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MEDIEVAL COINS
Islam
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References: MI - The Medieval Islamic
World by Mitchiner; A - A Checklist of Popular Islamic Coins by Stephen
Album; TYE - Jitas, by Robert Tye
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Abbasid Caliphate.
Al-Amih. AD 808 to
813. Silver Dirhem.
Denomination: Silver Dirhem.
Mint: Bukhara.
Date: AH 193 (AD 808).
Reference: Album-221. MI 196 variety.
Size: 23.1 x 24.5 mm. Weight: 3.98
grams.
Grade: gVF for wear, but at some time there has been
some cleaning, and there is some weak areas.
Obverse and Reverse: Arabic inscriptions.
SOLD.00
Order
# 3784
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Zengid Atabegs of Sinjar.
Muhammad. AD 1198 to 1219.
Bronze Dirhem
Qutb al-din Muhammad bin Zengi. AH 594 to 616 (AD 1198 to 1219).
Denomination: Bronze Dirhem.
Date & Mint: I have not attempted to
read the date and mint on this coin, but these are normally Sinjar mint
ca. AH 598.
Reference: BMC 3, 622-628. Mitchiner Islamic -
1139 to 1140. S&S type 81.
Size: 24.5 x 26.5 mm. Weight: 11.22
grams.
Grade: good Fine. This coin is a mid to dark
brown color, with some parts of the inscriptions off the flan.
Obverse: Male head right, with a spear over his
shoulder and
a shield on his shoulder, with Arabic inscriptions around. The
head is
of a style that appears to have been copied from ancient some Roman
coins.
Reverse: Arabic inscriptions.
SOLD
Order
# 4357
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Injuyids.
Abu Ishaq as independant ruler. AD 1337 to 1354. Silver Dirham.
Ruler: Al Mutawakkil Abu Ishaq ibn Mahamud, ruled at
first
as a vassel of the Ilkhan king Abu Said, but on Abu Said's death in AH
736 (AD 1337) Abu Ishaq became an independent, but this only lasted 18
years when he was driven out by the Muzaffarids.
Denomination: Silver Dirham.
Mint and Date: no mint or date is visible on this
coin, which is normal for this very crudely struck type.
Reference: Album-2275.2, Mitchiner Islamic #1734.
Size: 19.0 x 19.1 mm. Weight: 3.57 grams.
Grade: VF for wear, but with the typical incomplete
strike.
Obverse and reverse: Arabic inscriptions.
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SOLD
Order
# 3409
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Zengid Atabegs of Sinjar.
Muhammad. AD 1198 to 1219.
Bronze Dirhem
Qutb al-din Muhammad bin Zengi. AD 1198 to 1219.
Denomination: Bronze Dirhem.
Mint & Date: I
have not attempted to read the mint and date on this coin, but these
are normally Sinjar mint ca. AH 598.
Reference: BMC 3, 622-628. Mitchiner Islamic -
1139 to 1140
Size: 24.1 x 26.1 mm Weight: 11.07
grams.
Grade: VF. This coin is a mid to dark
brown color, without
the green tint the image suggests. It is also a little nicer in
the
hand than the image suggests.
Obverse: Male head right, with a spear over his
shoulder and
a shield on his shoulder, with Arabic inscriptions around.
The head is
of a style that appears to have been copied from ancient some Roman
coins.
Reverse: Arabic inscriptions.
SOLD
Order
# 2826
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References: MI - The Medieval Islamic
World by Mitchiner; A - A Checklist of Popular Islamic Coins by Stephen
Album; TYE - Jitas, by Robert Tye
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MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC COINS
For those of you less familiar with medieval Islamic
coins, it is important to note that most of these coins will have weak
areas. We make note of these weak areas, but only for the sake of
giving a complete description of the coins. In many cases it is
impossible to find fully-struck specimens.
We are not able to fluently read the inscriptions on
these coins, and in many cases are not able to read the dates and
mints. We will try to provide images that are good enough that people
who are fluent in them can make them out. We would appreciate hearing
about any of these items that we may have miss-identified.
ABBASID CALIPHS
In AH 132 the Abbasid Caliphate was established when the
Omayyads were overthrown by the descendants of Al Abbas (an uncle of
the Prophet). Abbasid rule was quickly established over much of the
Islamic world but after AH 172 their power began to decline as one
province after another asserted it's independence until AH 334 when
Abbasid rule finally came to an end.
HARUN-AL-RASHID, AH 187
Under Harun-al-Rashid, Abbasid rule reach it highest
point, extending from the Mediterranian Sea to parts of India.
Harum-al-Rashid will be more familiar to many non-islamic people as one
of the central figures in the tales of the Arabian Nights.
OTTOMAN EMPIRE
SELIM II, AD 1566-1574
SAFAVIDS
In AH 907 Shah Isma'il Safavi ibn Haydar defeated Murad
Ak Koyunlu of the Turkomans to establish the Safavid realm in Iran and
part of Afghanistan.
SHAH TAHMASP I, AH 320-984 (AD 1524-1576)
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