First Known Gold Issue for the Zaydis of Hawsam

CNG 105, Lot: 1078. Estimate $2500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Pre-Seljuq). Zaydis of Hawsam. temp. Abu’l-Husayn al-Mu’ayyad. Circa AH 380-411 / AD 931-961. AV Quarter Dinar (16mm, 0.99 g, 6h). Hawsam (Rudisar) mint. Date AH 400 (AD 1009/10). Shahada and ’ali walī Allah (’Ali [is] the authority of Allah) in three lines; all within linear stellate border of eight concave arcs; each point surmounted by annulet; bismillah [za]rb haza al-dina r bi-haw sam sanat arba’ mi’at (In the name of Allah struck this dinar in Hawsam year 400) in external voids; all within linear border; outer margin consisting of alternating annulets and ’llah in Arabic / The “Umayyad Symbol” (Sura 112 [al-ikhlas]) Āllah ahad Āllah āl-samad lam yalīd wa lam yalūd wa lem yakun lahu kufu ahad (Allah [is] One; Allah [is] the Eternal, the Absolute; not begetting and not begotten; there was not to Him equal a single one) in four lines; all within linear stellate border of eight concave arcs; each point surmounted by annulet; the “Umayyad Second Symbol” (Sura 9 [al-tauba]:33): muḥammadur rasūlu-llāh arsalahu bi-’lhudā wa dīn al-haqq lī-yuzhirahu (Muhammad is the messenger of Allah; him He sent with guidance and true faith to make it prevail) in external voids; all within linear border; outer margin consisting of alternating annulets and ’llah in Arabic. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, toned, areas of minor weak strike.

Ex Triton XIX (5 January 2016), lot 714.