Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003Auction date: 19 March 2024
Lot number: 163

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Abbasid, al?Mu'tasim (AH 218?227 / 833?842 AD), silver Dirham, AH 223 / 838 AD, al?Shash, 2.89g (A. 226). Very Fine and very rare, minor corrosion.

Estimate: 40 - 60 GBP

Match 1:
Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003Auction date: 19 March 2024
Lot number: 164

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Abbasid, al?Mu'tasim (AH 218?227 / 833?842 AD), silver Dirhams (2), AH 219 and AH 224, Fars (A. 226). Both Very Fine, on AH 224 edge fragmented. (2)

Estimate: 40 - 60 GBP

Match 2:
Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003Auction date: 19 March 2024
Lot number: 165

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Abbasid, al?Mu'tasim (AH 218?227 / 833?842 AD), silver Dirhams (2), AH 224 and AH 225, Isfahan (A. 226). Both Very Fine, AH 225 has some staining. (2)

Estimate: 40 - 60 GBP

Match 3:
Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003Auction 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 4:
Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003Auction date: 19 March 2024
Lot number: 162

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Abbasid, al?Mu'tasim (AH 218?227 / 833?842 AD), silver Dirham, AH 223 / 838 AD, Dimashq, 3.02g (A. 226). About Very Fine, some discolouration, rare.

Estimate: 40 - 60 GBP

Match 5:
Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003Auction date: 19 March 2024
Lot number: 163

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Abbasid, al?Mu'tasim (AH 218?227 / 833?842 AD), silver Dirham, AH 223 / 838 AD, al?Shash, 2.89g (A. 226). Very Fine and very rare, minor corrosion.

Estimate: 40 - 60 GBP

Match 6:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 5786

Price realized: 80 CHF   (Approx. 91 USD / 84 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tasim, AH 218-227 / AD 833-842. Dirham (Silver, 26 mm, 2.87 g, 12 h), Madinat al-Salam, AH 226 = 840/1. '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 al-Salām sana sitt wa ʿishrīn wa miʾatayn' ('In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Madinat al-Salam in the year 226' 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. 'li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Muʿtaṣim billāh' ('To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muʿtasim billah' 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 226. Rare. Areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.


From an important collection of Byzantine and Islamic coins and seals, formed over the past 25 years.

Starting price: 25 CHF