Islamic Coins
Lot 1470 SESSION 6 (9.30AM WEDNESDAY 24TH NOV) Islamic Coins
Estimate $150
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $750
ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, Ayyubid, a collection of (41) silver and bronze issues for the period from AH 567 to AH 635, for various rulers and mints, noted issues of al-Nasir Salah al-din Yusuf 'Saladin' (AH 567-589), AE dirhams (2) seated figure type (Album 791.4, Wilkes 897) AE fals Al-Ruha mint (Mitchiner 827); al-Aziz (AH 589-595) AE fals (3) (Wilkes 903); al-'Adil (AH 592-615, AD 1196-1218) silver half dirham (Wilkes 907); al-Kamil (AH 615-635, AD 1218-1238), silver dirhams (4, 2 holed) (Wilkes 911) AE fals various (3); others as Aleppo silver dirhams and fractions of various rulers including al-'Adil abu Bakr (AH 596-615) (4), AE fals (Album 810.1, 810.3, Wilkes 909) and silver dirhams (8) of Al-Zahir (AH 582-613, AD 1186-1216), (Album 834, Wilkes 925) and AE fals (cf.Wilkes 927); Aleppo issue for al-Aziz (AH 613-634 AD 1216-1236), AE fals of Halab mint (Album 841.2, Wilkes 930, Balog 712 illustrated); other figural drachms, (Wilkes 908) (2); Ayyubid of Al-Jazira, al-Awhad Ayyub (AE 596-607) AE figural dirhams (5) (Album 856.1, Wilkes 941); another similar al-Ashraf Musa (AH 607-617, 1210-1220), (Album 859.1, Wilkes 943). Very good - nearly very fine, several scarce. (41)
Ex Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection and many previously acquired in the 1970s-1980s, all in envelopes described with details of source etc.
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