| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 633 Price realized: 200 USD (Approx. 185 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CRUSADERS, Christian Arabic Dirhams. Mid to late 13th century. AR Half Dirham (15.5mm, 1.20 g, 6h). Squarish module. Akka (Acre) mint. æ. al-āb wa'l-ibn (The Father and the Son in Arabic); cross in center; [mint and date in outer margin without indication of Christian era) / wa'l-rūh al-qudus (and The Holy Spirit in Arabic); ; in outer margin, [ilāh wihid]/lahu al-majd/ ilā abad/al-abadīn amīn] ([One Divinity/His is the glory /forever/and ever/amen[amen] in Arabic). Balog & Yvon 46a; Metcalf, Crusades –; CCS 16. Lightly toned, some roughness, areas of peripheral weakness. Near VF. From the St. George Collection. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 634 Price realized: 300 USD (Approx. 278 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CRUSADERS, Christian Arabic Dirhams. Mid to late 13th century. AR Dirham (19mm, 2.30 g, 7h). Akka (Acre) mint. Dated AD 1251 (in Arabic). allāh wāhid hu/wa al-īmān/wāhid/al-ma'mūdiyya wāhid (one God, one faith, one baptism in Arabic) across field around central large cross pattée within linear circular border; all within linear and pelleted quadrate border; in outer margin, [duriba bi-'Akka/]sana alf [wa]/mi'[atayn wa ahad/wa khamsīn li-tajassud] (Struck in Acre year one [thousand and two hundred and one and fifty of the Incarnation] in Arabic) / al-āb wa'l-ibn/wa'l-rīh al-qudus/ilāh wāhid (The Father, the Son,/and the Holy Spirit:/One Divinity in Arabic) across field within linear and pelleted quadrate border; in outer margin, [lahu al-majd]/ilā abad/ al-abadīn/[amīn/amīn] ([His is the glory]/forever/and ever/amen[amen] in Arabic); small cross in center. Balog & Yvon 45a; Metcalf, Crusades 230-1; cf. CCS 15/17 (for obv./rev.). Iridescent toning, traces of deposits, areas of peripheral weakness. Near EF. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Islamic Auction 3 (27 April 2023), lot 180. Estimate: 300 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 632 Price realized: 700 USD (Approx. 648 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CRUSADERS, Christian Arabic Dirhams. Mid to late 13th century. AR Dirham (22mm, 2.64 g, 6h). Akka (Acre) mint. Dated AD 1251 (in Arabic). allāh wāhid hu/wa al-īmān/wāhid/al-ma'mūdiyya wāhid (one God, one faith, one baptism in Arabic) across field around central large cross pattée within linear circular border; all within linear and pelleted quadrate border; in outer margin, [duriba bi-'Akka/]sana alf [wa]/mi'[atayn wa ahad/wa khamsīn li-tajassud] (Struck in Acre year one [thousand and two hundred and one and fifty of the Incarnation] in Arabic) / al-āb wa'l-ibn/wa'l-rīh al-qudus/ilāh wāhid (The Father, the Son,/and the Holy Spirit:/One Divinity in Arabic) across field within linear and pelleted quadrate border; in outer margin, [lahu al-majd]/ilā abad/ al-abadīn/[amīn/amīn] ([His is the glory]/forever/and ever/amen[amen] in Arabic). Balog & Yvon 42; Metcalf, Crusades 227-8; Schlumberger, p. 141 and pl. V, 28; cf. CCS 15/17 (for obv./rev.). Iridescent toning, traces of deposits, minor peripheral weakness. Near EF. Rare. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Islamic Auction 3 (27 April 2023), lot 179. Estimate: 400 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 552 | Auction date: 13 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 653 Price realized: 225 USD (Approx. 209 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CRUSADERS, Christian Arabic Dirhams. Mid to late 13th century. AR Dirham (21mm, 2.78 g, 11h). [Akka (Acre) mint]. [Dated AD 1251 (in Arabic)]. Central Arabic legend around lis: One God, alone one Faith alone, one Baptism alone; [marginal Arabic legend: Struck in Acre in the year one thousand two hundred, one and fifty from the incarnation of the Messiah] / Central Arabic legend: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, one godhead alone; [marginal Arabic legend: His is the glory for ever and ever, amen, amen]. Balog & Yvon 47; Metcalf, Crusades –; CCS 17. Light iridescent toning, flat strike at periphery. VF. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 3233 Price realized: 35 CHF (Approx. 40 USD / 37 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Mongols. Ilkhanids. Abaqa, AH 663-681 / AD 1265-1282. Dirham (Silver, 22 mm, 2.47 g, 2 h), Tiflis (in Georgia), Muharram AH 680 = April AD 1281/2. bism al-Ab wa 'l-Ibn wa-Ruh al-Quds Alahu wahid' ('in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the one God' (in Arabic); below, cross. Album 2130. Zeno-284775 (this coin). Light areas of weakness, otherwise, extremely fine. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2860 Price realized: 160 CHF (Approx. 182 USD / 168 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: CRUSADERS. Christian Arabic Dirhams. Dirham (Silver, 28 mm, 2.78 g, 4 h), ʿAkka (Acre), AD 1251. Within a square, 'Allāh wāḥid huwa / al-īmān wāḥid / al-maʿmūdiyya wāḥida' ('God is one, the faith is one, the baptism is one' in Arabic; cf. Ephesians 4:5); a cross in the center; in the margin, 'ḍuriba bi ʿAkkā / [sana alf wa] miʾatayn / aḥad wa khamsīn / li-tajassud al-masīḥ' ('Struck in ʿAkka in the year 1251 of the incarnation of the Messiah' in Arabic). Rev. Within a square, 'al-ab wa al-ibn / wa al-rūḥ al-qudus / ilāh wāḥid' ('The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit: One Divinity' in Arabic); in the margin, 'lahū al-majd / ilā abad / al-abadīn / āmīn āmīn' ('His is the glory forever and ever, amen, amen' in Arabic). Balog & Yvon 47 (variant). Very rare. Some deposits and flan cracks, otherwise, very fine. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
