| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 6122 Price realized: 255 CHF (Approx. 290 USD / 269 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Western Iran. Rukn al-Din Muhammad II, AH 548-555 / AD 1153-1160. Dinar (Gold, 25 mm, 2.61 g, 7 h), ʿAskar Mukram, AH 545 = 1150/1. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Muqtafi li-amr Allah (AH 530-555 / AD 1136-1160), 'ʿadl / lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / al-Muqtafī li-amr Allāh' ('Justice. There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. al-Muqtafi li-amr Allah' in Arabic); inner margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi ʿAskar Mukram sana khams wa arbaʿīn wa khamsa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in ʿAskar Mukram in the year 545' in Arabic); outer margin, traces of '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. Introducing himself as the heir, and citing the Great Seljuq overlords Muʿizz al-Dunya wa al-Din Sanjar (AH 511-552 / AD 1118-1157) and Ghiyath al-Dunya wa al-Din Masʿud (AH 529-547 / AD 1134-1152), 'inṣāf / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / Muʿizz al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn / wa Ghiyāth al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn / walī al-ʿaḥd / Abū Shujāʿ Muḥammad / ibn Maḥmūd' ('Equity. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Muʿizz al-Dunya wa al-Din, and Ghiyath al-Dunya wa al-Din, the heir Abu Shujaʿ Muhammad son of Mahmud' in Arabic); citing his own title to right and left, 'Rukn al-Dunyā – wa al-Dīn' ('Rukn al-Dunya wa al-Din' in Arabic); in the margin, traces of '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 1694. Extremely rare. Weakly struck from worn dies and with numerous scratches, otherwise, fine. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
