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 Lot 115 - islamic early - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Qatari b. Fuja'a, ca. 688-698, AR drachm (4.14g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH75, A-33, bold strike, EF. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20islamic early |
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 Lot 174 - islamic early - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 680-700+, AE fals (4.16g), "pseudo-Damascus ", A-3522.1, Milstein—, bird left and blank area right of figure / cursive m, N left, ANO right, star above, Arabic word below, bold VF, RRR. The pellets ( "eyes ") inside the cursive m confirm that this apparently unpublished type belongs to the curious pseudo-Damascus series. The first 3 letters of the Arabic word compare to the first 3 letters of the mint name Adhra'at (for Deraa) as it appears on the post-reform Umayyad fulus of that mint. It seems plausible that despite the different final 2 letters, the word is a form of the city name Dar'at without the 'ayn, perhaps an obsolete adverbial spelling. We would be interested in any reference to a published example of this type. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20islamic early |
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 Lot 266 - islamic early - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20ABBASID: al-Rashid, 786-809, AR dirham (2.15g), al-Mubaraka, AH176, A-219.3, Lowick-457, citing the governor 'Askar b. Rustam, reading bottom to top, VF, RR. This al-Mubaraka was located in North Africa, unrelated to the al-Mubaraka of Balkh that struck silver & copper coins under the Umayyads. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20islamic early |
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 Lot 292 - islamic early - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20ABBASID: al-Mustakfi, 944-946, AR dirham (3.58g), Madinat al-Salam, AH334, A-263, ciring the heir Abu'l-Hasan Muhammad, without the chief amir, VF. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20islamic early |
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 Lot 109 - islamic early - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, 673-683, AR drachm (3.68g), ST (Istakhr), AH61, A-12, Fine to VF. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20islamic early |
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 Lot 157 - islamic early - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 680-690, AE fals (7.28g), Dimashq, ND, A-3517.3, without T and only a small star to left, various Greek letters around / anchor above and downward crescent below capital M, Arabic duriba / dimashq / ja'iz around, unusually thick and heavy, EF, R. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20islamic early |
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 Lot 245 - islamic early - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20UMAYYAD: AE fals of 18 qirat (3.61g), Ba'albakk, AH99, A-168, W-777, clear date & denomination in legends (date not read by Walker), EF, R. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20islamic early |
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 Lot 281 - islamic early - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20ABBASID: al-Mu'tamid, 870-892, AR dirham (4.22g), Andaraba, AH280, A-240.10, without any reference to the Banijurid rulers at Andaraba, very clear mint & date, VF to EF, RRR. This is clearly a purely Abbasid issue, even though the Banijurd ruler Muhammad b. Ahmad was presumably in charge. Until now, the latest Banijurid dirham known to us of pure Abbasid style is dated AH273. Since the name of the local ruler could appear on either obverse or reverse at this time, it is possible that mis-matched obverse & reverse dies were used for this piece, thus omitting the name of Muhammad b. Ahmad. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20islamic early |
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 Lot 203 - islamic early - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20ARAB-BYZANTINE: Two Standing Figures, 670s-680s, AE fals (4.60g), Ba'albakk, A-3513.2, plain cross between the heads of the two obverse figures, lovely patination, bold VF to EF. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20islamic early |
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 Lot 276 - islamic early - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20ABBASID: al-Ma'mun, 810-833, AR dirham (3.26g), Samarqand, AH202, A-224, citing 'Ali b. Musa al-Rida, Imam of the Shi'ite faction, who was named heir to the caliphate as part of a failed attempt to reconcile the Sunni and Shi'ite branches of Islam, mount removed, VF, R. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20islamic early |
