1620, Prague. Very rare. Very fine +.
Gold löser of 20 ducats n.d. (1611-1633), Winsen (Luhe).
Probably unique. About extremely fine.
Extremely fine.
Gold medal of 50 ducats, 1851 by F. W. Kullrich,
commemorating the completion of the equestrian statue of
Frederick the Great. Extremely rare. About FDC.
From the collection of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg.
by H. Krafft after a draft by Albrecht Dürer as a gift for the
Emperor on the occasion of the planned Imperial Diet in
Nuremberg. Extremely rare. Original strike. Extremely fine.
1740, Paris. Very rare. NGC PF62 CAMEO. Proof.
by V. Alexeev commemorating the peace with Persia.
Extremely rare. Extremely fine to FDC.
of the half taler. Extremely rare. PCGS MS63PL.
Extremely fine to FDC.
CNG Islamic Auction 5
Classical Numismatic Group
CNG Islamic Auction 5
Coins
18-19 April 2024
GB-London
Classical Numismatic Group presents the Islamic Auction 5, to be held in two sessions. Session 1, a live sale, will be held in the rooms of the London Mathematical Society, 57-58 Russell Square, London WC1B 4HS on 18 April 2024 beginning at 2 PM BST (9 AM EST). Session 2, an electronic sale, will close beginning at 2 PM BST (9 AM EST) on 19 April 2024. Together, this sale features 700 lots with a pre-sale estimate of nearly $1 million.
This auction is highlighted by a number of rarities, including:
- A superb Mamluk gold dinar naming Shajar al-Durr
- An Arab-Sasanian drachm naming al-Bara b. al-Qabisa
- An Arab-Byzantine gold solidus
- Umayyad dirhams from Bazija Khusra and Tustar
- A unique ‘Abbasid dinar from Arrajan
- A Fatimid dinar from Madinat Rasul Allah
- Two Fatimid dinars struck in Baghdad by al-Basasiri
- Two Saffarid dirhams from Oman
- A Sallarid double-dinar naming the Seven Isma‘ili Imams
Here you can find some highlights:
Lot 6: Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf and Bara b. Qabisa (AH 75-95 / AD 694-713). Drachm, AH 76 (AD 695/6), Jayy mint. Good Very Fine. Estimate: $40,000.
Lot 10: Pre-reform issues, Arab-Byzantine. Gold issues. Solidus. Without mint-name. Undated. Good Very Fine, traces of mounting on edge, tooling in fields on reverse. Estimate: $30,000.
Lot 70: ‘Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Muqtadir (Second reign, AH 296-317 / AD 908-929). Dinar, AH 301 (AD 913/14), Arrajan mint. Good Very Fine, minor weakness in margins on both sides. Estimate: $40,000.
Lot 151: Bahri Mamluks. Shajar al-Durr (AH 648 / AD 1250). Dinar, AH 648 (AD 1250), Al-Qahira mint. Near Extremely Fine. Estimate: $100,000.
