Islamic Coins

Sale 128    23–25 Nov 2021   Dixson Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 1495    SESSION 6 (9.30AM WEDNESDAY 24TH NOV)    Islamic Coins

Estimate $400
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,000

ISLAMIC, Anatolia and al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk), Artuqids (Mardin), assorted copper dirhams of various rulers from Fakhr al-din Qara Arslan (AH 539-570), with the Sprengler-Sayles and Wilkes numbers 6-1178, 25-1197, 26/27-1198/1200 (2), 30-1203 (2, one illustrated), 31-1204 (2, one illustrated), 32-1205, 34-1207 (2), 35-1208 (4), 36-1209, 37-1211 (2), 38-1212, 40-1214 (2, small and large), 43-1217, 46-1230, 47-1221, Najm al-din Ghazi AE fals Wilkes 1225; Zengid Atabegs of Mosul, assorted copper dirhams of various rulers with issues from Qutb al-Din Maudud, (AH 544-565, AD 1149-1170), with SS and Wilkes numbers 59-1240 (2), 62-1245, 65-1250, 68-1258, Zengid of Syria, 73-1265 (2), AE fals 74-1266, extras Ayyubid of Al-Jizira AE dirham (Wilkes 941). Fair - very fine, an interesting lot of mostly Islamic figural bronze dirhams, some scarce. (34)

Ex Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection all house in descriptive envelopes mostly acquired in 1970s - early 1980s.

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