| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5686 Price realized: 25 CHF (Approx. 28 USD / 26 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (post-reform), AH 77-132 / AD 697-750. Fals (Bronze, 22 mm, 3.68 g, 2 h), Hulwan (?). Within two concentric dotted circles, 'lā ilāha / illā – Allāh / waḥdahū' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One' in Arabic); star at center. Rev. Within a dotted circle, 'Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh' ('Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in Arabic); around, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-fals bi Ḥulwān(?)' ('In the name of Allah. This fals was struck in Hulwan(?)' in Arabic). Album -. Extremely rare. Areas of weakness and with some deposits and a flan crack, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 1:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5707 Price realized: 25 CHF (Approx. 28 USD / 26 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (post-reform), AH 77-132 / AD 697-750. Fals (Bronze, 15 mm, 1.31 g, 3 h). [...]GLOR[...] [...EXERC...] Partly visible legend in Kufic; to right roman soldier standing front, head to left, holding spear in his left hand. Rev. [...]CON[...]AVG[...] Partly visible legend in Kufic with star in field to left. Repatinated and with an edge crack, otherwise, fine. From an American collection, acquired before 2011. This coin was overstruck on a Constantinian 'GLORIA EXERCITVS' follis. Overstrikes of Arab-Byzantine coins on Roman coins are well attested, dating mostly to the reigns of Mu'awiya I (AH 41-60 / AD 661-680) and Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (AH 65-86 / AD 685-705). Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 2:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5686 Price realized: 25 CHF (Approx. 28 USD / 26 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (post-reform), AH 77-132 / AD 697-750. Fals (Bronze, 22 mm, 3.68 g, 2 h), Hulwan (?). Within two concentric dotted circles, 'lā ilāha / illā – Allāh / waḥdahū' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One' in Arabic); star at center. Rev. Within a dotted circle, 'Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh' ('Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in Arabic); around, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-fals bi Ḥulwān(?)' ('In the name of Allah. This fals was struck in Hulwan(?)' in Arabic). Album -. Extremely rare. Areas of weakness and with some deposits and a flan crack, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF | |
Match 3:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5708 Price realized: 25 CHF (Approx. 28 USD / 26 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (post-reform), AH 77-132 / AD 697-750. Fals (Bronze, 21 mm, 4.11 g, 3 h), Harran, undated. 'Allāh / aḥad Allāh / al-ṣamad' ('Allah is One, Allah is Absolute' in Arabic; Qurʾān 112: 1-2); around, 'lā ilāha illā Allāh waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him' in Arabic). Rev. 'Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh' ('Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in Arabic); around, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-fals bi Ḥarrān ...' ('In the name of Allah. This fals was struck in Harran ...' in Arabic). Album 192. Rare. Areas of weakness and with some corrosion and deposits, otherwise, very fine. From the Canaan Collection. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2883 Price realized: 25 CHF (Approx. 28 USD / 26 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (post-reform), AH 77-132 / AD 697-750. Fals (Bronze, 24 mm, 4.70 g), Dimashq, undated. Within a triple circle, 'lā ilāha / illā Allāh / waḥdahū' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One' in Arabic). Rev. Within a circle, 'Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh' ('Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in Arabic); around, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-fals fī Dimashq' ('In the name of Allah. This fals was struck in Dimashq' in Arabic). Album 174. Thick deposits, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5720 Price realized: 35 CHF (Approx. 40 USD / 37 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mansur, AH 136-158 / AD 754-775. Fals (Bronze, 20 mm, 2.41 g), Herat, AH 146 = 763/4. Within a dotted circle, 'lā ilāha i/llā Allāh' ('There is no deity but Allah' in Arabic); in the margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-fals bi Harāt sana sitt wa arbaʿīn wa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This fals was struck in Herat in the year 146' in Arabic). Rev. Within a dotted circle, 'Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh' ('Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in Arabic); in the margin, citing the Caliph's son and heir al-Mahdi Muhammad, 'mimmā amara bihī al-Mahdī Muḥammad ibn amīr al-muʾminīn' ('From that ordered by al-Mahdi Muhammad, son of the Commander of the Believers' in Arabic). Album 323. Rare. Areas of weakness and with some deposits, otherwise, fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 6:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5729 Price realized: 55 CHF (Approx. 63 USD / 58 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mansur, AH 136-158 / AD 754-775. Fals (Bronze, 22 mm, 4.43 g, 7 h), Qinnasrin, AH 157 = 773/4. Within a dotted circle, citing the mint official Ahmad, 'lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / ʿalā yaday Aḥmad' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Under the hands of Ahmad' in Arabic); in the margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-fals bi Qinnasrīn sana sabʿ wa khamsīn wa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This fals was struck in Qinnasrin in the year 157' in Arabic). Rev. Within a chain circle, 'Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / bakh bakh' ('Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Good good' in Arabic); in the margin, citing governor Musa, 'mimmā amara bihī al-amīr Mūsā mawlā amīr al-muʾminīn aʿazza Allāh naṣrahū' ('From that ordered by amir Musa, vassal of the Commander of the Believers. May Allah reinforce his victory' in Arabic). Album 290. Areas of weakness and with some earthen deposits, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
