atabegs and contemporarires - Coin Auctions
 Lot 594 - islamic atabegs and contemporarires - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20SALGHURID: Abish bint Sa'd, 1265-1285, AR dirham (2.62g), NM, AH(6)65, A-1930, with the Chinese character bao in the obverse center, about 25% flat strike, VF, RR. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20islamic atabegs and contemporarires |
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 Lot 580 - islamic atabegs and contemporarires - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20ARTUQIDS OF MARDIN: Il-Ghazi II, 1176-1184, AE dirham (14.71g), AH579, A-1828.2, SS-32, large & small draped busts facing, VF. The bottom three lines of the reverse text are hadha al-dirham ma'lun man yu'ayyaruhu, "cursed is he who abuses this dirham ". Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20islamic atabegs and contemporarires |
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 Lot 595 - islamic atabegs and contemporarires - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20SALGHURID: Abish bint Sa'd, 1265-1285, AR dirham (2.80g), NM, AH(6)65, A-1930, with the Chinese character bao in the obverse center, minor weakness (as normal for this type), lightly cleaned, VF, RR. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20islamic atabegs and contemporarires |
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Lot 585 - islamic atabegs and contemporarires - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20ARTUQID, LU'LU'ID & ZANGID:LOT of 30 pieces (25 copper & 5 silver), including 17 large pictorial & related copper coins (A-1820.7, 1826.2 (2 pcs), 1827.1, 1828.3, 1829.2, 1829.3, 1829.4, 1830.3, 1830.4 (2), 1850, 1870.1, 1874.2 (2), 1879.1 and 1880.1, average VG, a few Fine, some corroded or porous, in envelopes mark with A#), 8 common copper and 5 common silver not identified (average Fine to VF), retail value about $400-500, lot of 30 pieces. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20islamic atabegs and contemporarires |
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 Lot 586 - islamic atabegs and contemporarires - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20ZANGIDS OF SYRIA: al-Salih Isma'il, 1174-1181, AR ½ dirham (1.40g), NM, ND, A-1853, struck at Halab, but always without mint name, superb strike, perfectly centered, choice EF. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20islamic atabegs and contemporarires |
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 Lot 589 - islamic atabegs and contemporarires - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20LU'LU'IDS: Badr al-Din Lu'lu', 1233-1258, AV dinar (5.75g), "al-Mawsil ", blundered date, A-1871, contemporary imitation, with many spelling errors in both the religious and administrative texts, VF to EF. It seems likely that these imitations were made either in the Christian communities or in the regions brought under Mongol domination. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20islamic atabegs and contemporarires |
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 Lot 592 - islamic atabegs and contemporarires - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20KHAQANID: Abu'l-Hasan Muhammad b. Ahmad, 981-991, AR donative dirham (2.86g), Bardha'a, AH373, A-1907Z, helmeted horseman left, 3 lines text, abu'l-hayja / 'ali khalifat Allah / muhammad bin al-sallâr / kalima in center, mint & date around, pierced, never cleaned, VF to EF, RRRR. This is only known donative of the Khaqanids, also known as the Shirvanshahs, 2nd period. This is the third known specimen and probably the only one in private hands, and it was published by Akopyan & Vardanyan (reference not available to us). The first several rulers of the Shirvanshahs, until AH455, are also known as the Mazyadids. Careful conservation could significantly improve the appearance of this important coin. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20islamic atabegs and contemporarires |
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 Lot 579 - islamic atabegs and contemporarires - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20ARTUQIDS OF MARDIN: Alpi, 1152-1176, AE dirham (11.26g), AH558, A-1827.4, SS-29, draped bust facing slightly left on the obverse, facing bust wearing Sasanian crown on the reverse, bold strike, trace of porosity, strong VF. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20islamic atabegs and contemporarires |
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 Lot 588 - islamic atabegs and contemporarires - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20ZANGIDS OF AL-MAWSIL: Mahmud, 1219-1233, AV dinar (4.52g), al-Mawsil, AH622, A-1869, with the caliph al-Nasir (AH575-622), EF. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20islamic atabegs and contemporarires |
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 Lot 581 - islamic atabegs and contemporarires - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20ARTUQIDS OF MARDIN: Yuluq Arslan, 1184-1201, AE dirham (12.31g), AH589, A-1829.3, SS-35, four figures in a "lamentation " scene, said to corroborate the death of Saladin in that year, short reverse central text, VF. Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20islamic atabegs and contemporarires |
