| Stephen Album Rare Coins > Auction 48 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 518 Price realized: 325 USD (Approx. 299 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ATABEGS OF KHUZESTAN: Husam al-Din Aydughdi, ca. 1155-1175, AV dinar (2.39g), al-'Askar, DM, A-1921K, citing the Great Seljuq brothers Arslan b. Tughril and Muhammad b. Tughril and the caliph al-Mustanjid (AH555-566); minimal weakness of strike, NGC graded MS60. Estimate: 250-350 USD Starting price: 220 USD |  |
Match 1:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 6177 Price realized: 260 CHF (Approx. 296 USD / 274 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Seljuk). Atabegs of Khuzestan. Husam al-Din Aydughdu, AH 550-570 / AD 1155-1175. Dinar (Gold, 21 mm, 2.00 g, 6 h), ʿAskar, AH 5xx. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Mustadi bi-amr Allah (AH 566-575 / AD 1170-1180), 'lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / al-Mustaḍī bi amr / Allāh' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. al-Mustadi bi-amr Allah' in Arabic); above, to left and right, 'Ḥusām – al-Dīn – Ayādughdī' ('Husam al-Din Aydughdu' in Arabic); in the margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi ʿAskar sana ... wa khamsa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in ʿAskar in the year 5xx' in Arabic). Rev. Citing the Great Seljuq Arslan ibn Tughril (AH 556-571 / AD 1161-1176) and his brother, Muhammad, 'Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-sulṭān al-aʿẓam Abu/'l-Muẓẓaffar Arslān ibn Ṭughril / al-sulṭān al-muʿaẓẓam Abū / Shujāʿ Muḥammad ibn Ṭughril' ('Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. The supreme sultan Abu'l-Muzaffar Arslan son of Tughril. The great sultan Abu Shujaʿ Muhammad son of Tughril' in Arabic); title of Arslan ibn Tughril to right, 'Muʿizz al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn' (in Arabic); title of Muhammad ibn Tughril to left, 'Rukn al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn' (in Arabic). Album 1921K. Extremely rare. Struck from worn and corroded dies, otherwise, very fine. From an important collection of Byzantine and Islamic coins and seals, formed over the past 25 years. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
Match 2:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 3209 Price realized: 300 CHF (Approx. 341 USD / 315 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Great Seljuk. Tughril I Beg Muhammad, AH 429-455 / AD 1038-1063. Dinar (Gold, 25 mm, 2.61 g, 12 h), al-Rayy, AH 444 = 1052/3. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Qaʾim bi-amr Allah (AH 422-467/AD 1031-1075), 'lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / al-Qāʾim bi-amr Allāh' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. al-Qaʾim bi-amr Allah' in Arabic); inner margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi al-Rayy sana arbaʿ wa arbaʿīn wa arbaʿa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in al-Rayy in the year 444' in Arabic); 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. 'li-llāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-sulṭān al-muʿaẓẓam / shāhānshāh / Ṭughril Bik / Abū Ṭālib' ('For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. The great sultan, King of Kings, Tughril Beg Abu Talib' in Arabic, with the Persian word 'shāhānshāh'); 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 1665. Struck from worn dies, otherwise, about very fine. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
Match 3:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 3210 Price realized: 320 CHF (Approx. 363 USD / 336 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Great Seljuk. Tughril I Beg Muhammad, AH 429-455 / AD 1038-1063. Dinar (Gold, 22 mm, 3.94 g, 9 h), al-Rayy, AH 451 = 1059/60. Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Qaʾim bi-amr Allah (AH 422-467/AD 1031-1075), 'lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / al-Qāʾim bi-amr Allāh' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. al-Qaʾim bi-amr Allah' in Arabic); inner margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi al-Rayy sana iḥdā wa khamsīn wa arbaʿa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in al-Rayy in the year 451' in Arabic); 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. 'li-llāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-sulṭān al-muʿaẓẓam / shāhānshāh / Ṭughril Bik / Abū Ṭālib' ('For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. The great sultan, King of Kings, Tughril Beg Abu Talib' in Arabic, with the Persian word 'shāhānshāh'); to right and left, 'Rukn al-Dīn' ('Rukn al-Din' 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 1665. Some doubling, otherwise, very fine. From the collection of a Swiss scholar and previously from an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s and 1980s. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
