E-Auction 10

Lot 221:

Umayyad. Abbasid. Saffarid. Hamdanid. Lot of 9 AR Dirhams

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Umayyad. Abbasid. Saffarid. Hamdanid. Lot of 9 AR Dirhams. Including, Saffarids. ‘Amr b. al-Layth. AR Dirham (3.34g/ 25mm). Andaraba. AH 287. ‘Amr b. al-Layth in fourth line of obverse field. Album 1402. Rare. Very fine. 

Abbasid. al-Muqtadir. AR Dirham (2.93g/ 27mm). AH 306. Harran. Citing his heir Abu’l-‘Abbas. Album 246.6. Very fine.

Umayyad. Walid I (705-715). AR Dirham (2.70g/ 26mm). Abarshahr. AH 95. Album 128. Near extremely fine. 

Umayyad. Walid I (705-715). AR Dirham (2.76g/ 27mm). Wasit. AH 96. Album 128. Very fine.

Abbasid. al-Muqtadir. AR Dirham (3.15g/ 27mm). Arrajan. AH 306. Album 246.2. Very fine.

Hamdanid. Nasir al-Dawla (967-969). AR Dirham (2.11g/ 24mm). Madinat al-Salam. AH 330. As sole ruler, citing also the heir to the caliphate, Abu Mansur, earliest year of Hamdanid coinage. Album 749. Very fine.

Abbasid. al-Radi (934-940). AR Dirham (3.63g/ 24mm). Madinat al-Salam. AH 322. Album 255.1. Very fine.

Saffarid. Ya’qub b. al-Layth (861-879). AR Dirham (3.38/ 22mm). Fars. AH 265. Album 1401.2. Rare.

Abbasid. al-Muktafi (902-908). AR Dirham (2.89g/ 23mm). Nasibin. AH 293. Album 244.1. Very fine. Scarce.