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Roma Numismatics Ltd. > Auction XXXAuction date: 21 March 2024
Lot number: 636

Price realized: 460 GBP   (Approx. 583 USD / 537 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Burids, Atabegs of Damascus. Abaq AV 1/4 Dinar. Dimashq mint, AH 534-549 = AD 1140-1154. Citing the caliph "Imam al-Muqtafi" in two lines; kalima around / 'al ghaya in two lines; citing the Great Seljuk ruler Sanjar; mint formula in outer margin. Album N784; SICA -. 1.12g, 14mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare.

Ex GK Collection;
Ex Morton & Eden, Auction 103, 24 October 2019, lot 76;
Ex Stephen Album Rare Coins - Wilkes & Curtis Ltd, Horizon Auction I, 2 October 2016, lot 409.

Estimate: 300 GBP

Match 1:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 6122

Price realized: 255 CHF   (Approx. 290 USD / 269 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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

Match 2:
Roma Numismatics Ltd. > E-Sale 115Auction date: 21 December 2023
Lot number: 1404

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Samanids, Nuh I bin Nasr AV Dinar. Nishapur mint, AH 334 = AD 946. Kalima in three lines; mint and date formula in inner margin; Quran XXX, 4-5 in outer margin / Continuation of Kalima in three lines; citing the Caliph al-Muttaqi, "Nuh bin Nasr" below; Quran IX, 33 around. Album 1454; Bernardi 332Pj. 3.98g, 23mm, 1h.

Very Fine.

Estimate: 150 GBP

Match 3:
Roma Numismatics Ltd. > Auction XXXAuction date: 21 March 2024
Lot number: 632

Price realized: 950 GBP   (Approx. 1,203 USD / 1,108 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Abbasids, al-Muktafi AV Dinar. Harran mint, AH 290 = AD 902. Kalima in three lines; mint and date formula in inner margin, Quran XXX, 4-5 in outer margin / Continuation of Kalima in three lines; "al-Muktafi billah" below, Quran IX, 33 around. Album 243.1; Bernardi 226Hj. 3.69g, 26mm, 6h.

Good Extremely Fine. Very Rare.

Ex GK Collection;
Ex Morton & Eden, Auction 103, 24 October 2019, lot 41 (hammer: GBP 1,400).

Estimate: 500 GBP

Match 4:
Roma Numismatics Ltd. > E-Sale 118Auction date: 8 April 2024
Lot number: 2252

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Lot of 13 Islamic Æ Coins. Includes:

1. Ayyubids, Al-Muzaffar Shihab al-Din Ghazi Æ Fals. Mayyafariqin mint, AH 617-642 = AD 1220-1245. Three-lined legend citing Caliph al-Mustasim / Similar. Album 860; Balog 870. 3.93g, 20mm, 1h.

2. Ayyubids, Al-Muzaffar Shihab al-Din Ghazi Æ Fals. Mayyafariqin mint, AH 617-642 = AD 1220-1245. Two-lined legend in polylobe citing Caliph al-Mustasim / Similar. Album 860; Balog 870. 4.77g, 21mm, 3h.

3. Ayyubids, Al-Muzaffar Ghazi, Shihab al-Din Æ Fals. Mayyafariqin mint, AH 618 = AD 1221-1222. Three-lined legend within square and marginal legends / Similar. Album 860; Balog 874; Whelan 281-2.I. 6.44g, 24mm, 9h.

4. Ayyubids, Al-Muzaffar Ghazi, Shihab al-Din Æ Fals. Mayyafariqin mint, AH 618 = AD 1221-1222. Three-lined within square and marginal legends / Similar. Album 860; ICV -; Whelan 283-4. 7.44g, 25mm, 8h.

5. Ayyubids, Al-Kamil Abu'l Ma'ali Muhammad I, Nasir al-Din Æ Fals. Harran mint, AH 624 = AD 1226-1227. Two-lined legend in square within circle with name of Caliph al-Mustansir and three pellets / Similar composition. Album 816.2; ICV 914; Balog 482. 5.21g, 23mm, 1h.

6. Seljuks of Rûm, Qilij Arlan II Æ Fals. Uncertain mint, AH 551-588 = AD 1156-1192. Amir enthroned facing / Legend. Album 1194.2; ICV-; Mitchiner 955. 3.00g, 20mm, 12h.

7. Seljuks of Rûm, Rukn al-Din Sulayman II Æ Fals. Uncertain mint, AH 595 = AD 1198-1199. Horseman to right, six pointed star in upper left field / Three-lined legend within marginal legends citing title al-Sultan al-Qahir. Album 1205.2; Broome (RNS) 56; Mitchiner 963. 6.55g, 29mm, 5h.

8. Seljuks of Rûm, Rukn al-Din Sulayman II Æ Fals. Uncertain mint, AH 595 = AD 1198-1199. Horseman to right, with title al-Sultan al-Qahir / Three-line legend. Album 1205.2; Broome (RNS) 56; Mitchiner 964. 7.38g, 32mm, 9h.

9. Seljuks of Rûm, Kayka'us I, Izz al-Din Æ Fals. Uncertain mint, AH 607-616 = AD 1210-1219. Three-lined legend citing Caliph al Nasir / Similar. Album 1209; Broome (RNS) 137; Mitchiner 966. 4.93g, 28mm, 12h.

10. Zengids of Al Jazira, Mu'izz al-Din Sanjarshah Æ Dirham. Al-Jazira mint, AH 606 = AD 1209-1210. Crowned facing bust grasping huge crescent, marginal legend / Five-lined legend citing several titles of Abbasid Caliph and Ayyubid overlord al-Adil Abu Bakr bin Ayyub. S/S 87; Album 1883.1; ICV 1281. 15.61g, 29mm, 5h.

11. Zengids of Al Jazira, Al-Mu'azzam Mahmud with Wali'Ahad al-Zahir Æ Dirham. Al-Jazira mint, AH 639 = AD 1241-1242. Zengid tamgha of stylized thunderbolt and legend giving titles of Zengid ruler and title name of the crown prince, al-Zahir / Three-lined and marginal legends citing titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir and new Rûm Seljuq overlord Kaikhusrau II. S/S 89; Album 1884; ICV 1283. 7.84g, 26mm.

12. Artuqids of Mardin, Najm al-Din Ghazi I, al-Said Æ Fals. Mardin mint, AH 648-656 = AD 1250-1259. Four-lined legend within square citing Caliph al-Mustansir / Four-legend legend in square citing the Artuqid ruler Ghazi. Album 1833; Mitchiner 1093. 3.38g, 23mm, 8h.

13. Ayyubids, Al-Zahir Ghazi Ghiyath al-Din Æ Fals. Hamah mint, AH 589 = AD 1193-1194. Tall three-lined legend citing al-imam al-Nasir / Similar composition. Album 838.2; ICV -; Balog 685. 4.05g, 22mm, 8h.

Lot sold as seen - no returns.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 98, 16 June 2022, lot 1866.

Estimate: 75 GBP

Match 5:
Roma Numismatics Ltd. > E-Sale 119Auction date: 24 April 2024
Lot number: 2854

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Lot of 13 Islamic Æ Coins. Includes:

1. Ayyubids, Al-Muzaffar Shihab al-Din Ghazi Æ Fals. Mayyafariqin mint, AH 617-642 = AD 1220-1245. Three-lined legend citing Caliph al-Mustasim / Similar. Album 860; Balog 870. 3.93g, 20mm, 1h.

2. Ayyubids, Al-Muzaffar Shihab al-Din Ghazi Æ Fals. Mayyafariqin mint, AH 617-642 = AD 1220-1245. Two-lined legend in polylobe citing Caliph al-Mustasim / Similar. Album 860; Balog 870. 4.77g, 21mm, 3h.

3. Ayyubids, Al-Muzaffar Ghazi, Shihab al-Din Æ Fals. Mayyafariqin mint, AH 618 = AD 1221-1222. Three-lined legend within square and marginal legends / Similar. Album 860; Balog 874; Whelan 281-2.I. 6.44g, 24mm, 9h.

4. Ayyubids, Al-Muzaffar Ghazi, Shihab al-Din Æ Fals. Mayyafariqin mint, AH 618 = AD 1221-1222. Three-lined within square and marginal legends / Similar. Album 860; ICV -; Whelan 283-4. 7.44g, 25mm, 8h.

5. Ayyubids, Al-Kamil Abu'l Ma'ali Muhammad I, Nasir al-Din Æ Fals. Harran mint, AH 624 = AD 1226-1227. Two-lined legend in square within circle with name of Caliph al-Mustansir and three pellets / Similar composition. Album 816.2; ICV 914; Balog 482. 5.21g, 23mm, 1h.

6. Seljuks of Rûm, Qilij Arlan II Æ Fals. Uncertain mint, AH 551-588 = AD 1156-1192. Amir enthroned facing / Legend. Album 1194.2; ICV-; Mitchiner 955. 3.00g, 20mm, 12h.

7. Seljuks of Rûm, Rukn al-Din Sulayman II Æ Fals. Uncertain mint, AH 595 = AD 1198-1199. Horseman to right, six pointed star in upper left field / Three-lined legend within marginal legends citing title al-Sultan al-Qahir. Album 1205.2; Broome (RNS) 56; Mitchiner 963. 6.55g, 29mm, 5h.

8. Seljuks of Rûm, Rukn al-Din Sulayman II Æ Fals. Uncertain mint, AH 595 = AD 1198-1199. Horseman to right, with title al-Sultan al-Qahir / Three-line legend. Album 1205.2; Broome (RNS) 56; Mitchiner 964. 7.38g, 32mm, 9h.

9. Seljuks of Rûm, Kayka'us I, Izz al-Din Æ Fals. Uncertain mint, AH 607-616 = AD 1210-1219. Three-lined legend citing Caliph al Nasir / Similar. Album 1209; Broome (RNS) 137; Mitchiner 966. 4.93g, 28mm, 12h.

10. Zengids of Al Jazira, Mu'izz al-Din Sanjarshah Æ Dirham. Al-Jazira mint, AH 606 = AD 1209-1210. Crowned facing bust grasping huge crescent, marginal legend / Five-lined legend citing several titles of Abbasid Caliph and Ayyubid overlord al-Adil Abu Bakr bin Ayyub. S/S 87; Album 1883.1; ICV 1281. 15.61g, 29mm, 5h.

11. Zengids of Al Jazira, Al-Mu'azzam Mahmud with Wali'Ahad al-Zahir Æ Dirham. Al-Jazira mint, AH 639 = AD 1241-1242. Zengid tamgha of stylized thunderbolt and legend giving titles of Zengid ruler and title name of the crown prince, al-Zahir / Three-lined and marginal legends citing titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir and new Rûm Seljuq overlord Kaikhusrau II. S/S 89; Album 1884; ICV 1283. 7.84g, 26mm.

12. Artuqids of Mardin, Najm al-Din Ghazi I, al-Said Æ Fals. Mardin mint, AH 648-656 = AD 1250-1259. Four-lined legend within square citing Caliph al-Mustansir / Four-legend legend in square citing the Artuqid ruler Ghazi. Album 1833; Mitchiner 1093. 3.38g, 23mm, 8h.

13. Ayyubids, Al-Zahir Ghazi Ghiyath al-Din Æ Fals. Hamah mint, AH 589 = AD 1193-1194. Tall three-lined legend citing al-imam al-Nasir / Similar composition. Album 838.2; ICV -; Balog 685. 4.05g, 22mm, 8h.

Lot sold as seen - no returns.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 98, 16 June 2022, lot 1866.

Estimate: 50 GBP

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