| 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 1:
| 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 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 |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 6171 Price realized: 35 CHF (Approx. 40 USD / 37 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (Syria). Nur al-Din Mahmud, AH 541-569 / AD 1146-1173. Fals (Bronze, 22 mm, 3.76 g, 6 h), Halab, without date. Two Imperial figures standing facing, holding between them patriarchal cross set up on three steps; to left of the cross, 'al-Adil' in Kufic; right of the cross, 'Nur al-Din' in Kufic; around, blundered imitation of Greek legend. Rev. Christ standing facing, nimbate, holding book of Gospels in his left hand; on the left, 'Malik al-Umara'in Kufic; on the right, 'Mahmud' in Kufic; around, blundered imitation of a Greek legend. SICA VI, 830ff. Spengler & Sayles 73. Somewhat brushed, otherwise, about 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: 6154 Price realized: 420 CHF (Approx. 477 USD / 443 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan, AH 543-570 / AD 1148-1174. Dirham (Bronze, 30 mm, 14.00 g, 6 h), AH 556 = AD 1160/1161. Bare-headed and draped half-lenght figure facing slightly to the left, holding globe in his right hand and scepter in his left; in field to left, date in the Abjad system. Rev. Legend in Kufic in three lines 'al-Malik al-A/lim al-'Adil / Fakhr al-Din'; in field to right and left, legend in Kufic 'Qararslan / bin Artuq'. Spengler & Sayles 4. Minor deposits and with some areas of weakness, otherwise, nearly very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 3219 Price realized: 130 CHF (Approx. 148 USD / 136 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Begtimurids. Sayf al-Din Begtimur, AH 579-589 / AD 1183-1193. Dirham (Bronze, 24 mm, 8.06 g, 6 h), uncertain mint (Ahlat?). Cow standing to left, head lowered to right, suckling calf; around, legend in Kufic. Rev. Legend in Kufic in two lines in center; around, Legend in Kufic. Album 1889. Light deposits and the reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, good very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
