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iSlAMiC COinS/AUSlAnD

iSlAMiC COinS

ArAb-bYzAntine COinS

449
449 unDer governor musa ibn nusair. Dinar/Solidus Indictional year 11 (AH 94/957, 1 AD) Spanish mint. Walker
181 var. 4,10 g. GOLD Very rare Very fine 1.000,--
‚AbbASiDS

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450 Time of hârûn ar-rashîD, 170-193 h/786-809 aD. Dirham 19 H., Samarqand, with the name of Hamawayh al-
Khâdim, the sâhib al-barîd. Lowick/Savage 2576; Qatar 1792. 2,81 g. Toned Very fine 50,--
451 Dirham 189 H., al-Muhammadîya. 2,92 g. Toned Extremely fine 50,--

Ex Slg. F. W., Bonn.
452 al-amîn, 193-198 h/809-813 aD, coinage for his moTher, The sayyiDa ZubayDa. Dirham 195 H., Ma‘din
Bâjunays, with the dedicational legend li-sayyida umm al-khalîfa (for the lady, the mother of the caliph), clearly not the
nominative as-sayyida as Lowick and Vardaniyan render the legend. Lowick/Savage 924; Vardanyan 214. 2,90 g.
Very rare variety with the full title, double strike on obverse affecting the first part of the mint name, very fine 750,--

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45 al-ma‘mûn, 195-218 h./811-833 aD. Dirham 200 H., Madînat as-salâm 200 H., with the title of the vizier Dhû r-
riyâsatayn. Lowick/Savage 1421; Qatar 188 . 2,95 g. Minimal traces of bending to test the silver, very fine 50,--
454 Small drachm in the weight of a Tabari-dirham 204 H., Urmiya or rather a misspelt Armînîya, with the names of the
governor of Armenia, Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Mu‘âdh and the official Ba‘îth ibn Halbas, both only indicated by their ism
(proper name). 1,80 g. Probably unique Marginal flan crack, very fine 1.000,--
Around the year 200 H. various experiments were made replacing the dirham of 2.97 g by the traditional Sasanian drachm weight of 4.1 g and
also fractional coinage, both half dirhams (e.g. Vardanyan 207) and half drachms were occasionally struck. The present half drachm seems
underweight, but 1.8 g corresponds to the half drachms of Tabaristan circulating widely in Armenia. The special small reverse dies render
the shortened versions of the names, while the full dirhams have these names including the patronym. See also Lutz Ilisch, Ungewöhnliche
Nominale zur Zeit des al-Ma‘mûn, in Jahresbericht 1997 der Forschungsstelle für Islamische Numismatik, Tübingen 1998, p. 9-10.

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