| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5699 Price realized: 25 CHF (Approx. 28 USD / 26 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Temp. Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, AH 105-125 / AD 724-743. Fals (Bronze, 19 mm, 2.30 g, 11 h), Wasit, AH 120 = 738. Within two concentric dotted circles, '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. Within a dotted circle, 'Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh' ('Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in Arabic); in the margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-fals bi Wāsiṭ sana ʿishrīn wa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This fals was struck in Wasit in the year 120' in Arabic). Album 205. Areas of weakness and with some earthen deposits, 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: 5698 Price realized: 40 CHF (Approx. 45 USD / 42 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Temp. Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, AH 105-125 / AD 724-743. Fals (Bronze, 19.8 mm, 2.58 g, 4 h), Wasit, AH 120 = 738. Within two concentric dotted circles, '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. Within a dotted circle, 'Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh' ('Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in Arabic); in the margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-fals bi Wāsiṭ sana ʿishrīn wa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This fals was struck in Wasit in the year 120' in Arabic). Album 205. Beautiful earthen highlights. Areas of weakness, otherwise, good very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 2:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2888 Price realized: 500 CHF (Approx. 568 USD / 524 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Temp. Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, AH 105-125 / AD 724-743. Dinar (Gold, 19 mm, 4.13 g, 6 h), AH 121 = 738/9. 'lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him' in Arabic); in the margin, 'Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih' ('Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions' in Arabic). Rev. 'Allāh aḥad Allāh / al-ṣamad lam yalid / wa lam yūlad' ('Allah is One, Allah is Absolute, He begets not, nor is He begotten' in Arabic; Qurʾān 112: 1-3); in the margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār sana iḥḍā wa ʿishrīn wa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in the year 121' in Arabic). Album 136. Areas of weakness and minor scratches, otherwise, very fine. From the collection of a Swiss scholar and previously from an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s and 1980s. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
Match 3:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5696 Price realized: 25 CHF (Approx. 28 USD / 26 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Temp. Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, AH 105-125 / AD 724-743. Fals (Bronze, 20 mm, 2.46 g, 11 h), al-Mawsil, citing governor al-Walid ibn Talid (AH 114-121 / AD 732-739). Within a star of two overlapping squares, 'lā ilāha / illā Allāh / waḥdahū' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One' in Arabic). Rev. Within a square, 'Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh' ('Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in Arabic); in the margin, 'bism Allāh amara / bihī al-amīr / al-Walīd ibn Talīd / bi al-Mawṣil' ('In the name of Allah. Amir al-Walid son of Talid ordered it in al-Mawsil' in Arabic). Album 193. Attractive earthen highlights. Areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 4:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5700 Price realized: 60 CHF (Approx. 68 USD / 63 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Temp. Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, AH 105-125 / AD 724-743. Hemidrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 1.99 g, 9 h), Tabaristan, citing the Dabwayhid Ispahbad Dadburzmihr (AH 112-122 / AD 730-740), PYE 86 = AH 120 = AD 738. Draped Sasanian-style bust to right, wearing elaborate crown; behind head, 'GDE / ʾp̄zwt' ('[may his] glory increase' in Pahlavi); before head, 'dʾtbwlcmtr'' = 'Dādburzmihr' ('Dadburzmihr' in Pahlavi); in outer margin, 'ʾp̄d' ('wonderful' in Pahlavi). Rev. Fire altar, flanked by two attendants; above altar, star and crescent; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, 'tpwlstʾn' ('Tabaristan' in Pahlavi). Album 51. Rare. Extremely fine. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 5:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5704 Price realized: 61 CHF (Approx. 69 USD / 64 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Marwan II ibn Muhammad, AH 127-132 / AD 744-750. Fals (Bronze, 21 mm, 2.14 g, 11 h), al-Mawsil, citing governor Hisham ibn ʿAmr (AH 129-132 / AD 747-750). Around an ornated square, 'lā / ilāha / illā / Allāh', within the square, '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); in the margin, 'bi amr al-amīr Hishām ibn ʿAmr bi al-Mawṣil' ('By the order of Amir Hisham ibn ʿAmr in al-Mawsil' in Arabic). Album 193. Some earthen deposits, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
