| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2872 Price realized: 35 CHF (Approx. 40 USD / 37 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Fals (Bronze, 23 mm, 4.50 g, 6 h), Arab-Byzantine type, Hims. Imperial figure standing facing, wearing crown surmounted by cross, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; above, crescent; in right field, six-pointed star; around counterclockwise KAΛON ('good' in Greek). Rev. Large M between E/M/H - C/I/C; above, staurogram between two pellets; below, Δ; in exergue, tayyib ('good' in Kufic). Goodwin&Gyselen p. 224, 19. Rare. Very fine. From an American collection, ex Leu Web Auction 5, 23-24 September 2018, 1387. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5663 Price realized: 280 CHF (Approx. 318 USD / 296 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Fals (Bronze, 24 mm, 2.20 g, 7 h), Arab-Byzantine, derived from a Constantine IV follis from Syracuse, uncertain, circa AH 50 = AD 670. Helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust of Constantine IV facing, holding globus cruciger in his right hand; to left and right, blundered legend. Rev. Large M flanked by standing and facing figures, each wearing crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger in his right hand; above, monogram; in exergue, blundered SCL. Album 3508. DOCAB 25. Goodwin&Gyselen, p. 48, Class I. Very rare. Some light deposits and with an edge crack, otherwise, good very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. It is still very much unclear whether the obverse legend on this type it is a blundered version of something meaningful or simply meaningless scribble. One possible reading offered by T. Goodwin and R. Gyselen is 'mlt'n' - MLKA ('Martan Shah', 'king of men' in Pahlawi) . Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2873 Price realized: 130 CHF (Approx. 148 USD / 136 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya, AH 60-64 / AD 680-683. Fals (Bronze, 20 mm, 4.00 g, 9 h), Arab-Byzantine type, 'Pseudo-Damascus' mint. Imperial figure seated on throne facing, holding long cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; in field to left, stylized bird on T-shaped porch; around, traces of legend. Rev. Large m in center; above, cross flanked by stars; below exergue, /M𐊔Δ; to left and right, traces of legend; in the angles of m, serpentines. Goodwin&Gyselen p. 233, Fig. 103. Extremely rare and with a fine pedigree. Patina stripped and with a flan fault, otherwise, very fine. From the collection of a Swiss scholar and previously from an old Swiss collection, ex Auctiones AG 12, 29-30 September 1981, 750 (with collector's ticket). Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5660 Price realized: 75 CHF (Approx. 85 USD / 79 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Drachm (Silver, 30 mm, 3.88 g, 3 h), Arab-Sasanian type, citing governor Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan (AH 45-54 / AD 665-673), DA (Darabgird), AH 43 (frozen year) = 663/4. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing elaborate mural crown; behind head, 'GDE ʾp̄zwt'' ('[may his] glory increase' in Pahlavi); before head, 'zyyʾt Y / ʾbwsp̄yʾn', i.e. 'Ziyād ī Abūsufyān' ('Ziyad son of Abu Sufyan' in Pahlavi); in outer margin, 'bism Allāh' ('In the name of Allah' in Kufic). Rev. Fire altar with ribbons, flanked by two attendants; above altar, star and crescent; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, DA (abbreviation for the name of the mint in Pahlavi). Album 8. Areas of weakness and with some scratches, otherwise, good very fine. From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, formed since the 1970s. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5661 Price realized: 80 CHF (Approx. 91 USD / 84 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Drachm (Silver, 31 mm, 3.77 g, 3 h), Arab-Sasanian type, citing governor Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad (AH 54-64 = AD 673-683), BCRA (Basra), AH 56 = AD 675/6. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing elaborate mural crown; behind head, AFZUT GDH ('may his kingship increase' in Pahlawi); before head, AWBYDWLA Y ZYYATAN ('Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad' in Pahlawi); in outer margin, 'bism Allah' ('In the name of Allah' in Kufic). Rev. Fire altar with ribbons flanked by two attendants; in upper left field, six-pointed star; in upper right field, crescent; to left, date; to right, BCRA (name of the mint in Pahlawi). Album 12. Malek, Arab-Sasanian, 161. Nicely toned. Scratches, otherwise, good very fine. From the collection of François Righetti, formed over the past 30 years. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2871 Price realized: 320 CHF (Approx. 363 USD / 336 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Drachm (Silver, 33 mm, 3.93 g, 3 h), Arab-Sasanian type, DA (Darabgird), citing governor ʿUbayd Allah ibn Ziyad (AH 54-64 / AD 673-683), AH 48 = 668/9. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing elaborate mural crown; behind head, 'GDE / ʾp̄zwt'' ('[may his] glory increase' in Pahlavi); before head, 'ʾwbydwlʾ Y / zyyʾtʾn' ('ʿUbayd Allah ibn Ziyad' in Pahlavi); in outer margin, 'bism Allāh' ('In the name of Allah' in Arabic). Rev. Fire altar with ribbons, flanked by two attendants; above altar, star and crescent; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, DA (abbreviation for the name of the mint in Pahlavi). Album 12. Nicely toned. Some encrustations and scratches, otherwise, good very fine. From an American collection, ex Classical Numismatic Group E-Auction 380, 10 August 2016, 545. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
