Waterford mint. Early Issue. Type I. ЄRA-N[...], crowned facing bust in triangle / CIVI-TAS VATЄ-[...], long cross pattée, triple pellets in angles. SCBC 6255. 0.20gr, 10mm, 9h.

Fine. Edge chipped.

Found Lincolnshire, UK.

Iliya (Jerusalem) mint. Menorah type. Candlestick with five branches; 'no God but Allah, He is alone' in Kufic around / 'Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in three lines in Kufic. D. Barag, "The Islamic Candlestick Coins of Jerusalem" in INJ 10, type 4; Walker 605; Album 163; ICV -. 3.45gr, 16mm, 7h.

Very Fine.

Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.

BYŠ (Bishapur) mint. Dated AH 75 (AD 694/5). Citing governor al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra [AH 75-79 (AD 694-698)]. Arab-Sasanian type. Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings and star-in-crescent; stars flanking, ribbon on shoulder; all within double border with pellets and star-in-crescents in margin; behind head, 'GDE ʾp̄zwt'' ('[may his] glory increase' in Pahlavi); before head, 'mwhʾlp' Y ʾbwcwplʾʾn' ('al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra' in Pahlavi); in outer margin, 'bism Allāh' ('In the name of Allah' in Arabic) / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border with star-in-crescents in margin. Album 31. 4.19gr, 32mm, 3h.

Extremely fine.

Property of a London, UK, gentleman.

DA (Darabgird) mint. Struck by ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, rival caliph [AH 60-73 (AD 680-692)]. Dated YE 53 (AD 684/5). Arab-Sasanian type. Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings and star-in-crescent; stars flanking, ribbon on shoulder; all within double border with pellets and star-in-crescents in margin; behind head, 'GDE ʾp̄zwt'' ('[may his] glory increase' in Pahlavi); before head, 'ʾp̄dwlʾ ʾmyl Y wlwyšnykʾn' ('ʿAbd Allah, Commander of the Believers' in Pahlavi); in the outer margin, 'bism Allāh' ('In the name of Allah' in Arabic) / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border with star-in-crescents in margin. Album 16. 4.15gr, 30mm, 3h.

Extremely fine.

Property of a London, UK, gentleman.

BYŠ (Bishapur) mint. Dated AH 67 (AD 686/7). Citing governor ʿUmar ibn ʿUbayd Allah [AH 67-72 (AD 686-691)]. Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings and star-in-crescent; stars flanking, ribbons on shoulder; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin; behind head, 'GDE ʾp̄zwt' ('[may his] glory increase' in Pahlavi); before head, 'ʾwml Y ʾwbytʾlʾʾn' ('ʿUmar ibn ʿUbayd Allah' in Pahlavi); in outer margin, 'li-llāh al-ḥamd' ('Praise to Allah' in Arabic) / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border with star-in-crescents in margin. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 309; SICA 1, 156-8; Album 21. 3.99gr, 30 mm, 10h.

Extremely fine.

Property of a London, UK, gentleman.

Dimashq (Damascus) mint. Dated AH 119 (AD 737/8). Kalima in three lines; mint and date formula around / Sura 112 in four lines; Quran IX, 33 around. Album 137; Klat 363. 2.88gr, 26mm, 7h.

Good Very Fine.

Acquired from Artemis Gallery, 1999.

Tabaristan mint; dated PYE 134 = AH 169 (AD 785/6). Anonymous type. Crowned and draped bust to right; behind head, GDH ('kingship' in Pahlavi); before head, 'AFZUT' ('may increase' in Pahlavi); in outer margin, APD and NWKW ('excellent' and 'good' in Pahlavi) and 'bakh bakh' ('very fine' in Arabic) / Sasanian fire altar set on three steps, flanked by two attending priests standing facing; to left, date; to right, mint. Album 73; SICA I, -; Walker, Arab-Sassanian, p. 156, O.10. 2.06gr, 25mm, 7h.

Extremely Fine. Very rare.

From a private collection, UK.

Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 136 = AH 171 (AD 787/8). Stylised crowned Sassanian style bust to right; ‘GDE ʾpzwt (may his glory increase) in Pahlavi to right and left; in outer margin, star-in-crescents, 'pd (excellent) in Pahlavi to lower right, nwk' (good) in Pahlavi to lower left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; pellets flanking flames, date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 174.1-8; Album 73; ICV -. 2.33gr, 24mm, 4h.

Near Extremely Fine.

From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Legend within circle and in margins / Legend within circle and in margins. 3.49gr, 22mm, 9h.

Very Fine. Edge chipped.

Acquired on the UK art market; Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Time of Abu Ya'qub Yusuf I to Abu'l-'Ula Idris II. Uncertain mint, without date. Square type. Legend in Arabic in three lines: 'There is no deity but Allah; The entire affair belongs to Allah; There is no strength except with Allah' / Legend in Arabic in three lines: 'Allah is our Lord; Muhammad is our messenger; Al-Mahdi is our leader'. Hazard 1085; Album 496; ICV 716. 1.53gr, 15mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine. Very well struck for the type.

Acquired from London Ancient Coins Ltd, 29 February 2016, no.13.

Siwas mint. Dated AH 731 (AD 1330/1). Type G. Legend within looped octagon; date in the margin / Legend within octofoil; the names of the four Rashidun Caliphs around. Album 2214. 3.14gr, 21mm, 2h.

Good Very Fine.

From a Swiss private collection, before 2005.

Gharnata mint. "Struck, in Granada, year" in three lines in Naskhi script / Date in three lines in Naskhi script. Album 418; Vives 2217; R. Lorente 82. 2.96g, 19mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.