| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 640 Price realized: 325 USD (Approx. 301 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ayyubids (Main line in Cairo). al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin). AH 564-589 / AD 1169-1193. Æ Dirham (29mm, 12.62 g, 12h). Unnamed (Mayyafarqin[?]) mint. Dated AH 586 (AD 1215/6). Male enthroned facing, holding globus; name and titles of al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin) in outer margin / Name and titles of Abbasid caliph in three lines; partial mint formula and AH in outer margins. Whelan Type III, 258-60; Balog, Ayyubids 182; Album 791.4. Brown surfaces, light roughness. Near VF. Ex Rome on the Euphrates Collection (Triton XXV, Session VI, 26 January 2022), lot 6847; purchased from Wayne G. Sayles. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
Match 1:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Islamic Auction 5 | Auction date: 18 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 465 Price realized: 1,100 USD (Approx. 1,032 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ayyubids (Main line in Cairo). al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin). AH 564-589 / AD 1169-1193. Æ Fals (20.7mm, 3.00 g, 7h). Halab mint. Dated AH 58x. Bird on reverse. Balog, Ayyubids -; Album 792. Good VF, some die-rust. Extremely rare, apparently unpublished. Estimate: 500 USD |  |
Match 2:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 640 Price realized: 325 USD (Approx. 301 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ayyubids (Main line in Cairo). al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin). AH 564-589 / AD 1169-1193. Æ Dirham (29mm, 12.62 g, 12h). Unnamed (Mayyafarqin[?]) mint. Dated AH 586 (AD 1215/6). Male enthroned facing, holding globus; name and titles of al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin) in outer margin / Name and titles of Abbasid caliph in three lines; partial mint formula and AH in outer margins. Whelan Type III, 258-60; Balog, Ayyubids 182; Album 791.4. Brown surfaces, light roughness. Near VF. Ex Rome on the Euphrates Collection (Triton XXV, Session VI, 26 January 2022), lot 6847; purchased from Wayne G. Sayles. Estimate: 100 USD | |
Match 3:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 639 Price realized: 325 USD (Approx. 301 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ayyubids (Main line in Cairo). al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin). AH 564-589 / AD 1169-1193. Æ Dirham (27mm, 10.86 g, 12h). Unnamed (Mayyafarqin[?]) mint. Dated AH 583 (AD 1215/6). Lion sejant left; star above; two stars below; name and titles of al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf in outer margin / Name and title of Abbasid caliph in four lines; mint formula and AH date in outer margin. Whelan Type II, 256-7; Balog, Ayyubids 177; Album 791.3; ICV 896. Earthen dark green patina, roughness, smoothing. VF. Ex Roma E-Sale 93 (6 January 2022), lot 1498. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
Match 4:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 3155 Price realized: 850 CHF (Approx. 965 USD / 892 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Ayyubids. Egypt. al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin), AH 564-589 / AD 1169-1193. Dinar (Gold, 20 mm, 5.72 g, 6 h), al-Qahira (Cairo), AH 579 = 1183/4. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph Ahmad Abu'l-ʿAbbas al-Nasir li-din Allah (AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225). Within a central circle, 'al-imām / Aḥmad' ('Imam Ahmad' in Arabic); inner margin, 'lā ilāha illā Allāh Abu'l-ʿAbbās al-Nāṣir li-dīn Allāh amīr al-muʾminīn' ('There is no deity but Allah. Abu'l-ʿAbbas al-Nasir li-din Allah, Commander of the Believers' in Arabic); outer margin, 'bism Allāh al-raḥmān al-raḥīm ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi al-Qāhira sana tisʿ wa sabʿīn wa khamsa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. This dinar was struck in al-Qahira in the year 579' in Arabic). Rev. In a central circle, 'Yūsuf / ibn Ayyūb' ('Yusuf son of Ayyub' in Arabic); inner margin, to left and right, 'al-malik – Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn' ('King Salah al-Din' in Arabic); above and below, 'ʿāl – ghāya' ('Extremely high [quality]' in Arabic); outer margin, 'Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh' ('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. May Allah bless him' in Arabic). Album 785.2. Rare. Minor doubling and some marks, otherwise, good very fine. From the collection of a Swiss scholar and previously from an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s and 1980s. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 6073 Price realized: 950 CHF (Approx. 1,080 USD / 1,003 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Ayyubids. Egypt. al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin), AH 564-589 / AD 1169-1193. Dinar (Gold, 20 mm, 3.67 g), al-Iskandariya (Alexandria), AH 581 = 1185/6. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph Ahmad Abu'l-ʿAbbas al-Nasir li-din Allah (AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225). Within a central circle, 'al-imām / Aḥmad' ('Imam Ahmad' in Arabic); inner margin, 'lā ilāha illā Allāh Abu'l-ʿAbbās al-Nāṣir li-dīn Allāh amīr al-muʾminīn' ('There is no deity but Allah. Abu'l-ʿAbbas al-Nasir li-din Allah, Commander of the Believers' in Arabic); outer margin, 'bism Allāh al-raḥmān al-raḥīm ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi al-Iskandariya sana iḥdā wa thamānīn wa khamsa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. This dinar was struck in al-Iskandariya in the year 581' in Arabic). Rev. In a central circle, 'Yūsuf / ibn Ayyūb' ('Yusuf son of Ayyub' in Arabic); inner margin, to left and right, 'al-malik – Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn' ('King Salah al-Din' in Arabic); above and below, 'ʿāl – ghāya' ('Extremely high [quality]' in Arabic); outer margin, 'Muḥammad rasūl Allāh arsalahū bi al-hudā wa dīn al-ḥaqq liyuẓhirahū ʿalā al-dīn kullih ṣalla Allāh ʿalayh' ('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. May Allah bless him' in Arabic). Album 785.2. Rare. Somewhat clipped and slightly wavy and with some scratches, otherwise, good very fine. From an important collection of Byzantine and Islamic coins and seals, formed over the past 25 years. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
Match 6:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 3156 Price realized: 210 CHF (Approx. 238 USD / 220 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Ayyubids. Egypt. al-Nasir I Salah al-Din Yusuf (Saladin), AH 564-589 / AD 1169-1193. Dirham (Silver, 20 mm, 2.70 g, 7 h), six-pointed star type, Halab, AH 580 = 1184/5. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah (AH 575-622 / AD 1180-1225) within a six-pointed star, 'al-imām / al-Nāṣir li-dīn / Allāh amīr al-muʾ/minīn' ('Imam al-Nasir li-din Allah, Commander of the Believers' in Arabic)'; around, 'lā ilāha / illā A/llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh' ('There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in Arabic). Rev. Within a six-pointed star, 'al-malik / al-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ / al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn / Ayyūb' ('King al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf son of Ayyub' in Arabic): around, 'ḍuriba / bi Ḥalab / sana / thamānīn / wa khamsa / miʾa' ('Struck in Halab in the year 580' in Arabic)'. Album 788. Rare. Areas of weakness and with some marks, otherwise, very fine. From an important collection of Byzantine and Islamic coins and seals, formed over the past 25 years. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
