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STEPHEN ALBUM RARE COINS
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AUCTION 12
January 13 - 14, 2012
auction number 12
Ancient Coins 1-31

Sasanian ........................................10-18
Friday, January 13, 2012
Roman & Byzantine ..................19-29
Session A
Islamic Coins 32-410, 500-758
09:00 PST Lots 1 – 499
Arab-Sasanian .............................32-47
[Break 13:00-14:00 PST]

Arab-Byzantine ...........................49-61
Session B
Umayyad ......................................62-116, 198-210
14:00 PST Lots 500– 911
Abbasid .........................................117-197

Fatimid ..........................................242-344
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Ayyubid .........................................349-362
Session C
Ilkhans ...........................................628-642
09:00 PST Lots 912 – 1321
Timurid ..........................................644-649

Safavid ...........................................650-676 [Break 13:00-14:00 PST]

Qajar ...............................................685-705 Session D

Durrani-Barakzai ........................712-743 14:00 PST Lots 1322 – 1750

Ottoman Empire 411-499 NOTE: Times are subject to slight fluctuation.
Algiers ............................................417-421

Egypt ..............................................422-439

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Tunis ...............................................446-458
Turkey ....................... .....................459-499
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China 759-911 before the sale. Go our website and

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Modern Chinese ........................808-863 http://www.icollector.com/Stephen-Album-Rare-Coins_ae1668

Tibet ...............................................864-911
India 912-1321
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Ancient India ...............................913-948

Medieval India ............................949-968
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Sultanates.....................................969-997
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Mughal Empire ...........................998-1073

Princely States ............................1074-1140, 1192-1198

Sikh Empire ..................................1141-1191
Colonial India ..............................1199-1310 ♦ High quality color images of all lots are
Modern India ..............................1311-1321 available on our website at:

Asia - Middle East 1322-1473
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Afghanistan .................................1322-1329

French Indochina .......................1363-1376 Additional information on some lots can

Hejaz / Hejaz & Nejd .................1378-1388 also be found online at our website above.
Africa 1474-1514
Egypt ..............................................1476-1482
Morocco ........................................1487-1498
Europe 1515-1684
France ............................................1538-1545
German States ............................1546-1572
Americas 1685-1750
Canada . .........................................1693-1705
Ancient Coins
Session A
Friday, January 13, 2012, at 09:00
Ancient Coins
6. BOSPOROS: Rhescuporis I, 68-90, AE sestertius (6.53g),
S-5447, BMC 5v, Anokhin-385, diademed bust right, trident
before, club behind / warrior on horseback right, hurling spear,
MH below, pleasing vf $250 - 300
1. CELSA: L. Nep. & L. Sura, ca. 44-36 BC, AE as (13.47g), 7. BOSPOROS: Gepaepyris, queen, 37-39 AD, AE 12 nummia
Burgos-605, COL.VIC.IVO.LEP, diademed and draped female (7.36g), S-5434, Anokhin-326, diademed & draped bust right;
bust (of Venus?) right / PR II VIR above, L.NEP.L.SVR below, IB below / veiled bust of Aphrodite Urania right, wearing
bull standing right, head facing, superb strike, vf-ef $700 - 800 calathus; IB behind, pleasing vf $125 - 150
Greek Coinage
8. BOSPOROS: Kotys I, circa 45-68 AD, AE 12 nummia
(7.23g), S-5438, with Claudius & Agrippina Jr., laureate head
of Claudius right / draped bust of Agrippina Jr. left; monogram
of Kotys I before, pleasing f $100 - 125
2. BOSPOROS: Anonymous, circa 325-310 BC, AE20 (6.75g),
Pantikapaion, MacDonald-69, Anokhin-111, wreathed and
bearded head of satyr right / forepart of griffin left; below,
sturgeon left, lovely chocolate brown patina, ef $200 - 300
9. CAPPADOCIA: Marcus Aurelius, 161-180, AR didrachm,
ND (161-166), S-S-1661, Sydenham 86, 330, ANS-NNM
166(1996),132, 130f, Greek Imperial issue for Caesarea, bust
3. BOSPOROS: Anonymous, circa 304-294 BC, AE20 (7.34g), right with legend surrounding/Mount Argaeus with star above
Pantikapaion, MacDonald-70, Anokhin-125, head of beardless summit, a few scuffs on portrait, obverse boldly struck,
satyr left, wearing ivy wreath / lion’s head left; dolphin below, reverse details mushy, vf $150 - 200
lovely dark chocolate brown patina, vf-ef $100 - 150
Eastern Ancients
4. BOSPOROS: Thothorses, 285-308, AE stater (7.51g), year
583 (=286/287 AD), S-5502, diademed and draped bust of
Thothorses right; three pellets before / laureate and draped
bust of Roman emperor right; tamgha of Thothorses before; 10. SASANIAN: Varahran IV, 388-399, AR drachm (4.01g),
GPF (date) below, choice ef $100 - 125 AYR (Susa), ND, G-136, crowned bust right / fire altar
between two attendants, superb strike and portrait, ef $85 - 125
5. BOSPOROS: Rheskuporis IV, 240-276, AE stater (7.63g),
year 563 (=266/267 AD), see BMC 3, 5-9, diademed bust
right, trident before / alternate busts of Roman emperors
(Valerian and likely Gallienus I), choice vf-ef $250 - 300
11. SASANIAN: Khusro I, 531-579, AR drachm (4.15g),
ART (Ardashir-Khurra), year 38, G-197, crowned bust right /
fire altar between two attendants, superb strike and portrait,
choice ef $75 - 100
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12. SASANIAN: Khusro II, 591-628, AR drachm (3.89g),
16. SASANIAN: Khusro II, 591-628, AR drachm, “ShY” (Shiraz),
“DR” (unlocated mint), year “4", G-209 style, contemporary
year “36", G-212 style, contemporary imitation, from the Silk
imitation, from the Silk Road hoard, only one piece in the
Road hoard, only one piece in the hoard, ef-au $100 - 150
hoard, ef-au $100 - 150
Early imitation, believed to have been produced in the
Tukharistan region within 10 to 20 years after the death of
Khusro II in 628 AD. The issues with different mint names
occasionally share the same reverse die, which suggests
that the entire group was produced at a single local mint
northeast of the Sasanian territories for use along the Silk
Road.
The hoard will be published in the ONS Newsletter #209 or
210. See also lots; 13, 15-18.
17. SASANIAN: Khusro II, 591-628, AR drachm, “BYSh”
(Bishapur), year “37", G-212 style, contemporary imitation,
from the Silk Road hoard, ef-au $100 - 150
13. SASANIAN: Khusro II, 591-628, AR drachm (3.70g),
“AM” (Amul), year “10", G-209 style, contemporary imitation, from
the Silk Road hoard, only one piece in the hoard, ef-au $100 - 150
18. SASANIAN: Khusro II, 591-628, AR drachm, “AY” (Susa),
year “37", G-212 style, contemporary imitation, from the Silk
Road hoard, ef-au $100 - 150
Western Ancients
14. SASANIAN: Khusro II, 591-628, AR drachm (4.15g),
YZ (Yazd), year 26, G-212, crowned bust right / fire altar
between two attendants, superb strike and portrait, ef $75 - 100
19. ROMAN EMPIRE: Agrippa, died 12 AD, AR as (11.41g),
Rome mint, RIC-58, RSC-161, struck 37-41 AD under
Caligula, M AGRIPPA L F COS III, head left, wearing rostral
crown / SC, Neptune standing left, holding dolphin and trident,
minor green encrustations on reverse, vf-ef $375 - 425
15. SASANIAN: Khusro II, 591-628, AR drachm, “NY” (possibly
Nihawand), year “36", G-212 style, contemporary imitation,
from the Silk Road hoard, ef-au $100 - 150
20. ROMAN EMPIRE: Titus, 79-81 AD, AR denarius (3.40g),
Rome mint, RIC-112, RSC-309, struck 80 AD, IMP TITVS
CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM, laureate head right / TR P IX
IMP XV COS VIII PP, dolphin coiled around anchor, nicely
toned, lovely vf-ef $650 - 750
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21. ROMAN EMPIRE: Trajan, 98-117 AD, AR denarius (2.93g), 28. BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus,
Rome mint, RIC-119, RSC-86, struck 107-111 AD, IMP 913-959, AE18 (3.36g), Cherson, S-1764, large P on “w” /
TRAIANO AVG GEP DAC PM TRP, laureate head right / COS no legend, floriated cross on two steps, dot on each side,
V PP SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, Aequitas seated left on throne, crude vf $75 - 100
holding scales and cornucopia, ef $275 - 325
29. BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus,
913-959, AE19 (2.29g), Cherson, S-1770, cross, dot either
side / K over W, crude vf $75 - 100
22. ROMAN EMPIRE: Severus Alexander, 222-235 AD,
AR denarius (3.21g), Rome mint, RIC-238, RSC-83, struck Central Asian Ancients
232 AD, IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and
cuirassed bust right / IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter, nude,
standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt and eagle,
nicely toned, au $125 - 175
30. SOGDIANA: Anonymous, 7th century, AR drachm (2.18g),
23. ROMAN EMPIRE: Julia Mamaea, Augusta, 222-235,
Rtveladze 45, no text, star & crescent right / star right, symbol
AR denarius (3.21g), Rome mint, RIC-360, RSC-81, wife of
right & left of reverse, counterstamped human head 3 times in
Severus Alexander, struck 226 AD, IVLIA MAMAEA AVG,
obverse margin, also counterstamped Kuzn-3 on reverse,
diademed and draped bust right / VESTA, Vesta standing
very strongly countermarked $100 - 150
right holding scepter and palladium, lustrous au $75 - 100
Khusro I imitation, attributed to the North Tokharestan
principality of Chaganiyan.
24. BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Basil I, the Macedonian, 867-886,
AE17 (2.56g), Cherson, S-1719, large B on exergual line, dot
either side / Cross floriate on two or three steps, dot on each
side, crude vf $75 - 100
31. HEPHTHALITE: AR drachm (3.33g), “BYSh”, “year 11", G-—,
derived from the standard drachm of Hormizd IV (579-590)
struck at Bishapur, regnal year 11, with human head and
25. BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Basil I, the Macedonian, 867-886, another countermark in the obverse margin (Gõbl marks #14
AE17 (1.69g), Cherson, S-1720, large B on exergual line, and variant of #57), vf, RR $150 - 200
cross to right / cross floriate on two or three steps, dot on Without the Bactrian “foro” countermark that normally
each side, crude vf $75 - 100 appears on the reverse, and likely not from the Foro hoard.
Islamic Coins
26. BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Basil I, the Macedonian, 867-886,
AE17 (1.83g), Cherson, S-1720, large B on exergual line,
cross to right / cross floriate on two or three steps, dot on
each side, crude vf $75 - 100
32. ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-668, AR drachm
(4.05g), SK (Sijistan), YE20 (frozen date), A-1, in the
27. BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Leo VI, the Wise, 886-912, AE18
name of the defeated last Sasanian emperor Yazdigerd III,
(2.39g), Cherson, S-1733, floriated cross on two or three
nice strike, lovely vf-ef $275 - 325
steps, dot on each side / large LA, crude vf $75 - 100
The first Islamic coin, struck AH31 to about AH45, almost
always without change of the Yazdigerd era date 20.
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33. ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Hakam b. Abi’l-’As, ca. 674-677,
AR drachm (2.43g), NAWGY (New Jiroft), AH57, A-11,
clipped down to later standard, vf, RRR $300 - 400
38. ARAB-SASANIAN: ‘Umar b. ‘Ubayd Allah, 686-691,
Local ruler in Kirman, all but one of whose mints later
AR drachm (3.98g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH67, A-21, superb
appear connected to KRMAN for Kirman. The obverse
bold strike, choice ef $150 - 200
marginal text is bism Allah rabb al-hukm, “in the name of
God, the Lord of judgment”.
34. ARAB-SASANIAN: ‘Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, 673-683,
AE pashiz (1.63g), ST (Istakhr), DM, A-A13, standard Khusro
design, with governor’s name left / standard reverse, similar to
39. ARAB-SASANIAN: Khalid b. ‘Abd Allah, ca. 692-694,
Gyselen-18a, small piercing, lovely obverse, vf, RR $200 - 250
AR drachm (4.06g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH73, A-24, pellet
Published by Luke Treadwell in Numismatic Chronicle,
above the top star & crescent on both obverse and reverse,
2008, p. 378, item #3.
also at 7h30 in reverse margin, vf, R $300 - 400
This is the second type to present the words “muhammad
rasul Allah”. The earlier type, of ‘Abd al-Malik b. ‘Abd Allah,
is much rarer and seldom available.
35. ARAB-SASANIAN: ‘Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, 680-692,
AR drachm (2.98g), KRMAN-SRCN, AH65, A-16,
clipped down to the post-reform dirham weight,
very rare mint, f, RRR $350 - 400
The mint SRCN remained unidentified, though it has been
been suggested as either Sirjan or Hurjand, but there is no
secure evidence for either of these two possibilites. 40. ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Qatari b. Fuja’a, ca. 688-698,
AR drachm (4.08g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH75, A-33, lovely
strike, lovely vf-ef, R $1,800 - 2,000
Qatari was the declared caliph of a Kharijite rebel group.
All have the Kharijite slogan “la hukm illa lillah” (“there is no
judgment except God’s”) in the obverse margin.
36. ARAB-SASANIAN: Mus’ab b. al-Zubayr, ca. 685-690,
AR drachm (4.03g), KRMAN-AN, AH69, A-17, unidentified
mint in Kirman province, vf, RR $500 - 600
Pellet in obverse margin just to the left of the crown. 41. ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Qatari b. Fuja’a, ca. 688-698,
AR drachm (2.86g), ART (Ardashir Khurra), AH75, A-33,
clipped down to the post-reform Umayyad dirhams standard,
pierced, pleasing strike, vf, R $300 - 400
Qatari was the leader of a Kharijite group in Iran. With “la
hukm illa lillah” (“there is no judgment except God’s”) in the
obverse margin.
37. ARAB-SASANIAN: Salm. b. Ziyad, ca. 680-685, AR drachm
(3.96g), APRShT (Abarshahr), AH64, A-18, superb strike,
42. ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 690-710, AE pashiz
choice ef, R $450 - 500
(0.92g), Bishapur (in Pahlavi), ND, A-42, Gyselen-7, facing
Abarshahr is the same location as Nishapur.
bust, daray in Pahlavi to the right / crowned human headed
bull, lovely strike, vf, RR $425 - 475
Published by Luke Treadwell in Numismatic Chronicle,
2008, p. 378, item #7.
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43. ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, AE pashiz (0.66g),
Kavad-Khurra, ND, A-N46, Gyselen-34, facing bust, bism
Allah to left, Allah to right / bust right, mint name in Pahlavi to 48. TABARISTAN: Anonymous, 780-793, AR ½ drachm (1.92g),
right, f, RRR $375 - 425 Tabaristan, PYE131, A-73, obverse margin completely
Published by Luke Treadwell in Numismatic Chronicle, retrograde, lovely strike, au, R $100 - 125
2008, p. 378, item #4.
44. ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 700-720, AE pashiz
(0.66g), ST (Istakhr), 60? A-—, rider with strange headdress
49. ARAB-BYZANTINE: Enthroned Emperor, ca. 680s, AE fals
on elephant, bism Allah to right / standard fine altar & 2
(3.85g), Dimashq, A-3511.1, emperor holding long cross &
attendants, vf, RRR $575 - 625 globus cruciger, bird on T to left, LEO to right / mint name
Published by Luke Treadwell in Numismatic Chronicle, DAM below capital M, with pseudo-date 17, lovely strike, ef, R
2008, p. 377, item #1. Probably same type as
$150 - 200
Gyselen-105, second reported specimen.
45. ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, AE pashiz (0.64g),
50. ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures,
ART (Ardashir Khurra), ND, A-A45X, Gyselen-127 (this piece),
ca. 680s-700s, AE fals (5.11g), Tabariya, A-3512, Goodwin-2,
camel right, ART (for Ardashir Khurra) above / three-line
mint name in both Greek and Arabic around the capital M on
Pahlavi text, unread, some adhesion, otherwise very
reverse, nice vf, R $250 - 300
attractive, vf, RRR $750 - 1,000
Published by Luke Treadwell in Numismatic Chronicle,
2008, p. 378, item #6. The top line of the reverse seems to
read ST for the mint of Istakhr. As Istakhr and Ardashir
Khurra were located not that far from each other, could this
be a muling between dies of the two mints?
51. ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, ca. 680s-700s,
AE fals (3.01g), [Tabariya], A-3512B, Goodwin-6, with
muhammad rasul Allah instead of the mint formula around the
reverse capital M, f, R $250 - 300
46. ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, AE pashiz (1.51g),
ART (Ardashir Khurra), ND, A-A45X, Gyselen-126 (this piece),
facing bust wearing winged headdress, Pahlavi ravag to left,
mint mark ART in margin / bust right with crescent & globe
above simple headdress, undetermined Pahlavi text to the left
(abad mw?), vf, RRR $675 - 725
52. ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, ca. 680s-700s,
Published by Luke Treadwell in Numismatic Chronicle,
AE fals (2.81g), Tabariya, A-3512A, Goodwin-7, on reverse,
2008, p. 377, item #2.
mint name in Arabic to right, abbreviated in Greek to left, with
Arabic qutri below, f, R $150 - 200
47. ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, AE pashiz (3.65g),
ST (Istakhr), ND, A-E46, Gyselen-29 (2nd specimen she
53. ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 680s, AE fals
published), bust right, crescent & star to right instead of a
(4.27g), Dimashq, A-3517.3, emperor holding long cross &
name or word / altar & two attendants, illegible word in margin
globus cruciger, LEO to right / large capital M surrounded by
(RvQ6), f-vf, RRR $700 - 800
Arabic text, duriba bi-dimashq ja’iz, vf $100 - 125
Published by Luke Treadwell in Numismatic Chronicle,
2008, p. 378, item #5.
54. ARAB-BYZANTINE: Imperial Bust, ca. 680s, AE fals (6.51g),
Hims, A-3524, Bone-2.2, mint name in Arabic right of the
imperial bust, KALON to the left, Arabic tayyib below cursive m,
mint name in Greek left & right, superb strike, choice vf $150 - 200
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60. ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing caliph, ca. 690-700, AE fals
55. ARAB-BYZANTINE: Imperial Bust, ca. 680s, AE fals (4.21g), (2.88g), Iliya Filastin, A-3545, standing caliph / cursive m, row
Hims, A-3524, Bone-2.1a, without mint name in Arabic, KA of five pellets below, nice f $225 - 275
left, LON to the right crescent left & star right of cross above Iliya is the Arabic form for Aelia Capitolina, the Roman
the crown, on the reverse, Arabic tayyib below cursive m, mint name for Jerusalem. Filastin is Arabic for Palestine.
name in Greek divided left & right, excellent strike, vf, RR $125 - 150
61. ARAB-BYZANTINE: Anonymous, 712-714, AV solidus
(3.46g), NM, Indiction 11, A-122, W-181, Latin inscriptions,
off-center strike (as is often encountered), also dated
56. ARAB-BYZANTINE: Imperial Bust, ca. 680s, AE fals (4.67g), AH94 in reverse marginal text which is not clear on this
Tarsus (Antardos), A-3525, SICA-559. W-55, same reverse specimen, vf, RR $3,000 - 3,500
die as Walker-55, mint name tardus (sic) to left on obverse,
with KALON to right, Greet ANTRDO to right of capital M on
reverse, Arabic tayyib below, vf, RR $500 - 600
62. UMAYYAD: Anonymous, ca. 710-730, AE fals (2.89g),
Halab, A-176, W-P.126var, Bone—, apparently an
unpublished variety with single star in upper right corner of the
57. ARAB-BYZANTINE: ‘Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AE fals (3.08g), obverse, vf, R $80 - 100
Sinjar, A-3530var, uncertain mint reading, could be blundered Although the obverse & reverse kalima are carefully
form of Qinnasrin, pleasing vf $3,000 - 4,000 engraved, the reverse marginal legend is not. The mint
This extremely rare type is likely from the previously name is heavily blundered, the L in fals is omitted, bism
unpublished mint of Sinjar in Syria, for the following Allah correctly but carelessly engraved. The single star on
reasons: the obverse normally appears in the center of the second
1. The town of Sinjar lay along the medieval highway from line of text, but is also known at other locations.
Halab (Aleppo) to Homs, close to the border between the
Jund of Qinnasrin (Aleppo, Halab in Arabic) and the Jund
of Homs (Hims). The star to the right of the circle-on-steps
is standard only at the mint of Hims but is found
occasionally on fulus of Halab, in the Jund of Qinnasrin.
2. The scholar Rene Dussaud reported in 1927 that there
is archeological evidence that Sinjar was an active town in
the early Islamic period.
3. This specimen was found at Sinjar. 63. UMAYYAD: ‘Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AV dinar (4.26g), NM
4. Extremely rare, only 3 specimens confirmed to exist, this (Dimashq), AH78, A-125, lovely strike, choice au $1,000 - 1,200
lot specimen, one the Ashmolean Museum (SICA-1:686), This is the first available year of the post-reform Islamic
and a piece of poorer quality in a private collection in coinage. The style of this example closely resembles the
England. The consignor believes that a 4th specimen may style of the immensely rarer AH77.
exist, also found at or near Sinjar. This is the cover coin from Steve Album’s Checklist of
Islamic Coins, 3rd Edition.
58. ARAB-BYZANTINE: ‘Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AE fals (2.99g),
Ma’arrat Masrin, A-3534.1, clear mint name, divided left &
right of the circle-on-steps, f, R $100 - 125
64. UMAYYAD: ‘Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AV dinar (4.33g), NM
(Damascus), AH80, A-125, superb strike, perfectly centered,
choice au $800 - 900
59. ARAB-BYZANTINE: ‘Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AE fals (2.91g),
Jibrin, A-3535, very rare mint, decent example, f, RRR $300 - 400
65. UMAYYAD: ‘Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AV dinar (4.28g),
NM (Damascus), AH86, A-125, fabulous bold strike,
choice au $850 - 950
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Islamic Coins
66. UMAYYAD: ‘Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AV dinar (4.26g), 72. UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.25g), NM
NM (Damascus), AH86, A-125, superb strike, lustrous, (Damascus), AH93, A-127, superb example, some luster,
choice au $800 - 900 choice au $800 - 900
73. UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.28g), NM
(Damascus), AH94, A-127, pristine example, some luster,
67. UMAYYAD: ‘Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AR dirham (2.90g), choice au $850 - 950
al-Kufa, AH82, A-126, full bold strike with only a miniscule
amount of double-striking, choice ef $550 - 600
74. UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.26g), NM
(Damascus), AH94, A-127, lovely example, some luster,
choice au $800 - 900
68. UMAYYAD: ‘Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AR dirham
(2.07g), Marw, AH84, A-126, Klat-586.c, clipped down to
half-drachm weight, based on the Arab-Sasanian drachm,
which was still in general circulation at the time this piece was
issued, vf, R $200 - 250
The mint name is repeated in Pahlavi below the obverse
field, followed by a triplet of pellets. The final word of the
reverse marginal text, al-mashrikun, is written out in full.
75. UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.22g), NM
(Damascus), AH94, A-127, lovely bold strike, choice ef $800 - 900
69. UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.26g), NM
(Damascus), AH91, A-127, bold strike, choice ef-au $750 - 850
76. UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.22g), NM
(Dimashq), AH94, A-127, choice ef $550 - 600
70. UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.28g),
NM (Damascus), AH92, A-127, fabulous example,
lustrous au $900 - 1,100
77. UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.25g), NM
(Damascus), AH95, A-127, superb example, lustrous au $850 - 950
71. UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.27g),
NM (Damascus), AH92, A-127, superb example, some
luster, au $800 - 900 78. UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.27g), NM
(Damascus), AH96, A-127, superb example, some luster,
choice au $800 - 900
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