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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29	Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 3211 Price realized: 280 CHF (Approx. 318 USD / 294 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Great Seljuk. Muhammad Alp Arslan, AH 455-465 / AD 1063-1072. Dinar (Gold, 22 mm, 2.78 g, 9 h), Nishapur, AH 459(?) = 1066/7. Within a circle, 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 Nayshābūr sana tisʿ(?) wa khamsīn wa arbaʿa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Nishapur in the year 459' 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 / malik al-Islām / Ālb Arslān Muḥammad' ('For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. The great sultan, king of Islam, Alp Arslan Muhammad' in Arabic); to right and left, 'shāhā–nshāh' ('king of kings' in Persian); 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 1670. Rare. Somewhat wavy, 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: 50 CHF

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29	Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 3208 Price realized: 325 CHF (Approx. 369 USD / 341 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Ghaznavids. Yamin al-Dawla Abu'l-Qasim Mahmud, AH 388-421 / AD 998-1030. Dinar (Gold, 23 mm, 3.51 g, 6 h), Nishapur, AH 406 = 1015/6. Within a circle, citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Qadir billah (AH 381-422 / AD 991-1031) and his son, al-Ghalib billah as the heir to the caliphate, 'Allāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / al-Qādir billāh / walī ʿahduhū / al-Ghālib billāh / Yamīn al-Dawla' ('Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Qadir billah. His successor to the covenant (i.e. heir) al-Ghalib billah. Yamin al-Dawla' 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). Rev. 'lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him' in Arabic); around, continuation of Mahmud's titles, 'wa Amīn / al-Milla / Abu'l-Qāsim' ('and Amin al-Milla Abu'l-Qāsim' in Arabic); inner margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Nayshābūr sana sitta wa arbaʿa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Nishapur in the year 406' 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). Album 1606. Some cracks and 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: 50 CHF

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29	Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 3211 Price realized: 280 CHF (Approx. 318 USD / 294 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Great Seljuk. Muhammad Alp Arslan, AH 455-465 / AD 1063-1072. Dinar (Gold, 22 mm, 2.78 g, 9 h), Nishapur, AH 459(?) = 1066/7. Within a circle, 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 Nayshābūr sana tisʿ(?) wa khamsīn wa arbaʿa miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Nishapur in the year 459' 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 / malik al-Islām / Ālb Arslān Muḥammad' ('For Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. The great sultan, king of Islam, Alp Arslan Muhammad' in Arabic); to right and left, 'shāhā–nshāh' ('king of kings' in Persian); 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 1670. Rare. Somewhat wavy, 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: 50 CHF

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28	Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 5864 Price realized: 341 CHF (Approx. 388 USD / 360 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Qahir, second reign, AH 320-322 / AD 932-934. Dinar (Gold, 22 mm, 4.74 g, 9 h), Tustar min al-Ahwaz, AH 322 = 933/4. Citing the caliph's heir Abu'l-Qasim, 'lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / Abu'l-Qāsim ibn / amīr al-muʾminīn' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Abu'l-Qasim son of the Commander of the Believers' in Arabic); inner margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Tustar min al-Ahwāz sana thinatayn wa ʿishrīn wa thalātha miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Tustar min al-Ahwaz in the year 322' 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 / li-llāh al-Qāhir billāh / al-muntaqim min aʿdāʾ / Allāh li-dīn Allāh' ('To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. To Allah. al-Qahir billah, the avenger of Allah's enemies for the sake of Allah's religion' 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 250.2. Rare. Areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine. From an important collection of Byzantine and Islamic coins and seals, formed over the past 25 years. Starting price: 75 CHF

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29	Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 3140 Price realized: 300 CHF (Approx. 341 USD / 315 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: ISLAMIC, Fatimids. al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, AH 386-411 / AD 996-1021. Dinar (Gold, 22 mm, 3.89 g, 4 h), second series, Misr, AH 39x. Within a central circle, 'Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ʿAlī walī Allāh' ('Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Ali is the friend of Allah' in Arabic); inner margin, 'lā ilāha illā Allāh waḥdahū lā sharīka lahū' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him' in Arabic); outer 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). Rev. Within a central circle, 'al-Ḥākim bi amr Allāh / amīr al-muʾminīn' ('al-Hakim bi amr Allah, Commander of the Believers' in Arabic); inner margin, 'ʿabd Allāh wa waliyyuhū al-Manṣūr Abū ʿAlī al-Imām' ('The servant of Allah and His friend, al-Mansur Abu ʿAli, the Imam' in Arabic); outer margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Miṣr sana ... wa tisʿīn wa thalātha miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Misr in the year 39x' in Arabic). Album 709.2. Slightly clipped, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 50 CHF

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28	Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 6011 Price realized: 160 CHF (Approx. 182 USD / 169 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: ISLAMIC, Arabia. Sulayhids. 'Arwa bint Ahmad, AH 484-532 / AD 1091-1137. Dinar (Gold, 23 mm, 2.31 g, 6 h), ʿAdan (Aden), AH 489 = 1096. Within a circle, Shiʿa kalima in a blundered style, 'lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ʿAlī walī Allāh' ('There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Ali is the friend of Allah' in Arabic); in the margin, mint and date formula in a blundered style. Rev. Within a circle, in the name of her deceased husband al-Mukarram Ahmad (AH 473-484 / AD 1081-1091), 'al-malik al-sayyid / al-Mukarram ʿuẓām / al-ʿarab sulṭān / amīr al-muʾminīn' ('The king, the lord, al-Mukarram, the chief of the Arabs, sultan under the Commander of the Believers' in Arabic in a blundered style); in the margin, citing the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir billah (AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094), 'al-imām Maʿadd Abū Tamīm al-Mustanṣir billāh amīr al-muʾminīn' ('Imam Maʿadd Abu Tamim al-Mustansir billah, Commander of the Believers' in Arabic in a blundered style). Album 1077. Struck from the usual somewhat worn dies and with a ragged edge, otherwise, good very fine. From an old Swiss collection, privately acquired from Athina in the late 1980s. Starting price: 50 CHF

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Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28	Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 5883 Price realized: 320 CHF (Approx. 364 USD / 338 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muttaqi, AH 329-333 / AD 940-944. Dinar (Gold, 22 mm, 4.43 g, 9 h), Filastin, AH 331 = 942/3. Citing his son and heir Abu Mansur, 'lā ilāha illā / Allāh waḥdahū / lā sharīka lahū / Abū Manṣūr ibn / amīr al-muʾminīn' ('There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him. Abu Mansur son of the Commander of the Believers' in Arabic); in the inner margin, 'bism Allāh ḍuriba hādhā al-dīnār bi Filasṭīn sana iḥdā wa thalāthīn wa thalātha miʾa' ('In the name of Allah. This dinar was struck in Filastin in the year 331' 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. Citing a certain al-Ahsiya, 'li-llāh / Muḥammad / rasūl / Allāh / al-Muttaqī lillāh / al-Aḥsiya' ('To Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. al-Muttaqi lillah. al-Ahsiya' 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 256. Rare. Areas of weakness and with some scratches, otherwise, very fine. From the Canaan Collection. Starting price: 50 CHF