Islamic Coins
Lot 1429 SESSION 6 (9.30AM WEDNESDAY 24TH NOV) Islamic Coins
Estimate $200
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SOLD $1,100
ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Umayyad Caliphate in Spain, Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik. (AH 105-125, AD 724-743), AE fals 17mm, (4.96 g), al-Andalus (Spain) mint, dated AH 108 (AD 726/7), obv. Kalima across field; continuation of mint formula and AH date in outer margin, rev. continuation of Kalima; beginning of mint formula in outer margin, (Gomez, Hispano 23; Album 144, Wilkes 307); Ummayads of Spain, al-Hakam, (AH 350-366, 961-976 AD). silver dirhem (3.36, 2.78 gm), Medinat al-Zahra mint, AH 353 (illustrated), 354, obv. Kalima, rev. al-Hakim's titles, (A.352, Wilkes 558); another similar 'Abd al-Rahman III (AH 300-350, AD 912-961), silver dirham (2.13 g), Medinat al-Zahra mint, AH 346, citing Muhammad, (A.350.9, Wilkes 556); Caliphate of Cordoba, Hisham II (AH 366-399, 976-1009 AD), silver dirham, 393 AH, (2.34 g), Al-Andalus mint, citing ?Abd Al-Malik on obverse and Al-Malik on the reverse, (A.354.6, Wilkes 560) holed. Fine - very fine, one holed. (5)
Ex Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection, first coin from CNG esale 216, August 14, 2009 (lot 505), AH 346 from Seaby, Coin & Medal Bulletin, June 1979 (item T53).
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