| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2897 Price realized: 240 CHF (Approx. 272 USD / 252 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mansur, AH 136-158 / AD 754-775. Dinar (Gold, 18 mm, 4.00 g, 6 h), AH 155 = 771/2. '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, 'Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih' ('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' in Arabic). Rev. 'Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh' ('Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in Arabic); in the margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār sana khams wa khamsīn wa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in the year 155' in Arabic). Album 212. Slightly clipped and with areas of weakness and some scratches, otherwise, good very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
Match 1:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5884 Price realized: 320 CHF (Approx. 364 USD / 338 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muttaqi, AH 329-333 / AD 940-944. Dinar (Gold, 23 mm, 4.00 g, 9 h), Filastin, AH 331 = 942/3. Citing his son and heir Abu Mansur, 'lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / Abū Manṣūr ibn / amīr al-muʾminīn' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Abu Mansur son of the Commander of the Believers' in Arabic); in the inner margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Filasṭīn sana iḥdā wa thalāthīn wa thalātha miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Filastin in the year 331' in Arabic); in the 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. Citing a certain al-Ahsiya, 'li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Muttaqī lillāh / al-Aḥsiya' ('To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muttaqi lillah. al-Ahsiya' 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 256. Rare. Bent flan and with some scrapes, otherwise, very fine. From the Canaan Collection. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
Match 2:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5886 Price realized: 301 CHF (Approx. 342 USD / 318 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muttaqi, AH 329-333 / AD 940-944. Dinar (Gold, 24 mm, 3.69 g, 6 h), Filastin, AH 331 = 942/3. Citing his son and heir Abu Mansur, 'lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / Abū Manṣūr ibn / amīr al-muʾminīn' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Abu Mansur son of the Commander of the Believers' in Arabic); in the inner margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Filasṭīn sana iḥdā wa thalāthīn wa thalātha miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Filastin in the year 331' in Arabic); in the 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. Citing a certain al-Ahsiya, 'li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Muttaqī lillāh / al-Aḥsiya' ('To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muttaqi lillah. al-Ahsiya' 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 256. Rare. Somewhat clipped and with areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine. From the Canaan Collection. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
Match 3:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5887 Price realized: 300 CHF (Approx. 341 USD / 317 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muttaqi, AH 329-333 / AD 940-944. Dinar (Gold, 23 mm, 4.48 g, 6 h), Filastin, AH 331 = 942/3. Citing his son and heir Abu Mansur, 'lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / Abū Manṣūr ibn / amīr al-muʾminīn' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Abu Mansur son of the Commander of the Believers' in Arabic); in the inner margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Filasṭīn sana iḥdā wa thalāthīn wa thalātha miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Filastin in the year 331' in Arabic); in the 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. Citing a certain al-Ahsiya, 'li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Muttaqī lillāh / al-Aḥsiya' ('To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muttaqi lillah. al-Ahsiya' 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 256. Rare. Very slightly wavy and with areas of weakness, otherwise, good very fine. From the Canaan Collection. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
Match 4:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 3037 Price realized: 420 CHF (Approx. 477 USD / 441 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mustansir, AH 623-640 / AD 1226-1242. Dinar (Gold, 25 mm, 6.21 g, 6 h), Madinat al-Salam, AH 6[3]6 = 1238/9. Within an octofoil, 'al-imām / lā ilāha illā Allāh / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / al-Mustanṣir billāh / amīr al-muʾminīn' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Imam al-Mustansir billah, Commander of the Believers' in Arabic); to right and left and bottom, '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); in the margin, 'bism [Allāh ḍuriba hādhā] al-dīnār bi Madīnat al-Salām sana sitt wa [thalāthīn] wa sitta miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Madinat al-Salam in the year 6[3]6' in Arabic). Rev. Within an octofoil, 'al-ḥamd lillāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh / wa sallam' ('Praise be to Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him and grant him peace' in Arabic); in the margin, 'Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih', continued in the right and left fields, '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 271. Rare. Areas of weakness and with some die rust on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine. From the collection of a Swiss scholar and previously from an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s and 1980s. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
Match 5:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 3033 Price realized: 700 CHF (Approx. 795 USD / 734 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadi, AH 467-487 / AD 1075-1094. Dinar (Gold, 27 mm, 2.99 g, 6 h), Madinat al-Salam, AH 486 = 1093/4. 'lā ilāha illā Allāh / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / al-imām al-Muqtadī / bi-amr Allāh amīr / al-muʾminīn' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Imam al-Muqtadi bi-amr Allah, Commander of the Believers' in Arabic); inner margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Madīnat al-Salām sana sitt wa thamānīn wa arbaʿa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Madinat al-Salam in the year 486' 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. Citing his son and heir Abu'l-ʿAbbas, 'li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl Allāh / ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh' ('For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him' in Arabic); to right and left, 'Dhukhr al-Dīn – Abu'l-ʿAbbās' ('Dhukhr al-Din Abu'l-ʿAbbās' 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 A266. Very rare. Slightly wavy and with areas of weakness, otherwise, good very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
Match 6:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5737 Price realized: 25 CHF (Approx. 28 USD / 26 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mahdi, AH 158-169 / AD 775-785. Dirham (Silver, 23 mm, 2.75 g, 11 h), Kirman, AH 169 = 785. '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 Kirmān sana tisʿ wa sittīn wa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Kirman in the year 169' in Arabic). Rev. 'Muḥammad rasūl / Allāh ṣalla Allāh / ʿalayh wa sallam / li'l-khalīfa al-Mahdī / bakh' ('Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him and grant him peace. For Caliph al-Mahdi. Good' 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 215.1. Minor scratches and some deposits, otherwise, very fine. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
