Islamic Auction 15 – Session One
Lot: 1. KHWAREZMIA, Afrighids. Sawšafan. Second half of 8th century AD. AR Drachm (26.8mm, 3.11 g, 1h). VF, attractive portrait.

Islamic Auction 15 – Session One
Lot: 2. Pre-reform issues, Central Asia?. AV Jewellery piece (21.4mm, 1.80 g, 11h). Uncertain date. Good Fine, of uncertain age and status.

Islamic Auction 15 – Session One
Lot: 3. Pre-reform issues, Arab-Byzantine. Imperial Image coinage. Æ Fals (26.7mm, 9.77 g, 1h). Two seated figures type. Gerasa (Jerash) mint. Undated. Good Fine, surfaces corroded.

Islamic Auction 15 – Session One
Lot: 4. Pre-reform issues, Arab-Byzantine. Imperial Image coinage. Æ Fals (19.7mm, 3.51 g, 7h). Standing figure type. Diospolis (Ludd) mint. Undated. Near VF.

Islamic Auction 15 – Session One
Lot: 5. Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Yazdigerd III. AR Drachm (29.2mm, 2.79 g, 3h). MY (Maysan) mint. Dated YE 20 (AH 31 = AD 651/2). Broken and repaired, otherwise VF.

Islamic Auction 15 – Session One
Lot: 6. Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. In the name of Yazdigerd III. AR Drachm (33.2mm, 3.06 g, 6h). BN (Bamm?) mint. Dated YE 20 = AH 31 (AD 651/2). VF.

Islamic Auction 15 – Session One
Lot: 7. Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf. AH 75-95 / AD 694-713. AR Drachm (31.7mm, 3.74 g, 3h). YZ (Yazd) mint. Dated AH 81 (AD 700/1). Near VF.

Islamic Auction 15 – Session One
Lot: 8. Pre-reform issues, Arab-Armenian. Anonymous, temp. Muhammad b. Marwan. Circa AH 73-75 / AD 693-695. AR Drachm (30.8mm, 3.67 g, 5h). Blundered mint-name resembling WH or WYH. Vestigial date, apparently reading ‘6’. Good VF.

Islamic Auction 15 – Session One
Lot: 9. Umayyad Caliphate, Gold coinage. AV Dinar (19.5mm, 4.29 g, 6h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 101 (AD 719/20). Near EF, traces of lustre, pin marks in reverse field.

Islamic Auction 15 – Session One
Lot: 10. Umayyad Caliphate, Gold coinage. AV Dinar (19.4mm, 4.24 g, 11h). Without mint-name. Dated AH 132 (AD 749/50). VF, slightly double-struck, some light scrapes.

Islamic Auction 15 – Session One
Lot: 11. Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (25.9mm, 2.45 g, 10h). Ardashir Khurra mint. Dated AH 84 (AD 703). Good Fine/Fine, toned.

Islamic Auction 15 – Session One
Lot: 12. Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (25.7mm, 2.21 g, 3h). Balkh mint. Dated AH 124 (AD 742/3). Cracked, otherwise Near VF.

Islamic Auction 15 – Session One
Lot: 13. Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (27.9mm, 2.42 g, 10h). Jayy mint. Dated AH 78 (AD 697/8). VF, broken and reassembled from fragments.

Islamic Auction 15 – Session One
Lot: 14. Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (24.5mm, 2.51 g, 5h). Al-Daybul mint. Dated AH 95 (AD 713/4). VF.

Islamic Auction 15 – Session One
Lot: 15. Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (27mm, 2.63 g, 11h). Revolutionary Period issue, struck under Abu Muslim or ‘Imran b. Isma‘il. Sijistan mint. Dated AH 132 (AD 749/50). Near VF, some weakness on reverse.

Islamic Auction 15 – Session One
Lot: 16. Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (28.7mm, 2.65 g, 7h). Tukharistan mint. Dated AH 80 (AD 699/700). VF, tiny edge crimp at 5h on obverse.

Islamic Auction 15 – Session One
Lot: 17. Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (24.5mm, 2.47 g, 10h). Fil mint. Dated AH 80 (AD 699/700). VF, evenly clipped, traces of deposit.

Islamic Auction 15 – Session One
Lot: 18. Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (25.5mm, 2.75 g, 6h). Mah al-Kufa mint. Dated AH 81 (AD 700/1). Near VF.

Islamic Auction 15 – Session One
Lot: 19. Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (24.5mm, 1.84 g, 1h). Herat mint. Dated AH 80 (AD 699/700). Fine.

Islamic Auction 15 – Session One
Lot: 20. Umayyad Caliphate, Silver coinage. AR Dirham (24.5mm, 2.24 g, 3h). Herat mint. Dated AH 91 (AD 709/10). VF.