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733 Dinar 188 H., no mint (Baghdâd), anonymous and without mark below. rev., dot above the letter hâ in ilâha in obv. and
a diacritical dot above nûn in the final digit of the date. Bernardi 0201; BMCO I 155; Lowick/Savage 396 (without
indication of dots); Nützel 944. 4,13 g. GOLD Scratch, extremely fine 2 0,--
Acqu. Jean Elsen, Brussels, list V0 , 1986.

734 Dirham 192 H., Madînat Abrashahr/Naysâbûr, with the name of Nasr ibn Sa‘îd. Lowick/Savage 2080; Qatar 1681; Ties.
1 17. 2,9 g. Very fine 100,--

Acqu. Stephen Album, Santa Rosa, list 171, October 2002, no. 141.

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73 Half dirham 193 H., Ma‘din Bâjunays, anonymous, rev. marginal legend shortened as a result of the smaller diametre
and ending with ‘alâ d-dîni kullihi. Lowick/Savage -; Vardanyan 207. 1,49 g.
The better one of two known specimens Good very fine 7 0,--
Acqu. Gorny & Mosch auction 148, no. 4 32. Special coins of the weight of half of a dirham or half of a mithqâl or a full mithqâl in silver
are a peculiarity of the Ma‘din Bâjunays mint North of Lake Van, which was in the hands of the queen Zubayda. Some of these coins are
clearly struck for donative purposes, while other types like this one follow the standard type and may rather have to be seen in the context of
providing countable coins at a period when paying according to weight became normal (see Lutz Ilisch, Jahresbericht 1997 der Forschungsstelle
für Islamische Numismatik Tübingen, pp. 9-10). All of these coins have survived in very small numbers only. The other specimen of this half
dirham has been published many times but all the references refer to the same specimen (Spink/Zurich 27, 1987, lot no. 3 = Münzen und
Medaillen, Basle, 7 , December 1989, no. 383 = SICA 3.1966, Shamma, Coins of al-Ma‘mûn and Vardanyan) was struck with the same pair
of dies as the present piece, pointing to a low mintage figure.

736 Dirhams 182 and 188 H., both Madînat Balkh, the first in the name of al-Amîn Muhammad as heir, the second in the
name of al-Ma‘mûn as second heir. Lowick/Savage 2098 var.; Qatar 1684 and 1696; SNA Tübingen XIVc 480-483 and
14- 17. 2,63 g and 2,94 g. 2 pieces Extremely fine and very fine 7 ,--
Acqu. Hirsch, Munich auction 49, October 1966, no. 3713 and I. Schulze, Essen, September 2003.

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737 Dirham 170 H., Madînat Jayy, with the names of the caliph and al-Mubârak. Lowick/Savage 1 76 only reference.
2,89 g. Extremely rare Good very fine 200,--

Acqu. Peus auction 378, April 2004, no. 1244.

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