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ISLAMIC COINS/AUSLAND




                                              ISLAMIC COINS


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           620  Under ‘Abd  Al-mAlik,  cA. 74-77 h/694-698 Ad. Dinar, uncertain North African mint (Carthage?). NON EST
                DEUS NI]SI IPSE SOLOL CIS ET (truncated and garbled version of Non est Deus nisi ipse solus cui socius non
                est),  crowned  and  draped  facing  male  busts  (Heraclius  and  Heraclius  Constantine),  the  left  bearded,  each  crown
                topped by trefoil ornament (originally crosses) / [...] LM ET OMMINNAV (truncated and garbled version of Deus
                dominus noster sapiens magnus eternus omnia noscens), T (truncated cross) on three steps.  Wilkes 143. 4,30 g.
                                                                     ELEKTRON Very rare  About Extremely Fine  10.000,--
                From a German Private Collection, formed between 1970 and 1990.
                Carthage fell to the Arabs in AD 695 and changed hands twice over the next five years before its final destruction around 698. Under the reign
                of the Heraclii (610-641) Carthage minted a large number of the characteristic, particularly thick solidi (and their fractions) with facing busts
                on the obverse and the cross potent on the reverse. Due to their widespread use in the region, these coins formed the model of the present
                coin, of which only a few are known. With a Latinized version of the Islamic Declaration of Faith (the Shahada), which differs slightly from
                the „canonical“ form that was later adopted on the coinage of Caliph ‚Abd al-Malik (the legends mean: There is no god but the one who has
                no associate) / God, our Wise Lord, the Great, the Eternal, the All-Knowing), it represents a fascinating time in early Islamic history. The
                use of Latin instead of Arabic immediately shows the interest of the Arab conquerors in preserving a familiar coinage while at the same time
                removing Christian symbolism (both the crosses on obverse and reverse have been mutilated).


                                                   ISLAMIC COINS


           621  Mixed  lot  of  the  Islamic  coins  from  the  Seupel  collection  that  were  unsold  in  e-auction  11:  Umayyads  of  Spain,
                Almoravids, Post Almoravid Period, Almohads, Tulunids, Ikhshidids, Ayyubids, Buwaihids, Artuqids of Mardin, Zangids
                of Aleppo and of Sinjar, Tahirids, Saffarids, Samanids, Salduqids of Erzurum, Rum-Seljuqs and an Abbasid fals. A list
                can be requested.                                           111 pieces   Very fine - extremely fine  500,--


                LITErATUr ZUr ISLMAMISCHEN NUMISMATIK



           622  tiesenhAUsen, W. de. Moneti vostochnavo Khalifata (Coins of the Eastern Caliphate), St. Petersburg 1 73, LVI, 374
                S., 4 Tf.                                                        Sehr selten, Halbleinen der Zeit  II  300,--
                Aus der Bibliothek R. Seupel.


           623  tornberg, C. J. Numi cufici regii numophylacii Holmiensis, quos omnes in terra Sueciae repertos, Uppsala 1848,
                LXXXVIII, 316 S., 14 Tf.                               I/II Halbleder des. 20. Jhs. mit Goldprägung  100,--
                Aus der Bibliothek R. Seupel.


           624  troUtovsky, W. Katalog vostochni Monet (Romanzoff Museum), Moskau 1  6, 155 S., 1 Tf.
                                 Selten  Etwas stockfleckig, Besitzereintrag von 1889 im Titelblatt, II Kunstleder mit Goldprägung  50,--

                Enthält einen wichtigen Bestand an Münzen der Goldenen Horde.


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