| Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003 | Auction date: 19 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 61 Price realized: 55 GBP (Approx. 70 USD / 64 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Abbasid, al?Saffah (AH 132?136 / 749?754 AD), silver Dirham, AH 134 / 749 AD, Suq al?Ahwaz, 2.83g (A. 211). Very Fine, slightly wavy flan, rare. Estimate: 50 - 100 GBP |  |
Match 1:
| Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003 | Auction date: 19 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 86 Price realized: 2,000 GBP (Approx. 2,542 USD / 2,341 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Abbasid, Abbasid Governors, 'Asim bin Jamil (AH 140 / 788 AD) or 'Abd al?Malik bin Abi al?Ja'di (AH 140?141 / 758?759 AD), silver Dirham, AH 140 / 758 AD, Ifriqiya, 2.73g (Lowick 268 var.). Very Fine, slightly bent. Extremely rare. Only a couple known to have appeared on the market and none since 2014.For parallels see Morton & Eden, Auction 69, lots 14 and 15. The Governor of Africa at the time of the overthrow of the Umayyads was 'Abd al?Rahman b. Habib, who had been appointed in AH 127. In AH 132 the new Abbasid caliph, al?Saffah, reconfirmed 'Abd al?Rahman's governorship. 'Abd al?Rahman sporadically issued dirhams of Umayyad type during this period (examples from AH 133?136 are known). This practice was continued by the four short?lived governors who served between AH 138 and AH 144. Estimate: 2000 - 3000 GBP |  |
Match 2:
| Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003 | Auction date: 19 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 57 Price realized: 300 GBP (Approx. 381 USD / 351 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Abbasid Revolution, temp. 'Abdallah b. Mu'awiya, silver Dirham, AH 129 / 743 AD, Mahay, 2.84g (Klat 567.b1). Very Fine, slightly wavy flan, very rare. Estimate: 200 - 300 GBP |  |
Match 3:
| Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003 | Auction date: 19 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 298 Price realized: 150 GBP (Approx. 191 USD / 176 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ghaznavid, Nasir al?Dawla Sebuktekin (AH 366?387 / 977?997 AD), gold Dinar, AH 387 / 997 AD, Herat, citing the Samanid overlord Nuh bin Mansur, 3.55g (A. 1596). Very Fine, slightly wavy flan, scarce. Estimate: 150 - 200 GBP |  |
Match 4:
| Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003 | Auction date: 19 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 142 Price realized: 20 GBP (Approx. 25 USD / 23 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Abbasid, al?Amin (AH 193?198 / 809?813 AD), silver Dirham, AH 194 / 810 AD, Balkh, 2.88g (A. 221). Very Fine, some residue to reverse. Estimate: 20 - 30 GBP |  |
Match 5:
| Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003 | Auction date: 19 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 65 Price realized: 160 GBP (Approx. 203 USD / 187 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Abbasid, temp. Al?Mansur (AH 136?158 / 754?775 AD), gold Dinar, AH 143 / 760/1 AD, 3.94g (A. 212). Very Fine, clipped. Estimate: 180 - 200 GBP |  |
Match 6:
| Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003 | Auction date: 19 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 17 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Umayyad, temp. Abd al?Malik ibn Marwan (AH 65?86 / 685?705 AD), silver Dirham, AH 81 / 700/1 AD, Manadhir, 2.83g (Klat 612). Very Fine, some peripheral corrosion. Extremely rare. Estimate: 200 - 300 GBP |  |
