Islamic Coins

Lot 5397    Session 17 (11.30am Friday)    Islamic Coins

Estimate $120
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SOLD $130

KHWARIZMSHAHS, 'Ala al-Din Muhammad, (A.H. 596-617) (A.D.1200-1220), silver dirham, probably Davar mint, not dated, inscription inside square within circle, (5.22 grams), (A.1718); Jalayrid, Shaykh Oweys ibn Hasan Buzurg, (A.H. 757-776) (A.D. 1356-1374), silver dinar, Baghdad mint uncertain date (c.762-773), (2.12 grams), (A.2298.2, cf.M.1738); Jalal al din (Sultan) Husayn I ibn Oweys, (A.H. 776-784) (A.D. 1374-1382), silver dinar, Baghdad mint, (2.76 grams), issued from 777-783, (A.2306.3); Ilkhans, (Mongols of Persia), Abu Sa'id, (A.H. 716-736) (A.D. 1316-1335), silver two dirhams, type F, Tabriz mint, dated 725 (AD 1325), (3.59 grams) (illustrated) (A.2210); Tunisia, Ottoman, Mahmud I (A.H.1143-1168, A.D. 1730-1754), (1.16 grams), silver Kharub, year 1167 =1753-4, (illustrated) (KM.46). Fine - extremely fine and several scarce. (5)

The Jalayrids ruled in part of Iran from A.D. 1335-1432 and maintained separate coinage for their territories in the northwest, monetarily tied to Tabriz and in Iraq (including Khuzistan), where the Baghdad currency was used. At times the Jalayrid rulers were recognised in parts of the Muzaffarid lands (which used the Shirazi currency). Jalayrid coins struck in the Shirazi currency zone conform to the Shirazi weight standards. The Jalayrids were driven out by Timur in 1393, but staged a brief recovery, mainly in southern Iraq and Khuzistan after his death in 1404.