Roma Numismatics Ltd. > E-Sale 118Auction 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

Match 1:
Roma Numismatics Ltd. > E-Sale 117Auction date: 22 February 2024
Lot number: 1468

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Rasulids of Yemen, al-Mansur 'Umar I AR Dirham. Type C. 'Aden mint, AH 636 = AD 1380. Name and titles in six lines within diamond with excurvate sides / Continuation of titles in five lines across field within a diamond with excurvate sides; mint and date formula around. Album 1100.3. 1.98g, 26mm, 12h.

Very Fine; areas of weakness. Very Rare.

Estimate: 40 GBP

Match 2:
Roma Numismatics Ltd. > Auction XXXAuction 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

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 6172

Price realized: 220 CHF   (Approx. 250 USD / 232 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids (al-Mawsil). Nasir al-Din Mahmud, AH 616-631 / AD 1219-1234. Dirham (Bronze, 31 mm, 13.93 g, 7 h), al-Mawsil, AH 620 = 1223/4. Facing bust turned slightly to left with two confronted angels above, each holding a wreath; mint and date formula below. Rev. The Kalima followed by the name and title of the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah (AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225) and the heir to the caliphate 'Uddat al-Dunya wa al-Din Abu Nasr Muhammad in five lines; the name and title of Nasir al-Din Mahmud and his Ayyubid overlord al-Kamil around. Album 1870.1. Rare and unusually attractive, with a well struck and beautifully designed obverse. Minor areas of weakness and slightly rough, otherwise, good very fine.


From the Sam 'Duck' Reed Collection, Leu Web Auction 26, 8-13 July 2023, 6337, ex Classical Numismatic Auctions X, 21 March 1990, 1172.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 4:
Roma Numismatics Ltd. > E-Sale 114Auction date: 23 November 2023
Lot number: 1591

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Rasulids, al-Muzaffar Yusuf I AR Dirham. Zabid mint, AD 1250-1295. Basmala tasliah and first part of Qur'an IX, 33 in six lines across field; quranic legend and mint-[date] formula around / Name and titles, citing Abbasid caliph al-Musta'sim in five lines across field; legend around. Album 1102. 1.89g, 25mm, 10h.

Very Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 100, 28 July 2022, lot 1711;
Ex Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 16, 4 May 2014, lot 1340.

Estimate: 30 GBP

Match 5:
Roma Numismatics Ltd. > E-Sale 118Auction date: 8 April 2024
Lot number: 2241

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Rasulids, al-Muzaffar Yusuf I AR Dirham. Zabid mint, AD 1250-1295. Basmala tasliah and first part of Qur'an IX, 33 in six lines across field; quranic legend and mint-[date] formula around / Name and titles, citing Abbasid caliph al-Musta'sim in five lines across field; legend around. Album 1102. 1.89g, 25mm, 10h.

Very Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 100, 28 July 2022, lot 1711;
Ex Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 16, 4 May 2014, lot 1340.

Estimate: 25 GBP