Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 2883

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, 24 mm, 4.70 g), Dimashq, undated. Within a triple circle, 'lā ilāha / illā Allāh / 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); around, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-fals fī Dimashq' ('In the name of Allah. This fals was struck in Dimashq' in Arabic). Album 174. Thick deposits, otherwise, very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 1:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction 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

Match 2:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction 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

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction 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 4:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 5712

Price realized: 55 CHF   (Approx. 63 USD / 58 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mansur, AH 136-158 / AD 754-775. Dirham (Silver, 24 mm, 2.88 g), al-Hashimiya, AH 138 = 755/6. '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, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi al-Hāshimiyya sana thamān wa thalāthīn wa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in al-Hashimiya in the year 138' in Arabic). Rev. Within three concentric circles, 'Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh' ('Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' 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 213.1. A very rare mint. Some deposits, otherwise, very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 5:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 5779

Price realized: 60 CHF   (Approx. 68 USD / 63 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Ma'mun, AH 193-218 / AD 809-833. Dirham (Silver, 24 mm, 3.30 g), Nishapur, AH 197 = 812/3. '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, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi madīnat Nayshābūr sana sabʿ wa tisʿīn wa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in the city of Nishapur in the year 197' in Arabic); below the outer margin, the caliph's personal name 'ʿAbd Allāh' ('ʿAbd Allah' in Arabic). Rev. Citing the Iranian vizier Dhu'l-Riyasatayn, 'lillāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / Dhu'l-Riyāsatayn' ('To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Dhu'l-Riyasatayn' 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 223.4 (taken as anonymous). Good very fine.

Starting price: 25 CHF