Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 2104. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $265. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC DYNASTIES. Abbasids. 777-886 AD. Lot of ten high-grade Dirhems. Lot includes the following: al-Mahdi. AH 161. al-Muhammadiya. Album 215.1 // As last, M or Q in field. AH 165 // As last. AH 166 // Similar to preceeding, but Z and large pellet in fields. AH 167 // As last, but "bakh" in field // As last. 168 AH // al-Rashid, citing prince al-Ma'mun and 'Ali bin 'Isa bin Mahan, as governor. AH 185. Madinat Balkh. Album 218.6; MWI 188 var. (date) // al-Mamun, citing only Dhul-Riyasatayn,"holder of two offices." AH 199. Madinat al-Salam. Album 223; cf. MWI 203 // al-Mamun, citing al-Mashriq and Dhul-Riyasatayn. AH 200. Samarqand // al-Mu'tamid, citing Caliph's name, the dual vizierate (Sa'id bin Makhlad), and heir al-Muwaffaq. AH 272. Surra Man Ra'a (Samarra). Album 239.6. Rare. VF to choice EF, most well-struck. Ten (10) coins in lot. ($300)