Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003Auction date: 19 March 2024
Lot number: 311

Price realized: 150 GBP   (Approx. 191 USD / 176 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Great Seljuq, Tughril I Beg Muhammad (AH 429?455 / 1038?1063 AD), gold Dinar, AH 445 / 1053/4 AD, Nishapur, 3.26g (A. 1665). Good Fine to About Very Fine, some flatness.

Estimate: 150 - 200 GBP

Match 1:
Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003Auction date: 19 March 2024
Lot number: 314

Price realized: 110 GBP   (Approx. 140 USD / 129 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Great Seljuq, Tughril I Beg Muhammad (AH 429?455 / 1038?1063 AD), gold Dinar, AH 452 / 1060 AD, 3.13g (A. 1665). Good Fine, slightly bent flan.

Estimate: 100 - 150 GBP

Match 2:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction 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

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction 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 4:
Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003Auction date: 19 March 2024
Lot number: 90

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Abbasid, temp. Al?Mahdi (AH 158?169 / 775?785 AD), gold Dinar, AH 167 / 783/4 AD, 3.90g (A. 214). Good Fine to About Very Fine, marks, dents and scratches to surfaces.

Estimate: 180 - 200 GBP

Match 5:
Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003Auction date: 19 March 2024
Lot number: 311

Price realized: 150 GBP   (Approx. 191 USD / 176 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Great Seljuq, Tughril I Beg Muhammad (AH 429?455 / 1038?1063 AD), gold Dinar, AH 445 / 1053/4 AD, Nishapur, 3.26g (A. 1665). Good Fine to About Very Fine, some flatness.

Estimate: 150 - 200 GBP

Match 6:
Baldwin's Auctions Ltd > Auction C24003Auction date: 19 March 2024
Lot number: 310

Price realized: 160 GBP   (Approx. 203 USD / 187 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Great Seljuq, Tughril I Beg Muhammad (AH 429?455 / 1038?1063 AD), gold Dinar, AH 444 / 1052/3 AD, Madinat al-Salam, 3.06g (A. 1665). About Very Fine, slightly bent flan, clipped.

Estimate: 150 - 200 GBP