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Eretnid temp. Eretna AH736-753 (1335-1352 A.D.) Akce EF -- #AC86566
AR Akce 19mm. 1.80g. Erzincan Mint AH743 Uighur legend in three lines, within pointed hexafoil frame; date around; all within linear and dotted circles.
Kalima in three lines within linear square, names of the Rashidun around; all within linear and dotted circles.
Album 2320.1 EF. Rare. Lightly toned with strong lustre. An excellent example. A few areas of weakness, otherwise choice. Listed as 'scarce' in Album, but market evidence suggests it is much rarer. All coins of Eretna are anonymous, but can be attributed by date. The Eretnids were a successor state to the Ilkhanate in central Anatolia, but were short lived, lasting only from 1335 to 1381 A.D.  Reduced from: $145
 
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$ 130.00
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Cilicia Abbasid Caliphate Thamal, as governor c. early 10th Century A.D. Cast fals Good Fine -- #AC87122
AE Cast fals 25mm. 2.90g. Uncertain mint (cast in or near Tarsus) Seal of Solomon; beaded border.
Governor's name ('Thamal'); beaded border.
Album 300 Good Fine. Very rare. Green patina. Some roughness, as typical for this cast issue. Very few examples of this rare type auctioned in the past two decades.
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$ 120.00
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Syria Mamluk Burji Mamluks Aynal al-Ashraf Abu'l-Nasr AH857-865 (1453-1461 A.D.) Dirham VF -- #AC87927
AR Dirham 18mm. 1.50g. Halab (Aleppo) mint Legend in three lines.
Circular legend around mint name.
Album 1013; Balog 771ff. VF. Toned and lustrous. Some unevenness of strike.
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$ 45.00
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Persia Ilkhanid (Ilkhans or Hulaguid Mongols) Abaqa AH663-680 (1265-1282 A.D.) Dirham VF -- #AC87242
AR Dirham 23mm. 2.40g. Tabriz Mint AH[67]9 Arabic legend in three lines within square; date around.
Uyghur legend in five lines.
Album 2128.2 VF. Lightly toned with much lustre in central fields. Some unevenness of strike.
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$ 55.00
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Persia Ilkhanid (Ilkhans or Hulaguid Mongols) Abu Sa'id AH716-736 (1316-1335 A.D.) 2 Dirhams EF -- #AC86274
AR 2 Dirhams 21mm. 3.40g. Arzarum mint Post-Reform coinage, AH72[?] (c.1320-1328 A.D.) Legend in two lines, mint name below, within inner circle; date around; all within circle and beaded border.
Legend in three lines within plain square; legend around.
Album-2210 EF. Lightly toned with full, bright lustre. A bit off-center, otherwise choice. A nice example of a common type.
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$ 95.00
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Persia Anonymous civic copper c. AH780-907 (1378-1501 A.D.) Fals Fine -- #AC87412
AE Fals 18mm. 2.10g. Nimruz mint (no date) Denomination within cross-shaped frame.
Mint name within octagonal frame.
Album B3190 Fine. Brown patina. Scarce design. A few pits. Unevenly struck. Some bright cleaning scratches. Album notes that anonymous coppers of Nimruz may be regarded as issues of Mehrabanid kings of Sistan. He also notes that they are 'always found in abysmal condition.'
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$ 28.00
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Persia Amir of Qunduz Anonymous, temp. Amir Khusro AH907 (frozen date) (1501/2 A.D.) 2 Dinars Near EF -- #AC102187
AE 2 Dinars 29mm. 9.59g. Qunduz mint Deer r., floral elements around.
Date, mint, and denomination within ornate frame.
Album 3009 Near EF. Red-brown patina. Scarcer variety. Bold reverse. Some strike weakness, as typical. Much scarcer variety with deer to right. Amir Khusro Shah proclaimed his autonomy from the Timurids and ruled from AH902-910, but his coins are always anonymous and show a frozen date of AH907. Album notes that the 0 is written as a circle instead of a dot, therefore often being read as a 5. This type likely continued to be struck long after his death, hence the great number of varieties that can be found.
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$ 65.00
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Persia Amir of Qunduz Anonymous, temp. Amir Khusro AH907 (frozen date) (1501/2 A.D.) 2 Dinars VF -- #AC102179
AE 2 Dinars 25mm. 9.47g. Hisar mint Deer l., floral elements around.
Date, mint, and denomination within ornate frame.
Album 3009 VF. Red-brown patina. Rare calligraphic style. Some strike weakness, as typical. The reverse has markedly different calligraphy than the typical example. Seemingly very rare. Amir Khusro Shah proclaimed his autonomy from the Timurids and ruled from AH902-910, but his coins are always anonymous and show a frozen date of AH907. Album notes that the 0 is written as a circle instead of a dot, therefore often being read as a 5. This type likely continued to be struck long after his death, hence the great number of varieties that can be found.
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$ 65.00
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Persia Amir of Qunduz Anonymous, temp. Amir Khusro AH907 (frozen date) (1501/2 A.D.) 2 Dinars VF -- #AC102175
AE 2 Dinars 29mm. 9.16g. Hisar mint Deer l., floral elements around.
Date, mint, and denomination within ornate frame.
Album 3009 VF. Red-brown patina. Some double-striking and weakness, as typical. Amir Khusro Shah proclaimed his autonomy from the Timurids and ruled from AH902-910, but his coins are always anonymous and show a frozen date of AH907. Album notes that the 0 is written as a circle instead of a dot, therefore often being read as a 5. This type likely continued to be struck long after his death, hence the great number of varieties that can be found.
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$ 45.00
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Persia Amir of Qunduz Anonymous, temp. Amir Khusro AH907 (frozen date) (1501/2 A.D.) 2 Dinars Good VF -- #AC102174
AE 2 Dinars 28mm. 8.11g. Hisar mint Deer l., floral elements around.
Date, mint, and denomination within ornate frame.
Album 3009 Good VF. Red-brown patina with some lustre remaining in fields. Somewhat off-center with some weakness of strike, as typical. Scarcer with deer running. Amir Khusro Shah proclaimed his autonomy from the Timurids and ruled from AH902-910, but his coins are always anonymous and show a frozen date of AH907. Album notes that the 0 is written as a circle instead of a dot, therefore often being read as a 5. This type likely continued to be struck long after his death, hence the great number of varieties that can be found.
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$ 50.00
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Persia Ilkhanid (Ilkhans or Hulaguid Mongols) Anushiravan AH745-757 (1344-1356 A.D.) 2 Dirhams EF -- #AC87243
AR 2 Dirhams 17mm. 1.40g. [mint illegible] AH7[46] Uyghur legend within circle.
Kalima in triangle with names of the Rashidun within.
Album 2262 EF. Lightly toned with some iridescent lustre in center fields. Uneven strike with weak margins.
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$ 45.00
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Persia Samanid Mansur I ibn Nuh II AH350-365 (961-976 A.D.) Multiple Dirham Good VF -- #AC85407
AR Multiple Dirham 47mm. 12.00g. After AH365 (976 A.D.) Central legend in four lines; Qur'anic legend around.
Central legend in three lines; Qur'anic legend around.
Album-1465A Good VF. Rare. Lightly toned with brightly lustrous, almost prooflike fields. Excellent style. Typical light porosity and unevenness of strike. A few small irregularities on reverse. Scarcer variety with Mansur ibn Nuh's name shortened to just 'Mansur' on reverse.
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$ 90.00
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Persia Samanid Mansur I ibn Nuh II AH350-365 (961-976 A.D.) Multiple Dirham VF -- #AC85405
AR Multiple Dirham 41mm. 11.10g. After AH365 (976 A.D.) Central legend in three lines; Qur'anic legend in two lines around; governor's name (al-Harith) above.
Central legend in three lines; Qur'anic legend around.
Album-1465 VF. Lightly toned with much remaining lustre. Clear governor's name. Typical light porosity and slight unevenness of strike. Light double strike. The governor's name, al-Harith ibn Harb (shortened to al-Harith), is clear in the margin above the obverse.
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$ 85.00
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Persia Samanid Nasr II ibn Ahmad AH301-331 (914-943 A.D.) Dirham Good Fine -- #AC87221
AR Dirham 29mm. 2.90g. al-Shash mint AH311 Kalima in three lines, legend in two circles around.
Legend in four lines, legend in one circle around.
Album 1451 Good Fine. Toned. Uneven strike. Light porosity.
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$ 40.00
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Persia Samanid Nuh II ibn Nasr AH331-343 (943-954 A.D.) Multiple Dirham VF -- #AC87239
AR Multiple Dirham 46mm. 10.40g. Kurat Badakhshan Mint Central legend in three lines; Qur'anic legend in one line around.
Central legend in three lines; Qur'anic legend around.
Album 1455 VF. Toned and lustrous. Typical light porosity and some unevenness of strike. Slightly wavy.
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$ 95.00
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Persia Samanid Nuh II ibn Nasr AH331-343 (943-954 A.D.) Multiple Dirham VF -- #AC86508
AR Multiple Dirham 45mm. 9.10g. Central legend in three lines; Qur'anic legend around.
Central legend in three lines; Qur'anic legend around.
Album-1455 VF. Toned. Lustrous in devices. Very weakly struck, without much actual wear.
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$ 45.00
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Persia Samanid Nuh II ibn Nasr AH331-343 (943-954 A.D.) Multiple Dirham VF -- #AC85403
AR Multiple Dirham 46mm. 14.30g. Central legend in three lines; Qur'anic legend in two lines around.
Central legend in three lines; Qur'anic legend around.
Album-1455 VF. Lightly toned with nearly full lustre. Typical light porosity and unevenness of strike. Double struck. Some faint marks.
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$ 75.00
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Persia Samanid Nuh II ibn Nasr AH331-343 (943-954 A.D.) Multiple Dirham VF -- #AC85402
AR Multiple Dirham 42mm. 8.30g. Central legend in three lines; Qur'anic legend in two lines around.
Central legend in three lines; Qur'anic legend around.
Album-1455 VF. Lightly toned and lustrous. Typical light porosity and unevenness of strike. Obverse stain.
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$ 75.00
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Persia Samanid Nuh II ibn Nasr AH331-343 (943-954 A.D.) Multiple Dirham VF -- #AC85399
AR Multiple Dirham 45mm. 11.40g. Central legend in three lines; Qur'anic legend in two lines around.
Central legend in three lines; Qur'anic legend around.
Album-1455 VF. Lightly toned with nearly full lustre. Typical light porosity and unevenness of strike. A couple of faint marks.
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$ 75.00
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Persia Samanid Nuh II ibn Nasr AH331-343 (943-954 A.D.) Multiple Dirham VF -- #AC85398
AR Multiple Dirham 44mm. 10.70g. Central legend in three lines; Qur'anic legend in two lines around.
Central legend in three lines; Qur'anic legend around.
Album-1455 VF. Lightly toned with nearly full, flashy lustre. Typical light porosity and some unevenness of strike. Some scattered faint marks.
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$ 95.00
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