Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003Auction date: 19 March 2024
Lot number: 182

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Abbasid, al?Mu'tadid (AH 279?289 / 892?902 AD), silver Dirhams (6), AH 288 from al?Mawsil (1), AH 282 and AH 286 from Madinat al?Salam (3), AH 280 from Suq al?Ahwaz (1), AH 283 from al?Rafiqa (1), (A. 242). On average Very Fine, in annotated envelopes. Al?Mawsil mint is slightly rarer. Sold as seen, no returns. (6)

Estimate: 120 - 140 GBP

Match 1:
Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003Auction date: 19 March 2024
Lot number: 168

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Abbasid, al?Wathiq (AH 227?232 / 842?847 AD), silver Dirhams (6), AH 227, AH 228, AH 229 from Isfahan (3), AH 232 from Madinat al?Salam (1), AH 231 from Samarqand (1) – rare mint, AH 228 from Surra man Ra'a (1), (A. 228). On average Very Fine, in annotated envelopes. Sold as seen, no returns. We recommend viewing this lot. (6)

Estimate: 200 - 300 GBP

Match 2:
Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003Auction date: 19 March 2024
Lot number: 182

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Abbasid, al?Mu'tadid (AH 279?289 / 892?902 AD), silver Dirhams (6), AH 288 from al?Mawsil (1), AH 282 and AH 286 from Madinat al?Salam (3), AH 280 from Suq al?Ahwaz (1), AH 283 from al?Rafiqa (1), (A. 242). On average Very Fine, in annotated envelopes. Al?Mawsil mint is slightly rarer. Sold as seen, no returns. (6)

Estimate: 120 - 140 GBP

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 2960

Price realized: 30 CHF   (Approx. 34 USD / 31 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tadid, AH 279-289 / AD 892-902. Dirham (Silver, 24 mm, 2.79 g, 4 h), Madinat al-Salam, AH 284 = 897/8. '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 inner margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Madīnat al-Salām sana arbaʿ wa thamānīn wa miʾatayn' ('In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Madinat al-Salam in the year 284' 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-Muʿtaḍid billāh' ('To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muʿtadid 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 242. Areas of weakness and with some deposits, otherwise, very fine.


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

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 4:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 2962

Price realized: 30 CHF   (Approx. 34 USD / 31 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tadid, AH 279-289 / AD 892-902. Dirham (Silver, 26 mm, 3.23 g, 12 h), Madinat al-Salam, AH 285 = 898/9. '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 inner margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Madīnat al-Salām sana khams wa thamānīn wa miʾatayn' ('In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Madinat al-Salam in the year 285' 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-Muʿtaḍid billāh' ('To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muʿtadid 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 242. 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

Match 5:
Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003Auction date: 19 March 2024
Lot number: 191

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Abbasid, al?Muqtadir (AH 295?320 / 908?932 AD), silver Dirhams (13), AH 303 from Arrajan (1), AH 297 from al?Ahwaz (1), AH 302, AH 314 from al?Basra (3), AH 297 from Fars (1), AH 303 from al?Kufa (1), AH 311 and AH 319 from Madinat al?Salam (2), AH 298 from al?Mawsil (1), date off flan ? Ras al?'Ayn (1), AH 303 from Shiraz (1), AH 303 from Surra man Ra'a (1), (A. 246). On average Good Fine to Very Fine, some better, Surra man Ra'a with fragmented edge, in annotated envelopes. Sold as seen, no returns. We recommend viewing this lot. (13)

Estimate: 250 - 350 GBP

Match 6:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 5793

Price realized: 35 CHF   (Approx. 40 USD / 37 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tadid, AH 279-289 / AD 892-902. Dirham (Silver, 24 mm, 2.81 g), Wasit, AH 283 = 896/7. '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 inner margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dirham bi Wāsiṭ sana thalāth wa thamānīn wa miʾatayn' ('In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Wasit in the year 283' 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. 'lillāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Muʿtaḍid billāh' ('To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muʿtadid 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 242. Struck from worn dies and with minor scratches, otherwise, very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 25 CHF