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ONS Auction, 19 0ctober 2019 References used: A Stephan Album, A checklist of popular Islamic Coins, 3rd edition, Santa Rosa 2011. Bop. Osmund Bopearachchi: Monnaies Gréco-Bactriennes et Indo-Grecques, Paris 1991. Brotman Irwin F. Brotman: A Guide to the Temple Tokens of India, Los Angeles 1970. Codr H.W. Codrington: Ceylon Coins and Currency, Colombo 1924. Deyell John S. Deyell: Living without silver: The Monetary History of Early Medieval North India, New Delhi 1990. G/G Stan Goron & J.P. Goenka: The coins of the Indian Sultanates, New Delhi 2001 Göbl Sasanidische Numismatik, Braunschweig 1968 / Sasanian Numismatics, Braunschweig 1971 Göbl2 Münzprägung des Kushanreiches, Wien 1984 Gomes Alberto Gomes: Moedas Portuguesas, Lisboa, 5th ed., 2007. Van’t Haaff P.A. van’t Haaff: Catalogue of Elymaean Coinage, ca. 147BC – AD228. Lancaster 2007 HG T.R. Hardaker & P.L. Gupta: Ancient Indian Silver Punchmarked Coins, Nashik, rev. ed. 2014. 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Bidding will be started at approx. 75-80% of the estimate for the coins and at 90-95% for the books, provided that no more than one postal bid has been received for the lot concerned. ● All lots are illustrated at ZENO.RU – Oriental Coins Database. You may view this at: https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=17142 LOT DESCRIPTION ESTIMATE 001 ‘Abbassid, temp. al-Mansur (AH136-158/AD754-775), AR dirham, Madinat al-Salam, AH157 (A-213.1) VF € 20,= 002 --, Tahir bin al-Husayn + al-Harith (fl ca. AH200-202), AE fals (3.00 g.), Sur al-Ma’muniya in honor of the Caliph al-Ma’mun. (Sur = Sour, ancient Tyre in Lebanon) (A-293; SICA 1506/1508, 1509) R gF € 70,= 003 Arab-Byzantine, AE fals (3.87 g.), Anonymous imitation of the Byzantine AE follis, ca. 650s-680s, standing emperor design. (A-3504; Wilkes 126) VF € 25,= 004 --, AE fals (3.83 g.), Anonymous imitation of the Byzantine AE follis, ca. 650s-680s, standing emperor design (A-3504; Wilkes 126) VF € 20,= 005 --, AE fals (3.22 g.), Anonymous imitation of the Byzantine AE follis, ca. 650s-680s, standing emperor design (A-3504; Wilkes 126). aVF € 20,= 006 --, AE fals (4.48 g.), Anonymous imitation of the Byzantine AE follis, ca. 650s-680s, standing emperor design, ND, Dimasq, attractive (A-3505; Wilkes 131) VF € 50,= 007 --, AE fals (4.13 g.), Anonymous imitation of the Byzantine AE follis, ca. 650s-680s, standing emperor design (A-3504; Wilkes 126) VF € 30,= 008 Arab-Sasanian, AE pashiz (1.87 g.), Bust bearded and moustached facing right, Pahlevi legend on left and right / legend in 3 lines, first line Arabic with mint-name Zaranj and the 2 following lines in Pahlavi (Gyselen type 50) R R VG-F € 20,= 009 --, AE pashiz (1.21 g.), bust facing right, Arab legend around / Arab legend in 3 lines, circular legend with date (AH120?) (rf. Gyselen type 60) R R VG-F € 25,= 010 --, Umayyad Governors, (Salih) Rida, unknown, probably ca. 780’s, A R drachm (3.28 g.), Eastern Sistan (A.89D; Wilkes 86) R VF € 25,= 011 --, --, ‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin ‘abd Allah bin Amir (ca. AH66-72/AD685-691), AR drachm (3.50 g.), SK (Sijistan), countermark: Ja’iz, AH66 (A-25; Wilkes 23) R R VF € 200,= 012 Artuqid of Mardin, Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II (AH572-580/AD1176-1184), AE dirham (9.07 g.), obv.: Head to right, looking upward. Legend in segments around / rev. 5-line legend NM, ND (A-1828.1; S/S type 31.1; Wilkes 1204), well struck specimen aEF € 80,= 013 --, Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan (AH597-637/AD1201-1239), AE dirham (14.98 g.), obv.: Large Roman male head in profile right / rev. 5-line legend, citing Ayyubid overlord al-Kamil, NM, AH620 (A-1830.7; S/S type 43; Wilkes 1217) S gVF € 60,= 014 --, Ghazi I (AH637-658/AD1239-1260), AR dirham, Mardin, Caliph al-Mussta’sim + al-Salih Ayyub, hexagram type, first series. (A-1834.2; Wilkes 1223) S aVF € 40,= 015 Asia Minor, Ionia, Teos (BC 200-100), AE16 - Trichalkon (3.13g,). Griffin seated right, forepaw raised / monogram within wreath, ΤΗΙΩΝ below (SNG v.Aulock 2263 var.; Copenhagen 1476) VF € 50,= 016 Ayyubid, al-‘Adil Sayf al-Din Abu Bakr ibn Ayyub (AH595-615/AD1196-1218), AE dirham (11.46 g.), date AH592, mint: Mayafarikin. Obv.: Facing bust of Amir (A-809; MWI.824; Wilkes 908) gVF € 40,= 017 Bactria, Euthydemos II (190-185 BC), Ni di-chalkon (7.68 g.), diademed head of Apollo / tripod, legend & monogram, Merv. (Bop. Serie 6; MAC 1649; Hoover 77) gF/aVF € 170,= 018 British East India Company, Prince of Wales’Island (Penang), AE ½ pice, AD1787, struck at Calcutta. (KM.2.1; Pr.(A) 10, var. b) VF € 80,= 019 Central Asia, Eastern Turkestan. Hotan camel coin 200-700? + Hotan horse coin (Authenticity of Hotan horse coin is questioned) Lot of 2 coins VG & F (2) € 15,= 020 --, Chach, Tarnavch, AE unit (2.16 g.), 7-8th cent. obv: Lion or leopard / rev. Tamgha, Sogdian legend (Shagalov& Kutznetsov #243) F € 40,= 021 --, Chach, Chanubek, AE unit (1.31 g.), 7-8th cent. obv: Portrait of Chanubek or Chanurnak / rev: Tamgha within Sogdian legend (Shagalov & Kuznetsov #142) S aVF € 50,= LOT DESCRIPTION ESTIMATE 022 Central Asia, C hach, Nirtanek, AE unit (2.79 g.), 7-8th cent. obv: Facing portrait of Nirtanak with swastika in right field / rev: Tamgha, Sogdian legend (Smirnova [1991] 1556) gVF € 90,= 023 --, Chach, unknown ruler, AE unit (3.33 g.), 7-8th cent., obv: Portrait of ruler, / rev: Swan shaped Tamgha and Sogdian legend. (Fedorov ONS 192) aVF € 70,= 024 --, Chach, unknown ruler, AE unit (2,34 g.), 7-8th cent., obv: Horse rider / rev: Tamgha with Sogdian legend (Shagalov & Kuznetsov #62) aVF € 120,= 025 --, Southern Sogd (Northern Tokharistan & Badakhshan), Naksheb?, AE unit (1.57 g.), 7-8th cent., obv: bust of female ¾ right (Queen or Goddess?) holding a cup to the right / rev.: winged horse (Pegasus?), (Kochnev & Baratova class 4.) gF € 100,= 026 --, Western Sogd, Paikend, small Chinese type cash (1.67 g.), 7-8th cent.. (Zeimal, 16) . Extremely Rare. F € 150,= 027 --, Samarqand, large cash (5.03 g.), Urk Wartamuk, 698-700, obv: Urk Wartamuk Ikshid (ruler) / rev: left tamgha of Samarqand, right triskelion tamgha (Smirnova 567ff; Jen 918; Fedorov ONS Newsletter 175 suppl. fig. 12) Very rare aVF € 80,= 028 --, Ferghana, small cash (0.97 g.), 8th cent., obv: Ush right, tutuk of alp khaqan left / rev: plain. Tutuk in Turkish = military governor; alp = hero. In the eastern part of the Ferghana Valley there is a town named Ush. This coin might infer that Ush was the residency of the military governor who ruled that part of Ferghana in the name of the Turkish khaqan. (Smirnova (1981) 1445; Fedorov (2003) ONS Newsletter 177 p. 9) VG € 50,= 029 --. Uncertain, two lead Kai Yuan cash (1.92 & 8.02 g.), obv: 開 元 通 寶 Kai Yuan Tong Bao rev: plain and un-deciphered. both F (2) € 40,= 030 --.