klat 163CONDITION: Very fine to good very fine, rare

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Lot 19

‡UMAYYAD, TEMP. ‘UMAR (99-101h)Dirham, Jurjan 100hOBVERSE: Standard type with five small annulets and three concentric circles in margin Marginal legend …duriba hadha al-dirham bi-Jurjan fi sanat… arranged in square around kalimaREVERSE: Standard type. Central point above and slightly to the left of final d of yuladu in third line of fieldWEIGHT: 2.86gCONDITION: Slight double-striking on obverse, about extremely fine and of the highest rarity NOTE: THE FIRST RECORDED UMAYYAD DIRHAM FROM THE MINT OF JURJAN The discovery of a new mint for the post-Reform Umayyad dirham coinage is now a rare event, which can yield important new evidence for our understanding of the numismatic history of the period. In this context the coin of Jurjan offered here is of particular interest. The province of Jurjan lay at the south-east corner of the Caspian sea. While previously unknown as a mint for Umayyad dirhams, Jurjan (also the name of the chief city of the province) was an active mint in the early centuries of Islam. Almost all coins struck before the mid-third century were copper fulus, but under the ‘Alids of Tabaristan, Samanids, Ziyarids and Buwayhids a fairly regular silver coinage was produced. Later the Ilkhanids struck coins in all three metals. In the year 100h dirham production was heavily centralised at Basra, Kufa and Dimashq. Klat records dirhams from just five other mints, mostly situated either on the frontiers of the Islamic lands or in areas geographically distant from the capital, Damascus. Either of these explanations could equally account for the opening of a dirham mint in Jurjan. It is also tempting to associate this piece with a parallel issue of post-Refom copper fulus introduced in Iran and the East circa 100h. Dated copper and lead fulus were struck in Jurjan fairly regularly from 101h (and possibly earlier, see Album 202); these will have been intended for local circulation while silver dirhams could and did circulate throughout the Islamic lands. Perhaps striking dirhams at Jurjan was an experiment which was quickly abandoned in favour of a base metal coinage designed to meet a local need. ‡ a 5% import tax if the lot is purchased from within the UK.

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Lot 21

‡UMAYYAD, TEMP. ‘ABD AL-MALIK B. MARWAN (65-86h)Dirham, Hulwan 81hOBVERSE: In margin: unit of date written ihda with final long alifREVERSE: In field: letter waw at beginning of third lineWEIGHT: 2.67gREFERENCE: Klat 278 var. [unit of date ends with alif maqsura]CONDITION: Cleaned, lightly clipped and on a slightly wavy flan, almost very fine and extremely rare NOTE: One example, of a different variety (as noted above), recorded by Klat. This is the earliest known date for the very rare mint of Hulwan. ‡ a 5% import tax if the lot is purchased from within the UK.

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Lot 22

UMAYYAD, TEMP. AL-WALID I (86-96h)Dirham, Dabil 86hWEIGHT: 2.87gREFERENCE: Klat 287CONDITION: Good very fine, rare

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Lot 24

UMAYYAD, TEMP. MARWAN II (127-132h)Dirham, Dimashq 129hWEIGHT: 2.85gREFERENCE: Klat 373CONDITION: Slightly granular surfaces, very fine and extremely rare NOTE: The rarest date for Umayyad dirhams of Damascus, with only three specimens recorded by Klat.

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Lot 26

UMAYYAD, TEMP. ‘ABD AL-MALIK B. MARWAN (65-86h)Dirham, al-Rayy 82hREVERSE: In field: letter wa placed at the end of the second lineWEIGHT: 2.11gREFERENCE: cf Klat 397CONDITION: Some surface corrosion and staining, about fine and extremely rare NOTE: Two specimens of this date recorded by Klat. Although an ancient piece, the calligraphy and anomalous position of the wa at the end of the second line of the reverse field suggest that it may be an unofficial issue of some kind.

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Lot 27

UMAYYAD, TEMP. IBRAHIM (126-127h)Dirham, Sijistan 127hOBVERSE: In border: seven large annuletsWEIGHT: 2.82gREFERENCE: Klat 445CONDITION: Creased, struck from a rusty reverse die, good fine and extremely rare NOTE: Two examples recorded by Klat.

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Lot 30

UMAYYAD, TEMP. ‘ABD AL-MALIK B. MARWAN (65-86h)Dirham, Mah al-Basra 79hWEIGHT: 2.74gREFERENCE: Klat 550CONDITION: Has been cleaned, patch of chloride deposit remaining between 1 o’clock and 3 o’clock in obverse margin, very fine to good very fine and rare

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Lot 31

UMAYYAD, TEMP. HISHAM (105-125h)Dirham, al-Mubaraka 108hOBVERSE: Chain border; two concentric circles instead of threeREVERSE: Dotted border (instead of usual annulets)WEIGHT: 2.87gREFERENCE: Klat 571.a, citing a single specimen from the same pair of diesCONDITION: Good very fine and extremely rare, apparently the second published example NOTE: Virtually all Umayyad dirhams conform to a standard pattern with annulets in the margin on both sides: normally five on the obverse (but with increasing variation from about 103h onwards) and almost invariably five on the reverse. This distinctive chain border on the obverse and dotted border on the reverse are only found on coins of al-Mubaraka (‘the blessed place’, generally believed to be a title referring to the great city of Balkh) dated 107h and 108; they are otherwise unparalleled on the Umayyad silver coinage. PROVENANCE: Baldwin’s Islamic Coin Auction 10, 20 July 2005, lot 45 (also illustrated on front cover of catalogue)

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Lot 32

UMAYYAD, TEMP. YAZID II (101-105h)Dirham, Marw 102hOBVERSE: In margin: pellet after fi of fi sanat In field: pellet below shin of sharik in third lineWEIGHT: 2.84gREFERENCE: Klat 599CONDITION: Some staining and excess metal on reverse, otherwise good very fine and very rare NOTE: Four examples recorded by Klat; the date was unknown to Walker.

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Lot 34

UMAYYAD, TEMP. ‘ABD AL-MALIK B. MARWAN (65-86h)Dirham, Nahr Tira 83hWEIGHT: 2.86gREFERENCE: Klat 640CONDITION: Very fine and very rare NOTE: Three examples recorded by Klat.

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Lot 35

UMAYYAD, TEMP. AL-WALID I (86-96h)Dirham, Nahr Tira 91hWEIGHT: 2.71gREFERENCE: Klat 642CONDITION: Almost very fine and a very rare date for the mint NOTE: Four examples recorded by Klat; the date was unknown to Walker.

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Lot 39

ARAB-BUKHARAN, TEMP. HARUN AL-RASHID, GOVERNOR ‘ALISilver Muhammadiya drachm, without mint or dateOBVERSE: Degraded Sasanian bust right Behind head: Muhammadiya (the term for the fine silver issue of this type) Beneath bust: Mimma amara bihi ‘Ali Before face: Sogdian legendREVERSE: Degraded fire-altar and attendantsWEIGHT: 2.10gREFERENCES: Album ‘96E’; Zeno 117759, this pieceCONDITION: Good very fine and of the highest rarity NOTE: This extremely rare coin belongs to a group which constitutes some of the very last Islamic coins to follow pre-Islamic prototypes. The design ultimately derives from a Sasanian drachm of Varhran V, issued in the early fifth century A.D., which was imitated on coins struck at Bukhara for centuries before the coming of Islam. These pre-Islamic rulers used the title Bukharkhudat. Much as in Sijistan, where the Islamic coinage of the 8th century Hijri alternated between regular, post-Reform Umayyad and Abbasid dirhams and debased Arab-Sasanian drachms, Bukhara also seems to have continued to strike Islamicized Bukharkhudat drachms alongside more conventional Islamic coins. In both cases the explanation seems to have been a combination of geographical remoteness and an unwillingness among the local population to accept the new coinage, with which they may well still have been unfamiliar. The governor cited on this coin has been identified as ‘Ali b. ‘Isa b. Mahan, governor of Khurasan under Harun al-Rashid until his dismissal in 192h.

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Lot 41

ABBASID, TEMP. AL-MAMUN (196-218)Dinar, no mint name (San‘a) 203hOBVERSE: In field: MuhammadWEIGHT: 3.80gREFERENCES: Lowick 167; Bernardi 112CONDITION: Lightly clipped, otherwise good very fine and rare

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Lot 42

ABBASID, AL-MU’TASIM (218-227h)Dinar, Dimashq 223hWEIGHT: 4.16gREFERENCES: Bernardi 151Ge = Artuk 314CONDITION: Very fine to good very fine and extremely rare NOTE: This is the earliest Abbasid dinar to bear the mint-name of Damascus.

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Lot 43

ABBASID, AL-MU‘TAMID (256-279h)Dinar, al-Ahwaz 263hOBVERSE: citing al-Muwaffaq billahWEIGHT: 4.21gREFERENCE: Bernardi 177Nd (citing two examples)CONDITION: Almost very fine and rare

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Lot 44

ABBASID, AL-MU‘TADID (279-289h)Dinar, al-Muhammadiya 282hWEIGHT: 4.13gREFERENCES: Miles, Rayy -; Bernardi 282Mh (citing two examples)CONDITION: Good fine and very rare

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Lot 46

ABBASID, AL-MUKTAFI (289-295h)Dinar, Filistin 295hWEIGHT 3.86gREFERENCE: Bernardi 226GnCONDITION: Very fine or better and evenly struck, rare

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Lot 47

ABBASID, AL-MUQTADIR (295-320h)Dinar, Hims 307hWEIGHT: 3.17gREFERENCE: cf Bernardi 242Gd (a single example dated 310h)CONDITION: Very fine and extremely rare NOTE: Bernardi records only one dinar of Hims for al-Muqtadir’s reign.

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Lot 48

ABBASID, AL-MUQTADIR (295-320h)Dinar, al-Rafiqa 315hWEIGHT: 4.90gREFERENCE: cf Bernardi 242Hn (date not listed)CONDITION: Good very fine and extremely rare, the date apparently unpublished This coin is dated 318h, not 315h as stated in the catalogue. It is also an apparently unrecorded date.

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Lot 49

ABBASID, AL-MUQTADIR (295-320h)Dinar, al-Karaj 307hWEIGHT: 4.05gREFERENCE: Bernardi 242Jf (citing a single example)CONDITION: Very fine to good very fine and extremely rare

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Lot 50

ABBASID, AL-MUQTADIR (295-320h)Dinar, Filastin 308hWEIGHT: 4.05gREFERENCE: Bernardi 242Gn (citing three examples)CONDITION: Very fine, rare

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Lot 51

ABBASID, AL-MUQTADIR (295-320h)Donative dinar, Madinat al-Salam 302hWEIGHT: 3.93gREFERENCE: Bernardi 242Jh (two examples cited); Ilisch DI 16 = Qatar I, 1328, same diesCONDITION: Some weak striking but almost extremely fine, very rare

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Lot 52

ABBASID, AL-MUQTADIR (295-320h)Donative dinar, Madinat al-Salam 310hWEIGHT: 4.17gREFERENCE: cf Bernardi 242Jh (this date unlisted as a donative type with broad margins); cf Ilisch DI 21 for a donative silver dirham of this dateCONDITION: Almost extremely fine and extremely rare

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Lot 53

ABBASID, AL-MUQTADIR (295-320h)Dinar, al-Masisa 305hWEIGHT: 3.10gREFERENCE: cf Bernardi 242Fd (citing two examples dated 296h and 299h)CONDITION: Some marginal weakness, slightly crimped flan, otherwise very fine and extremely rare

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Lot 54

ABBASID, AL-RADI (322-329h)Donative dinar, no mint-name, 325hOBVERSE: In margin: la ilaha illa Allah Muhammad rasul Allah In field: Lillah | al-Radi | billahREVERSE: In margin: standard date legend In field: Amir | al-mu‘-| mininWEIGHT: 4.11gREFERENCES: cf Peus auction 371, lot 811; cf Bernardi 291; cf Ilisch D III 22 (in silver, probably from the same dies)CONDITION: Extremely fine with some lustre and extremely rare NOTE: This beautiful donative appears to have been struck from the same dies as a silver example (Ilisch D III 22 = Artuk 489, a single specimen in Istanbul). The otherwise standard date legend in the reverse margin does not specify the denomination and so the dies would have been equally appropriate for striking donatives in gold or silver.

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Lot 57

UMAYYAD OF SPAIN, ‘ABD AL-RAHMAN III (300-350h)Dinar, al-Andalus 333hWEIGHT: 4.16gREFERENCE: Miles, CUS 221aCONDITION: Minor scuffs and marks, almost extremely fine and rare

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Lot 58

UMAYYAD OF SPAIN, ‘ABD AL-RAHMAN III (300-350h)Dinar, al-Andalus 334hREVERSE: In field: annulet aboveWEIGHT: 4.22gREFERENCE: Miles, CUS 222a var.CONDITION: Light double-striking on obverse, good very fine and rare

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Lot 59

UMAYYAD OF SPAIN, ‘ABD AL-RAHMAN III (300-350h)Dinar, al-Andalus 334hOBVERSE: Outer margin: Qur‘an iii, 3-4 (ending with ‘He helps whom He will’). Inner margin: mint and date In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | al-Imam al-nasir | li-din AllahREVERSE: In margin: Qur‘an ix, 33 In field: lillah | Muhammad | rasul Allah | ‘Abd al-Rahman | Amir al-Mu‘minin | MuhammadWEIGHT: 4.06gREFERENCE: Miles, CUS -; Ibrahim p.37, 3, same diesCONDITION: Light deposit, good fine to very fine and excessively rare NOTE: This appears to be the only dinar of the Spanish Umayyads to follow Abbasid types, with the double margin on the obverse and Muhammad rasul Allah in the reverse field.

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Lot 64

UMAYYAD OF SPAIN, SULAYMAN, FIRST REIGN (400h)Dinar, Madinat al-Zahra 400hWEIGHT: 4.43gREFERENCE: cf Miles, CUS 343a (different ornament on obverse)CONDITION: Good very fine and rare

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Lot 65

UMAYYAD OF SPAIN, HISHAM II, SECOND REIGN (400-403h)Dinar, Sijilmasa 402hREVERSE: In field: al-Imam Hisham | Amir al-Mu‘minin | al-Mu‘ayyad billah | Amir (?)WEIGHT: 3.90gREFERENCE: cf Miles, CUS 353CONDITION: A coarse striking on an irregular flan, good fine and very rare

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Lot 68

FATIMID, AL-MAHDI (297-322h)Dinar, al-Qayrawan 301hWEIGHT: 4.03gREFERENCE: Nicol 27CONDITION: Good very fine or better, rare thus

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Lot 75

FATIMID, AL-MANSUR (334-341h)Dinar, al-Mansuriya 338hWEIGHT: 4.17gREFERENCE: Nicol 215CONDITION: Good very fine and rare

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Lot 76

FATIMID, AL-MANSUR (334-341h)Dinar, al-Mahdiya 336h, month of ShawwalOBVERSE: In margin: bismillah…al-dinar bi’l-Mahdiya shahr Shawwal min sanat…WEIGHT: 4.16gREFERENCE: Nicol 226, this piece cited (weight given as 4.2g)CONDITION: Good very fine and extremely rare

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Lot 80

MIRDASID, ASAD AL-DAWLA SALIH (414-420h)Dinar, Halab 417hOBVERSE: Outer margin: mint and date Middle margin: al-amir Asad al-dawla wa mufakhkhamuha wa nasehuha Abu ‘Ali Salih ibn Mirdas Inner margin: la ilaha ila Allah Muhammad rasul AllahREVERSE: Outer margin: Qur‘an ix, 33 Middle margin: al-amir Abu ‘Ulwan Thamal ibn al-amir Asad al-dawla Inner margin: al-Zahir li-I‘zaz Din Allah Amir al-Mu‘mininWEIGHT: 3.53gREFERENCE: Nicol -; cf Stephen Album Auction 13, 18 May 2012, lot 565 (‘unique’)CONDITION: A slightly coarse striking, very fine to good very fine and extremely rare

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Lot 81

MIRDASID, ASAD AL-DAWLA SALIH (414-420h)Dinar, Halab 420hOBVERSE: Outer margin: mint and date Middle margin: al-amir Asad al-dawla wa mufakhkhamuha wa nasehuha Abu ‘Ali Salih ibn Mirdas Inner margin: la ilaha ila Allah Muhammad rasul AllahREVERSE: Outer margin: Qur‘an ix, 33 Middle margin: al-amir Abu ‘Ulwan Thamal ibn al-amir Asad al-dawla Inner margin: al-Zahir li-I‘zaz Din Allah Amir al-Mu ‘minin In centre: AllahWEIGHT: 4.32gREFERENCE: Nicol 1396, citing a single example from the same reverse dieCONDITION: Very fine and extremely rare

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Lot 85

FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h)Dinar, Halab 432hOBVERSE: Margin: mint and date (beginning bismillah al-rahman al-rahim duriba…) In centre: al-Imam Ma‘add | Abu Tamim al-Mustansir | billah Amir al-Mu‘minin | al-MuzaffarREVERSE: Margin: Qur‘an ix, 33 In centre: la ilaha illa Allah | wahdah la sharik lahu | Muhammad rasul Allah | ‘Ali wali AllahWEIGHT: 4.17gREFERENCE: Nicol 1705CONDITION: Good very fine and rare

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Lot 86

FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h)Dinar, Halab 433hOBVERSE: Outer margin: mint and date Inner margin: ‘Izz (?) al-Muzaffar In centre: al-Imam |Ma‘add Abu Tamim | al-Mustansir billah | Amir al-Mu‘minin REVERSE: Outer margin: Qur‘an ix, 33 Inner margin: ‘Izz (?) al-Muzaffar In centre: la ilaha illa Allah | wahdah la sharik lahu | Muhammad rasul Allah | ‘Ali wali AllahWEIGHT: 4.17gCONDITION: Good very fine and extremely rare

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