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ISLAMIC COINS

UMAYYAD CALIPHS

EASTERN TYPE, 77-132 AH (697-750 AD)

1 2

1 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwân, 65-86 AH (685-705 AD). Dinar 85 AH, no mint (Damascus). 4,25 g. Walker
195; Kazan -; Bernardi 43; Fr. 9. GOLD. Extremely fine 400.-

ABBASSID CALIPHS

2 al-Muqtadir billâh, 295-320 AH (908-932 AD). Dinar 312 AH, al-Muhammadîya. 4,04 g. With the name
of the heir Abû l-'Abbâs and mark dâl below rev. field. The creed on obv. in two lines only. Miles, Numis-
matic History of Rayy 156E Var.; Bernardi 242Mh Var.; A. 245.
GOLD. Slightly double struck. Very fine 300.-

AGLABID AMIRS

3

3 Ibrâhîm II, 261-289 AH (874-902 AD). Dinar 273 or 276 AH, no mint (Qayrawân? or an imitative mint).
4,14 g. Cf. al-'Ush 119. GOLD. Very rare. Almost extremely fine 350.-

Very crude style, but generally readable with a few orthographic problems, e.g. in the first line of the creed,
thus probably a contemporary imitation made by a die engraver without knowledge of Arabic (Southern
Italy? Amalfi?) but with the capacity to reproduce the number of dots to form the writing precisely.

CRUSADER IMITATIONS OF FATIMID DINARS

4

4 County of Tripoli. Dinar or bezant year 2. 4,06 g. Imitating a dinar of the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir
billâh. Balog/Yvon 2; Metcalf 484. GOLD. Extremely fine 400.-

The Arabic legends on this coin are generally crude but legible. On the obverse die the word Allah was repla-
ced three times by the word alah (one lâm only). Tarâblus is indicated as the mint, but the date is shortened
to ithnâ for the final digit 2.