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| Seljuqs of Rum, Suleiman (Sulayman) II b. Qilij Arslan, 1196 - 1204 A.D. |   | Suleiman ibn Qutulmish founded the Rum Sultanate after the Seljuks defeated the Byzantine emperor Romanus IV in 1077 A.D. and overran much of Anatolia. The Rum Sultanate, with its capital at Konya (Iconium to the Romans), was the last surviving Seljuk territory and only succumbed to the rise of the Ottoman Turks and the Mongols in the 13th Century A.D. |
| ME68908. Bronze fals, Album 1205.2, Mitchiner WOI 963, gVF, weight 6.259 g, maximum diameter 28.6 mm, die axis 0o, Konya(?) mint, AH 595; obverse nimbate horseman right, mace in right over shoulder, star behind; reverse Arabic inscription in three lines: al-sultan al-qahir / Suleiman Shah bin / Qilij Arslan; Arabic date (in the year 595) in margin, no mint named (as always); $150.00 (€112.50) |
| Islamic, Seljuqs Sultanate of Rum, Kaykhusraw I, 1192 - 1196, 1204-1210, Brockage |  | Kaykhusraw I, the eleventh and youngest son of Kilij Arslan II, succeeded his father in 1192. He ruled 1192-1196 and 1205-1211, but had to fight his brothers for control of the Sultanate. He married a granddaughter of the Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos. In 1207 he seized Antalya from its Frankish garrison and furnished the Seljuq state with a port on the Mediterranean. According to Niketas Choniates, he was killed in single combat by Theodore I Laskaris, the emperor of Nicaea, during the Battle of Antioch on the Meander. |
| ME65438. Bronze fals, cf. Album 1202, Mitchiner WOI 957, Zeno OCD 121946 (all same type, not brockages), VF, brockage, weight 3.135 g, maximum diameter 22.3 mm, die axis 0o, obverse horseman right, sword in right at shoulder, star at each side of his head, ornament below; reverse incuse of obverse (normal reverse is Arabic script); $140.00 (€105.00) |
| Islamic, Umayyad Caliphate, Yazid II, 101 - 105 AH, 720 - 724 A.D. |  | Yazid bin Abd al-Malik or Yazid II ruled as the Umayyad caliph from 10 February 720 until his death on 26 January 724. After numerous civil wars began to break out across the caliphate, according to the Byzantine chronicler Theophanes the Confessor, a wizard advised Yazid that he would reign for forty years, if he opposed Christian icons. Yazid issued an iconoclastic decree, but died of Tuberculosis after less than four years. |
| IS70851. Silver dirham, Lavoix 447, Album 135, Choice EF, weight 2.859 g, maximum diameter 25.5 mm, die axis 225o, Wasit mint, 105 AH, 723 - 724 A.D.; obverse Kufic margin: In the name of Allah this Dirham was struck in Wasit in the year five and a hundred, Kufic in center: There is no God but Allah alone with no partner; reverse Kufic margin: Mohammed is messenger of God, who sent him with guidance and the right religion to conquer over all religions however much idolaters, Kufic in center: Allah is unique, Allah is eternal, did not give birth, was not born, and no one ever has been equaled to Him; from the Sam Mansourati Collection; $85.00 (€63.75) |
| Islamic, Umayyad, Hisham, 105 - 125 H, 724 - 743 A.D. |  | Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik inherited an empire beset with problems but his long rule was effective. He was conscientious in administering finances, was a great patron of the arts, encouraged education by building schools, and oversaw the translation of numerous literary and scientific masterpieces into Arabic. He lived simply, wearing the same green cloak he had before becoming caliph and dwelling in the desert to avoid plague. His governor in Spain advanced a large army into France marking the limit of Arabic conquest in Western Europe, a wave halted by a crushing defeat to Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours. Almost annual raids against the Byzantines continued to gain ground. In North Africa, the Berbers revolted, at first successfully, but Umayyad rule was reestablished. Despite Hisham's successes, the Abbasids continued to gain power; however, they were not yet strong enough to make major gains. |
| IS70855. Silver dirham, Lavoix 528, Album 137, EF, weight 2.867 g, maximum diameter 20.5 mm, die axis 270o, Wasit mint, 125 AH, 742 - 743 A.D.; obverse Kufic margin: In the name of Allah this Dirham was struck in Wasit in the year five and twenty and a hundred, Kufic in center: There is no God but Allah alone with no partner; reverse Kufic margin: Mohammed is messenger of God, who sent him with guidance and the right religion to conquer over all religions however much idolaters, Kufic in center: Allah is unique, Allah is eternal, did not give birth, was not born, and no one ever has been equaled to Him; from the Sam Mansourati Collection; $85.00 (€63.75) |
| Islamic, Square Bronze Square Dirham Weight, 6th - 8th Century A.D. |  |
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| BZ90528. Bronze weight, cf. Hendin Weights 449; 9.3 x 9.7 x 4.6 mm, 2.943 g, nice green patina, obverse engraved or punched circle; reverse engraved or punched circle; $75.00 (€56.25) |
| Islamic, Seljuqs Sultanate of Rum, Kaykhusraw I, 1192 - 1196, 1204-1210 |  | Kaykhusraw I, the eleventh and youngest son of Kilij Arslan II, succeeded his father in 1192. He ruled 1192-1196 and 1205-1211, but had to fight his brothers for control of the Sultanate. He married a granddaughter of the Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos. In 1207 he seized Antalya from its Frankish garrison and furnished the Seljuq state with a port on the Mediterranean. According to Niketas Choniates, he was killed in single combat by Theodore I Laskaris, the emperor of Nicaea, during the Battle of Antioch on the Meander. |
| IS67182. Bronze fals, Album 1207, Mitchiner WOI -, F, weight 2.506 g, maximum diameter 19.7 mm, die axis 315o, 2nd reign, 600 - 607 AH, 1205 - 1211; obverse horseman riding right, sword in right, two stars above; reverse Arabic inscriptions, no mint or date, including title "Abul-Fat-h"; $65.00 (€48.75) |
| Islamic, Ilkhanids, Abu Sa'id, 1304 - 1335 |  | |
| IS47266. Silver double dirham, Album 2200.2, VF, weight 3.567 g, maximum diameter 24.5 mm, die axis 0o, Madinat Tabriz mint, illegible; obverse Lailahe illallah Muhammed resulullah, Ebu Bekir Ömer Osman Ali, Feseyekfikehumullahi ve hüves' semi' ül alim; reverse Duribe fi eyyam devlet is-sultan'ül azam Ebu Sa'id halledallahü mülkehu, Duribe Sultaniye, Niamullah el-nasr...; There is no God except for Allah, Muhammad is a Messenger of Allah; $45.00 (€33.75) |
| Islamic, Mongols of Persia, Ilkhans, Uldjaitu Khan, AH 703 - 716, 1304 - 1316 A.D. |  | |
| IS47267. Silver double dirham, Album 2188, aVF, weight 3.956 g, maximum diameter 22.8 mm, die axis 45o, Khabushan mint, AH 715 (1315 - 1316 A.D.); obverse arabic legend within and around hexalobe; reverse arabic legend within and around heptalobe; $45.00 (€33.75) |
| The Coinage of the Ayyubids |  | |
| BW40234. The Coinage of the Ayyubids by Paul Balog, Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication Number 12, London, 1980, 334 pages, 50 plates, hardcover, dust jacket, new; $40.00 (€30.00) |
| Marsden's Numismata Orientalia Illustrata |  | |
| BK40486. Marsden's Numismata Orientalia Illustrata: A Guide to Islamic and Oriental Coins with Values by Stephen Album, 1977, hardback with dust jacket, 318 pages. Illustrated throughout in black and white, shelf-worn, stains and damage to dust jacket, slight warping from humidity, new but "as used"; $40.00 (€30.00) |
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