| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5706 Price realized: 40 CHF (Approx. 45 USD / 42 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, 20 mm, 6.75 g, 3 h), al-Fustat (Old Cairo). Within a dotted circle, 'Miṣr' ('Misr = Egypt' in Arabic); in the margin, 'amara ʿabd Allāh Marwān amīr al-muʾminīn' ('The Servant of Allah, Marwan, Commander of the Believers, ordered [it]' in Arabic)'. Rev. Within a dotted circle, 'al-Fusṭāṭ' ('al-Fustat' in Arabic); in the margin, citing the finance director Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, 'ʿalā yaday al-amīr ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān' ('Under the hands of amir Abd al-Malik son of Marwān' in Arabic)'. Album 150. Rare. Somewhat rough and with some 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: 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 |  |
Match 2:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5701 Price realized: 25 CHF (Approx. 28 USD / 26 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, 17 mm, 2.61 g, 2 h), Pictorial type, Hims, citing governor Marwan ibn Bashir. Within a central circle, 'bi amr / Marwān ibn / Bashīr' ('By the order of Marwan ibn Bashir' in Arabic); in the margin, 'Muḥammad rasūl Allāh ar[salahū bi al-hudā]' ('Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He [i.e. Allah] sent him with guidance' in Arabic). Rev. Within a central circle, jerboa to right; in the margin, 'bi[sm Allāh ḍuriba] hādhā al-fals bi Ḥimṣ' ('In the name of Allah. This fals was struck in Hims' in Arabic). Album 178.2. Rare. Struck somewhat off center and with some deposits, otherwise, very fine. From the Canaan Collection. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 3:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5702 Price realized: 25 CHF (Approx. 28 USD / 26 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, 17 mm, 2.05 g, 12 h), Pictorial type, Hims. Within a circle, elephant to right; in the margin, 'lā ilāha illā Allāh waḥdahū' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One' in Arabic). Rev. Within a central circle, 'Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / Ḥimṣ' ('Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Hism' in Arabic). Album 178.1. Very crudely struck and with some deposits, otherwise, fine. From the Canaan Collection. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 4:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5703 Price realized: 25 CHF (Approx. 28 USD / 26 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, 15 mm, 1.82 g, 6 h), Pictorial type, Hims. Within a circle, elephant to right; in the margin, traces of 'lā ilāha illā Allāh waḥdahū' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One' in Arabic). Rev. Within a central circle, 'Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / Ḥimṣ' ('Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Hism' in Arabic). Album 178.1. Some deposits, otherwise, good fine. From the Canaan Collection. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 5:
| 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 |  |
