ABBASID: al-Mu'tamid, 870-892, AV dinar (3.78g), al-Rafiqa, AH271, A-239.4, citing the western heir al-Mufawwidh and the second heir Ahmad b. al-Muwaffaq, strong VF, R.
Numismatic Auction #19
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Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19
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Lot #378 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Mu'tamid, 870-892, AR dirham (3.22g), Fars, AH273, A-240.7, citing the first heir-apparent al-Muwaffaq, but only by his laqab al-nasir li-din Allah, and the 2nd heir-apparent Ahmad b. al-Muwaffaq, EF, R.
Lot #379 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Muktafi, 902-908, AR dirham (3.20g), Wasit, AH291, A-244.2, without the vizier Wali al-Dawla, who nearly always is named on Abbasid coins of 291, bold strike, EF.
Lot #380 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Muqtadir, 908-932, AV dinar (4.11g), Misr, AH302, A-245.2, choice EF.
Lot #381 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Muqtadir, 908-932, AV dinar (4.07g), Misr, AH310, A-245.2, VF to EF.
Lot #382 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Muqtadir, 908-932, AV dinar (2.03g), Mah al-Basra, AH314, A-245.2, remarkably light weight, very crude strike, VF, R.
Lot #383 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Muqtadir, 908-932, AV dinar (4.10g), al-Karaj, AH318, A-245.2, formerly rare mint (in west-central Iran), still scarce, some central weakness of strike, VF.
Lot #384 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Muqtadir, 908-932, AV dinar (4.41g), Suq al-Ahwaz, AH318, A-245.2, VF.
Lot #385 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Muqtadir, 908-932, AR dirham (3.09g), Madinat al-Salam, AH310, A-246A, Zeno-27962 (this piece), presentation strike, broad outer margins, superb strike, choice VF to EF, RR.
Lot #386 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Muqtadir, 908-932, AV dinar (5.08g), Suq al-Ahwaz, AH320, A-248, citing the vizier 'Amid al-Dawla, pellet below reverse field, minor weakness near the edge, EF.
Lot #387 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Qahir, 932-934, AV dinar (2.84g), Mah al-Basra, AH321, A-250.1, without caliphal heir-apparent, VF.
Lot #388 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Qahir, 932-934, AV dinar (3.54g), al-Karaj, AH321, A-250.2, citing the heir-apparent Abu'l-Qasim, VF to EF.
Lot #389 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Radi, 934-940, AV dinar (3.80g), Suq al-Ahwaz, AH322, A-254.1, VF.
Lot #390 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Radi, 934-940, AV dinar (4.12g), Suq al-Ahwaz, AH323, A-254.1, pellet below reverse field, EF.
Lot #391 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Radi, 934-940, AV dinar (4.27g), al-Ahwaz, AH324, A-254.1, pellet above obverse & below reverse, VF to EF.
Lot #392 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Muttaqi, 940-944, AR dirham (3.29g), al-Kufa, AH329, A-258, citing the chief amir Abu'l-Husayn Bajkam, VF, R.
Lot #393 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Mustadi, 1170-1180, AV dinar (1.01g), Madinat al-Salam, AH(56)8, A-267, remarkably thin flan, clear final digit of date and first part of sittin for "60 ", much nicer than the usual examples of this caliph's coinage, VF to EF, RR.
Lot #394 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Nasir, 1180-1225, AV dinar (2.15g), Madinat al-Salam, AH605, A-268, remarkably low weight, for a type whose weight varies randomly from less than 2g to nearly 20g, VF.
Lot #395 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Musta'sim, 1242-1258, AV dinar (7.12g), Madinat al-Salam, AH645, A-275, bold mint & date, lovely specimen, lustrous About Unc.
Lot #396 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Musta'sim, 1242-1258, AV dinar (8.44g), Madinat al-Salam, AH650, A-275, some weakness, VF, ex John Huffman Collection.
Lot #397 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Musta'sim, 1242-1258, AV dinar (8.67g), Madinat al-Salam, AH651, A-275, some weakness, date sufficiently visible to be certain, VF, ex Sotheby auction, March 1990, from lot 232.
Lot #398 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: al-Musta'sim, 1242-1258, AR 1/3 dirham (0.95g), NM, ND, A-277A, central triangle on both sides, to confirm denomination as 1/3 dirham, always without mint name, but presumably struck only at Madinat al-Salam, always undated, possibly ex mount, Fine to VF, R.
Lot #399 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: AE fals (4.99g), Misr, AH133, A-281, in the name of the financial director 'Abd al-Malik b. Yazid (AH132-133), with full clear mint & date, VF.
Lot #400 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: AE fals (3.56g), Sur al-Ma'muniya (Tyre), AH200, A-293, Lowick-266, in the name of Tahir, date weak but certain, Fine to VF, R.
Lot #401 - islamic early post-reform
ABBASID: 'Abd Allah b. Dinar, ca. 848-862, AE fals (3.11g), [Sur], ND, A-293, Fine, RR.
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