| Roma Numismatics Ltd. > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 635 Price realized: 600 GBP (Approx. 760 USD / 700 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ayyubids, Al-Kamil Muhammad I AV Dinar. Al-Qahira mint, AH 615-635 = AD 1218-1238. Mint and [date] formula in outer margin; citing the Abbasid caliph al-Mustansir billah in four lines / Name and titles in four lines; Qur'an IX, 33 around. Album 811.1; cf. Balog 370. 4.53g, 22mm, 3h. Extremely Fine; lightly clipped. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XXIV, 28 March 2022, lot 1212. Estimate: 200 GBP |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 3165 Price realized: 35 CHF (Approx. 40 USD / 37 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Ayyubids. Egypt. al-Salih Ayyub, AH 636-647 / AD 1238-1249. Dirham (Silver, 22 mm, 2.91 g, 3 h), square-in-circle type, Dimashq, AH 636 = 1238/9. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Mustansir billah (AH 623-640 / AD 1226-1242) within a square, 'al-imām al-Mustanṣir / billāh Abū Jaʿfar / al-Manṣūr amīr al-muʾminīn' ('Imam al-Mustansir billah Abu Jaʿfar al-Mansur, Commander of the Believers' in Arabic); in the margin, 'lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in Arabic). Rev. Within a square, 'al-malik al-Ṣāliḥ / Najm al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn / Ayyūb ibn Muḥammad' ('King al-Salih Najm al-Dunya wa al-Din Ayyub son of Muhammad' in Arabic); in the margin, 'bism Allāh / ḍuriba bi Dimashq / sana sitt wa / thalāthīn [wa] sitta miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. Struck in Dimashq in the year 636' in Arabic). Album 823.1. Rare. Somewhat rough, otherwise, very 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 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5646 Price realized: 1,600 CHF (Approx. 1,819 USD / 1,689 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CRUSADERS. Crusader Imitations of Islamic Dirhams. Dirham (Silver, 22 mm, 2.17 g, 8 h), Imitating an Ayyubid dirham of al-Salih Ismaiʿl (AH 635 / AD 1237 and AH 637-643 / AD 1239-1245) from Dimashq (Damascus), but probably struck in ʿAkka (Acre), AH [64]3 = 1245/6. Within a square, citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Mustansir billah (AH 623-640 / AD 1226-1242), 'al-Imām / al-Mustanṣir / billāh Abū Jaʿfar / al-Manṣūr amīr al-muʾminīn' ('Imam al-Mustansir billah Abu Jaʿfar al-Mansur, Commander of the Believers' in Arabic); in the margin, the reference to the prophet Muhammad replaced by the archangel Michael, 'lā ilāha i/llā Allāh wa / Mīkhāʾil ra/sūl Allāh' ('There is no deity but God and Michael is the messenger of God' in Arabic); cross in lower margin. Rev. Within a square, 'al-malik al-Ṣāliḥ / ʿImād al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn / Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Bakr' ('King al-Salih ʿImad al-Dunya wa al-Din Ismaʿil son of Abu Bakr' in Arabic); in the margin, 'bism Allāh / ḍuriba bi Dimashq / sana thalāth wa / ...' ('In the name of Allah. Struck in Dimashq in the year [46]3' in Arabic); cross in upper margin. Bates & Metcalf 51. Malloy 6. Metcalf, Crusades, -. Wäckerlin 223. Very rare. Holed and somewhat rough, otherwise, very fine. From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Leu Web Auction 11, 22-23 February 2020, 2277. This is the rarest and arguably the most interesting of all Crusader imitations of Islamic Dirhams, as it replaces the name of the prophet Muhammad with that of the Archangel Michael. However, the objections of Odo of Chateauroux, Cardinal-Bishop of Tusculum (1244-1273) and Papal legate on the Seventh Crusade to the striking of coins with Islamic inscriptions and datings would eventually lead to their replacement with Christianized types. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Roma Numismatics Ltd. > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 2237 Price realized: 15 GBP (Approx. 19 USD / 17 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ayyubids, al-Kamil Muhammad I AR Dirham. Dimashq mint, AH 615-635 = AD 1218-1238. Name and titles of the Ayyubid Caliph al-Kamil in three lines; mint and [date] around / Citing the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir in three lines. Album 812; Balog 467. 2.67g, 21mm, 8h. Good Very Fine, marginal legend not visible as usual. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 95, 13 April 2022, lot 1536. Estimate: 25 GBP |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 6119 Price realized: 260 CHF (Approx. 296 USD / 274 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Great Seljuk. Rukn al-Din Barkiyaruq, AH 486-498 / AD 1093-1105. Dinar (Gold, 26 mm, 2.53 g, 12 h), Madinat al-Salam, AH 489 = 1096. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Mustazhir billah (AH 487-512 / AD 1094-1118), 'al-imām / lā ilāha illā Allāh / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / al-Mustaẓhir billāh / amīr al-muʾminīn' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Imam al-Mustazhir billah, Commander of the Believers' in Arabic); inner margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Madīnat al-Salām sana tisʿ wa thamānīn wa arbaʿa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Madinat al-Salam in the year 489' 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 / ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh / Aḍud al-Dawla / al-Qāhira / Barkiyāruq' ('To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him. Adud al-Dawla al-Qahira Barkiyaruq' in Arabic); citing the caliphal heir apparent ʿUmdat al-Din Abu Mansur to right and left, 'ʿUmdat al-Dīn – Abū Manṣūr' (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 1682.1. Bent and wavy flan, otherwise, very 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: 3212 Price realized: 160 CHF (Approx. 182 USD / 168 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Great Seljuk. Rukn al-Din Barkiyaruq, AH 486-498 / AD 1093-1105. Dinar (Gold, 26 mm, 2.53 g, 12 h), Madinat al-Salam, AH 489 = 1096. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Mustazhir billah (AH 487-512 / AD 1094-1118), 'al-imām / lā ilāha illā Allāh / waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū / al-Mustaẓhir billāh / amīr al-muʾminīn' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Imam al-Mustazhir billah, Commander of the Believers' in Arabic); inner margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Madīnat al-Salām sana tisʿ wa thamānīn wa arbaʿa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Madinat al-Salam in the year 489' 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 / ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh / Aḍud al-Dawla / al-Qāhira / Barkiyāruq' ('To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. May Allah bless him. Adud al-Dawla al-Qahira Barkiyaruq' in Arabic); citing the caliphal heir apparent ʿUmdat al-Din Abu Mansur to right and left, 'ʿUmdat al-Dīn – Abū Manṣūr' (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 1682.1. Bent and wavy flan, otherwise, very fine. From an important collection of Byzantine and Islamic coins and seals, formed over the past 25 years. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
