| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2860 Price realized: 160 CHF (Approx. 182 USD / 168 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CRUSADERS. Christian Arabic Dirhams. Dirham (Silver, 28 mm, 2.78 g, 4 h), ʿAkka (Acre), AD 1251. Within a square, 'Allāh wāḥid huwa / al-īmān wāḥid / al-maʿmūdiyya wāḥida' ('God is one, the faith is one, the baptism is one' in Arabic; cf. Ephesians 4:5); a cross in the center; in the margin, 'ḍuriba bi ʿAkkā / [sana alf wa] miʾatayn / aḥad wa khamsīn / li-tajassud al-masīḥ' ('Struck in ʿAkka in the year 1251 of the incarnation of the Messiah' in Arabic). Rev. Within a square, 'al-ab wa al-ibn / wa al-rūḥ al-qudus / ilāh wāḥid' ('The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit: One Divinity' in Arabic); in the margin, 'lahū al-majd / ilā abad / al-abadīn / āmīn āmīn' ('His is the glory forever and ever, amen, amen' in Arabic). Balog & Yvon 47 (variant). Very rare. Some deposits and flan cracks, otherwise, very fine. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2861 Price realized: 460 CHF (Approx. 522 USD / 483 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CRUSADERS. Christian Arabic Dirhams. Dirham (Silver, 21 mm, 2.93 g, 10 h), ʿAkka (Acre), AD 1251. Within a square, 'Allāh wāḥid huwa / al-īmān wāḥid / al-maʿmūdiyya wāḥida' ('God is one, the faith is one, the baptism is one' in Arabic; cf. Ephesians 4:5); a cross in the center; in the margin, 'ḍuriba bi ʿAkkā / sana alf wa miʾatayn / aḥad wa khamsīn / li-tajassud al-masīḥ' ('Struck in ʿAkka in the year 1251 of the incarnation of the Messiah' in Arabic). Rev. Within a square, 'al-ab wa al-ibn / wa al-rūḥ al-qudus / ilāh wāḥid' ('The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit: One Divinity' in Arabic); in the margin, 'lahū al-majd / ilā abad / al-abadīn / āmīn āmīn' ('His is the glory forever and ever, amen, amen' in Arabic). Balog & Yvon 47 (variant). Very rare. Minor doubling, otherwise, extremely fine. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5648 Price realized: 550 CHF (Approx. 625 USD / 581 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CRUSADERS. Christian Arabic Dirhams. Dirham (Silver, 21 mm, 2.78 g, 6 h), Akka (Acre), 1251. Cross pattée in center; in fields, 'one God, one faith, one baptism'; in outer margin, 'struck in Acre in the year one thousand two hundred, one and fifty, of the Incarnation [of the Messiah]' (all in Arabic). Rev. 'The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, One Divinity' within square; in outer margin, 'His is the glory, forever and ever, amen, amen' (all in Arabic). Bates/Metcalf 55. CCS 15. Metcalf, Crusades, 227. Wäckerlin 227ff. Very fine. This short-lived issue of dirhams bearing a cross and Christian legends in Arabic was introduced in 1251 as a reaction to an intervention by Odo of Chateauroux, Cardinal-Bishop of Tusculum (1244-1273) and Papal legate on the Seventh Crusade, who disapproved of the longstanding practice in the Kingdom of Jerusalem of imitating Ayyubid dirhams with their Muslim inscriptions and datings. Due to the lack of acceptance of the new Christian coins by the Muslim population in the Levant, the issue was replaced soon thereafter by dirhams bearing no cross and a vaguer legend reading 'in the name of God the merciful, the compassionate'. This common monotheistic formula was in accordance with a decision by Pope Innocent IV (1243-1254), who in 1253 permanently forbade the naming of and dating after Mohammad on Christian coins. It was also vague enough, however, to neither offend the Muslim nor the Christian population of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
Match 3:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5647 Price realized: 510 CHF (Approx. 580 USD / 538 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CRUSADERS. Christian Arabic Dirhams. Dirham (Silver, 23 mm, 2.66 g, 3 h), Akka (Acre), 1251. Cross pattée in center; in fields, 'one God, one faith, one baptism'; in outer margin, 'struck in Acre in the year one thousand two hundred, one and fifty, of the Incarnation [of the Messiah]' (all in Arabic). Rev. 'The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, One Divinity' within square; in outer margin, 'His is the glory, forever and ever, amen, amen' (all in Arabic). Bates/Metcalf 55. CCS 15. Metcalf, Crusades, 227. Wäckerlin 227ff. A very attractive example. Some areas of weakness and with a few light deposits, otherwise, good extremely fine. This short-lived issue of dirhams bearing a cross and Christian legends in Arabic was introduced in 1251 as a reaction to an intervention by Odo of Chateauroux, Cardinal-Bishop of Tusculum (1244-1273) and Papal legate on the Seventh Crusade, who disapproved of the longstanding practice in the Kingdom of Jerusalem of imitating Ayyubid dirhams with their Muslim inscriptions and datings. Due to the lack of acceptance of the new Christian coins by the Muslim population in the Levant, the issue was replaced soon thereafter by dirhams bearing no cross and a vaguer legend reading 'in the name of God the merciful, the compassionate'. This common monotheistic formula was in accordance with a decision by Pope Innocent IV (1243-1254), who in 1253 permanently forbade the naming of and dating after Mohammad on Christian coins. It was also vague enough, however, to neither offend the Muslim nor the Christian population of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5797 Price realized: 30 CHF (Approx. 34 USD / 32 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muktafi, AH 289-295 / AD 902-908. Dirham (Silver, 26 mm, 2.66 g, 4 h), Amid, AH 29x. 'lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him' in Arabic); inner margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Āmid sana ... wa tisʿīn wa miʾatayn' ('In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Amid in the year 29x' in Arabic); outer margin, 'li-llāh al-amr min qabl wa min baʿd wa yawmaʾidhin yafraḥu al-muʾminūn bi naṣr Allāh' ('To Allah belongs the command before and after, and on that day the believers will rejoice with the help of Allah' in Arabic; Qurʾān 30: 4-5). Rev. 'li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Muktafī billāh' ('To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muktafi billah' in Arabic); in the margin, 'Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih wa law kariha al-mushrikūn' ('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, even though the unbelievers may dislike it' in Arabic). Album 244.1. Pierced and with a scratch on the obverse, otherwise, fine. From an important collection of Byzantine and Islamic coins and seals, formed over the past 25 years. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2965 Price realized: 30 CHF (Approx. 34 USD / 31 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muktafi, AH 289-295 / AD 902-908. Dirham (Silver, 26 mm, 2.66 g, 4 h), Amid, AH 29x. 'lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him' in Arabic); inner margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Āmid sana ... wa tisʿīn wa miʾatayn' ('In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Amid in the year 29x' in Arabic); outer margin, 'li-llāh al-amr min qabl wa min baʿd wa yawmaʾidhin yafraḥu al-muʾminūn bi naṣr Allāh' ('To Allah belongs the command before and after, and on that day the believers will rejoice with the help of Allah' in Arabic; Qurʾān 30: 4-5). Rev. 'li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Muktafī billāh' ('To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muktafi billah' in Arabic); in the margin, 'Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih wa law kariha al-mushrikūn' ('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, even though the unbelievers may dislike it' in Arabic). Album 244.1. Pierced and with a scratch on the obverse, otherwise, fine. From an important collection of Byzantine and Islamic coins and seals, formed over the past 25 years. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
