| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 637 Price realized: 275 USD (Approx. 255 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tadid. AH 279-289 / AD 892-902. AV Dinar al-mutawwak (19mm, 2.93 g, 12h). San'a mint. Dated AH 283 (AD 895/6). AGC I 211El; Album 1056. Lightly toned, traces of deposits in devices, light scratch on reverse, slightly wavy flan. VF. From the Useless Miwa Collection. Ex Album 43 (12 May 2022), lot 415. Estimate: 200 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Islamic Auction 5 | Auction date: 18 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 94 Price realized: 2,500 USD (Approx. 2,347 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muttaqi. AH 329-333 / AD 940-944. AV Yamini Dinar (17.8mm, 1.85 g, 6h). San'a mint. Dated AH 332 (AD 943/4). Bernardi 307El (this date not recorded); Album 1060. Near EF, pin-marks in fields on obverse. Excessively rare, apparently an unpublished date. Virtually no 'pure 'Abbasid' dinars (i.e. those which name only the caliph, without any other local ruler) were struck in the year AH 332. The only exceptions, both excessively rare, come from the Arabian mints of Baysh and San'a. Estimate: 2500 USD |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2959 Price realized: 55 CHF (Approx. 62 USD / 58 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, 23 mm, 4.47 g, 7 h), Raʾs al-ʿAyn, 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 Raʾs al-ʿAyn sana thalāth wa thamānīn wa miʾatayn' ('In the name of Allah. This dirham was struck in Raʾs al-ʿAyn 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. Rare mint. Cleaning scratches, otherwise, very fine. From an important collection of Byzantine and Islamic coins and seals, formed over the past 25 years. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Islamic Auction 5 | Auction date: 18 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 60 Price realized: 3,000 USD (Approx. 2,816 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tamid. AH 256-279 / AD 870-892. AV Dinar (20.9mm, 4.17 g, 11h). Al-Ahwaz mint. Dated AH 265 (AD 878/9). Obverse margin: triplet of pellets above sittin in date Obverse field: citing al-Muwaffaq billah in fourth line. Cf. Bernardi 177Nd (this date not recorded); Album 239.5. Old test mark on edge. Near VF. Of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished and believed unique. Estimate: 5000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 637 Price realized: 275 USD (Approx. 255 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tadid. AH 279-289 / AD 892-902. AV Dinar al-mutawwak (19mm, 2.93 g, 12h). San'a mint. Dated AH 283 (AD 895/6). AGC I 211El; Album 1056. Lightly toned, traces of deposits in devices, light scratch on reverse, slightly wavy flan. VF. From the Useless Miwa Collection. Ex Album 43 (12 May 2022), lot 415. Estimate: 200 USD | |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Islamic Auction 5 | Auction date: 18 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 62 Price realized: 9,500 USD (Approx. 8,917 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tadid. AH 279-289 / AD 892-902. AV Dinar (21mm, 4.11 g, 10h). Amid mint. Dated AH 288 (AD 900/01). Cf. CNG Islamic Auction 3 (27 April 2023) lot 108 (dated AH 289); Bernardi type 211 (not recorded for this mint); Album 241. Good VF, edge marks, slightly buckled flan. Excessively rare, and apparently unpublished. Amid is one of the rarest mints for 'Abbasid gold, and this appears to be the earliest known date in which dinars were struck there. Estimate: 10000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Islamic Auction 5 | Auction date: 18 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 61 Price realized: 1,600 USD (Approx. 1,502 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tadid. AH 279-289 / AD 892-902. AV Quarter Dinar (13.2mm, 0.88 g, 12h). Donative, Second Type . Without mint-name. Dated AH 286 (AD 899). Obverse field: lillah / al-Mu'tadid / billah / Reverse field: amir / al-mu'- / minin. Ilisch D III 13b; Bernardi 210; Album 241B. Fine, ex-mount. Extremely rare. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
