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AUCTION 12 January 13 - 14, 2012 auction number 12 Ancient Coins 1-31 Sasanian ........................................10-18 Friday, January 13, 2012 Roman & Byzantine ..................19-29 Session A Islamic Coins 32-410, 500-758 09:00 PST Lots 1 – 499 Arab-Sasanian .............................32-47 [Break 13:00-14:00 PST] Arab-Byzantine ...........................49-61 Session B Umayyad ......................................62-116, 198-210 14:00 PST Lots 500– 911 Abbasid .........................................117-197 Fatimid ..........................................242-344 Saturday, January 14, 2012 Ayyubid .........................................349-362 Session C Ilkhans ...........................................628-642 09:00 PST Lots 912 – 1321 Timurid ..........................................644-649 Safavid ...........................................650-676 [Break 13:00-14:00 PST] Qajar ...............................................685-705 Session D Durrani-Barakzai ........................712-743 14:00 PST Lots 1322 – 1750 Ottoman Empire 411-499 NOTE: Times are subject to slight fluctuation. Algiers ............................................417-421 Egypt ..............................................422-439 Online Pre-bidding Tunis ...............................................446-458 Turkey ....................... .....................459-499 You can bid online at iCollector.com China 759-911 before the sale. Go our website and Chinese Dynasties .....................759-807 follow the link: Modern Chinese ........................808-863 http://www.icollector.com/Stephen-Album-Rare-Coins_ae1668 Tibet ...............................................864-911 India 912-1321 last minute bids Ancient India ...............................913-948 Medieval India ............................949-968 On the days of auction, January 13-14, 2012, Sultanates.....................................969-997 please fax your bids to 707-539-3348. Mughal Empire ...........................998-1073 Princely States ............................1074-1140, 1192-1198 Sikh Empire ..................................1141-1191 Colonial India ..............................1199-1310 ♦ High quality color images of all lots are Modern India ..............................1311-1321 available on our website at: Asia - Middle East 1322-1473 www.stevealbum.com Afghanistan .................................1322-1329 French Indochina .......................1363-1376 Additional information on some lots can Hejaz / Hejaz & Nejd .................1378-1388 also be found online at our website above. Africa 1474-1514 Egypt ..............................................1476-1482 Morocco ........................................1487-1498 Europe 1515-1684 France ............................................1538-1545 German States ............................1546-1572 Americas 1685-1750 Canada . .........................................1693-1705 Ancient Coins Session A Friday, January 13, 2012, at 09:00 Ancient Coins 6. BOSPOROS: Rhescuporis I, 68-90, AE sestertius (6.53g), S-5447, BMC 5v, Anokhin-385, diademed bust right, trident before, club behind / warrior on horseback right, hurling spear, MH below, pleasing vf $250 - 300 1. CELSA: L. Nep. & L. Sura, ca. 44-36 BC, AE as (13.47g), 7. BOSPOROS: Gepaepyris, queen, 37-39 AD, AE 12 nummia Burgos-605, COL.VIC.IVO.LEP, diademed and draped female (7.36g), S-5434, Anokhin-326, diademed & draped bust right; bust (of Venus?) right / PR II VIR above, L.NEP.L.SVR below, IB below / veiled bust of Aphrodite Urania right, wearing bull standing right, head facing, superb strike, vf-ef $700 - 800 calathus; IB behind, pleasing vf $125 - 150 Greek Coinage 8. BOSPOROS: Kotys I, circa 45-68 AD, AE 12 nummia (7.23g), S-5438, with Claudius & Agrippina Jr., laureate head of Claudius right / draped bust of Agrippina Jr. left; monogram of Kotys I before, pleasing f $100 - 125 2. BOSPOROS: Anonymous, circa 325-310 BC, AE20 (6.75g), Pantikapaion, MacDonald-69, Anokhin-111, wreathed and bearded head of satyr right / forepart of griffin left; below, sturgeon left, lovely chocolate brown patina, ef $200 - 300 9. CAPPADOCIA: Marcus Aurelius, 161-180, AR didrachm, ND (161-166), S-S-1661, Sydenham 86, 330, ANS-NNM 166(1996),132, 130f, Greek Imperial issue for Caesarea, bust 3. BOSPOROS: Anonymous, circa 304-294 BC, AE20 (7.34g), right with legend surrounding/Mount Argaeus with star above Pantikapaion, MacDonald-70, Anokhin-125, head of beardless summit, a few scuffs on portrait, obverse boldly struck, satyr left, wearing ivy wreath / lion’s head left; dolphin below, reverse details mushy, vf $150 - 200 lovely dark chocolate brown patina, vf-ef $100 - 150 Eastern Ancients 4. BOSPOROS: Thothorses, 285-308, AE stater (7.51g), year 583 (=286/287 AD), S-5502, diademed and draped bust of Thothorses right; three pellets before / laureate and draped bust of Roman emperor right; tamgha of Thothorses before; 10. SASANIAN: Varahran IV, 388-399, AR drachm (4.01g), GPF (date) below, choice ef $100 - 125 AYR (Susa), ND, G-136, crowned bust right / fire altar between two attendants, superb strike and portrait, ef $85 - 125 5. BOSPOROS: Rheskuporis IV, 240-276, AE stater (7.63g), year 563 (=266/267 AD), see BMC 3, 5-9, diademed bust right, trident before / alternate busts of Roman emperors (Valerian and likely Gallienus I), choice vf-ef $250 - 300 11. SASANIAN: Khusro I, 531-579, AR drachm (4.15g), ART (Ardashir-Khurra), year 38, G-197, crowned bust right / fire altar between two attendants, superb strike and portrait, choice ef $75 - 100 1 Auction 12 12. SASANIAN: Khusro II, 591-628, AR drachm (3.89g), 16. SASANIAN: Khusro II, 591-628, AR drachm, “ShY” (Shiraz), “DR” (unlocated mint), year “4", G-209 style, contemporary year “36", G-212 style, contemporary imitation, from the Silk imitation, from the Silk Road hoard, only one piece in the Road hoard, only one piece in the hoard, ef-au $100 - 150 hoard, ef-au $100 - 150 Early imitation, believed to have been produced in the Tukharistan region within 10 to 20 years after the death of Khusro II in 628 AD. The issues with different mint names occasionally share the same reverse die, which suggests that the entire group was produced at a single local mint northeast of the Sasanian territories for use along the Silk Road. The hoard will be published in the ONS Newsletter #209 or 210. See also lots; 13, 15-18. 17. SASANIAN: Khusro II, 591-628, AR drachm, “BYSh” (Bishapur), year “37", G-212 style, contemporary imitation, from the Silk Road hoard, ef-au $100 - 150 13. SASANIAN: Khusro II, 591-628, AR drachm (3.70g), “AM” (Amul), year “10", G-209 style, contemporary imitation, from the Silk Road hoard, only one piece in the hoard, ef-au $100 - 150 18. SASANIAN: Khusro II, 591-628, AR drachm, “AY” (Susa), year “37", G-212 style, contemporary imitation, from the Silk Road hoard, ef-au $100 - 150 Western Ancients 14. SASANIAN: Khusro II, 591-628, AR drachm (4.15g), YZ (Yazd), year 26, G-212, crowned bust right / fire altar between two attendants, superb strike and portrait, ef $75 - 100 19. ROMAN EMPIRE: Agrippa, died 12 AD, AR as (11.41g), Rome mint, RIC-58, RSC-161, struck 37-41 AD under Caligula, M AGRIPPA L F COS III, head left, wearing rostral crown / SC, Neptune standing left, holding dolphin and trident, minor green encrustations on reverse, vf-ef $375 - 425 15. SASANIAN: Khusro II, 591-628, AR drachm, “NY” (possibly Nihawand), year “36", G-212 style, contemporary imitation, from the Silk Road hoard, ef-au $100 - 150 20. ROMAN EMPIRE: Titus, 79-81 AD, AR denarius (3.40g), Rome mint, RIC-112, RSC-309, struck 80 AD, IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM, laureate head right / TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII PP, dolphin coiled around anchor, nicely toned, lovely vf-ef $650 - 750 2 Islamic Coins 21. ROMAN EMPIRE: Trajan, 98-117 AD, AR denarius (2.93g), 28. BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Rome mint, RIC-119, RSC-86, struck 107-111 AD, IMP 913-959, AE18 (3.36g), Cherson, S-1764, large P on “w” / TRAIANO AVG GEP DAC PM TRP, laureate head right / COS no legend, floriated cross on two steps, dot on each side, V PP SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, Aequitas seated left on throne, crude vf $75 - 100 holding scales and cornucopia, ef $275 - 325 29. BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, 913-959, AE19 (2.29g), Cherson, S-1770, cross, dot either side / K over W, crude vf $75 - 100 22. ROMAN EMPIRE: Severus Alexander, 222-235 AD, AR denarius (3.21g), Rome mint, RIC-238, RSC-83, struck Central Asian Ancients 232 AD, IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter, nude, standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt and eagle, nicely toned, au $125 - 175 30. SOGDIANA: Anonymous, 7th century, AR drachm (2.18g), 23. ROMAN EMPIRE: Julia Mamaea, Augusta, 222-235, Rtveladze 45, no text, star & crescent right / star right, symbol AR denarius (3.21g), Rome mint, RIC-360, RSC-81, wife of right & left of reverse, counterstamped human head 3 times in Severus Alexander, struck 226 AD, IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, obverse margin, also counterstamped Kuzn-3 on reverse, diademed and draped bust right / VESTA, Vesta standing very strongly countermarked $100 - 150 right holding scepter and palladium, lustrous au $75 - 100 Khusro I imitation, attributed to the North Tokharestan principality of Chaganiyan. 24. BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Basil I, the Macedonian, 867-886, AE17 (2.56g), Cherson, S-1719, large B on exergual line, dot either side / Cross floriate on two or three steps, dot on each side, crude vf $75 - 100 31. HEPHTHALITE: AR drachm (3.33g), “BYSh”, “year 11", G-—, derived from the standard drachm of Hormizd IV (579-590) struck at Bishapur, regnal year 11, with human head and 25. BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Basil I, the Macedonian, 867-886, another countermark in the obverse margin (Gõbl marks #14 AE17 (1.69g), Cherson, S-1720, large B on exergual line, and variant of #57), vf, RR $150 - 200 cross to right / cross floriate on two or three steps, dot on Without the Bactrian “foro” countermark that normally each side, crude vf $75 - 100 appears on the reverse, and likely not from the Foro hoard. Islamic Coins 26. BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Basil I, the Macedonian, 867-886, AE17 (1.83g), Cherson, S-1720, large B on exergual line, cross to right / cross floriate on two or three steps, dot on each side, crude vf $75 - 100 32. ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-668, AR drachm (4.05g), SK (Sijistan), YE20 (frozen date), A-1, in the 27. BYZANTINE EMPIRE: Leo VI, the Wise, 886-912, AE18 name of the defeated last Sasanian emperor Yazdigerd III, (2.39g), Cherson, S-1733, floriated cross on two or three nice strike, lovely vf-ef $275 - 325 steps, dot on each side / large LA, crude vf $75 - 100 The first Islamic coin, struck AH31 to about AH45, almost always without change of the Yazdigerd era date 20. 3 Auction 12 33. ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Hakam b. Abi’l-’As, ca. 674-677, AR drachm (2.43g), NAWGY (New Jiroft), AH57, A-11, clipped down to later standard, vf, RRR $300 - 400 38. ARAB-SASANIAN: ‘Umar b. ‘Ubayd Allah, 686-691, Local ruler in Kirman, all but one of whose mints later AR drachm (3.98g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH67, A-21, superb appear connected to KRMAN for Kirman. The obverse bold strike, choice ef $150 - 200 marginal text is bism Allah rabb al-hukm, “in the name of God, the Lord of judgment”. 34. ARAB-SASANIAN: ‘Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, 673-683, AE pashiz (1.63g), ST (Istakhr), DM, A-A13, standard Khusro design, with governor’s name left / standard reverse, similar to 39. ARAB-SASANIAN: Khalid b. ‘Abd Allah, ca. 692-694, Gyselen-18a, small piercing, lovely obverse, vf, RR $200 - 250 AR drachm (4.06g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH73, A-24, pellet Published by Luke Treadwell in Numismatic Chronicle, above the top star & crescent on both obverse and reverse, 2008, p. 378, item #3. also at 7h30 in reverse margin, vf, R $300 - 400 This is the second type to present the words “muhammad rasul Allah”. The earlier type, of ‘Abd al-Malik b. ‘Abd Allah, is much rarer and seldom available. 35. ARAB-SASANIAN: ‘Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, 680-692, AR drachm (2.98g), KRMAN-SRCN, AH65, A-16, clipped down to the post-reform dirham weight, very rare mint, f, RRR $350 - 400 The mint SRCN remained unidentified, though it has been been suggested as either Sirjan or Hurjand, but there is no secure evidence for either of these two possibilites. 40. ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Qatari b. Fuja’a, ca. 688-698, AR drachm (4.08g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH75, A-33, lovely strike, lovely vf-ef, R $1,800 - 2,000 Qatari was the declared caliph of a Kharijite rebel group. All have the Kharijite slogan “la hukm illa lillah” (“there is no judgment except God’s”) in the obverse margin. 36. ARAB-SASANIAN: Mus’ab b. al-Zubayr, ca. 685-690, AR drachm (4.03g), KRMAN-AN, AH69, A-17, unidentified mint in Kirman province, vf, RR $500 - 600 Pellet in obverse margin just to the left of the crown. 41. ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Qatari b. Fuja’a, ca. 688-698, AR drachm (2.86g), ART (Ardashir Khurra), AH75, A-33, clipped down to the post-reform Umayyad dirhams standard, pierced, pleasing strike, vf, R $300 - 400 Qatari was the leader of a Kharijite group in Iran. With “la hukm illa lillah” (“there is no judgment except God’s”) in the obverse margin. 37. ARAB-SASANIAN: Salm. b. Ziyad, ca. 680-685, AR drachm (3.96g), APRShT (Abarshahr), AH64, A-18, superb strike, 42. ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 690-710, AE pashiz choice ef, R $450 - 500 (0.92g), Bishapur (in Pahlavi), ND, A-42, Gyselen-7, facing Abarshahr is the same location as Nishapur. bust, daray in Pahlavi to the right / crowned human headed bull, lovely strike, vf, RR $425 - 475 Published by Luke Treadwell in Numismatic Chronicle, 2008, p. 378, item #7. 4 Islamic Coins 43. ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, AE pashiz (0.66g), Kavad-Khurra, ND, A-N46, Gyselen-34, facing bust, bism Allah to left, Allah to right / bust right, mint name in Pahlavi to 48. TABARISTAN: Anonymous, 780-793, AR ½ drachm (1.92g), right, f, RRR $375 - 425 Tabaristan, PYE131, A-73, obverse margin completely Published by Luke Treadwell in Numismatic Chronicle, retrograde, lovely strike, au, R $100 - 125 2008, p. 378, item #4. 44. ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 700-720, AE pashiz (0.66g), ST (Istakhr), 60? A-—, rider with strange headdress 49. ARAB-BYZANTINE: Enthroned Emperor, ca. 680s, AE fals on elephant, bism Allah to right / standard fine altar & 2 (3.85g), Dimashq, A-3511.1, emperor holding long cross & attendants, vf, RRR $575 - 625 globus cruciger, bird on T to left, LEO to right / mint name Published by Luke Treadwell in Numismatic Chronicle, DAM below capital M, with pseudo-date 17, lovely strike, ef, R 2008, p. 377, item #1. Probably same type as $150 - 200 Gyselen-105, second reported specimen. 45. ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, AE pashiz (0.64g), 50. ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, ART (Ardashir Khurra), ND, A-A45X, Gyselen-127 (this piece), ca. 680s-700s, AE fals (5.11g), Tabariya, A-3512, Goodwin-2, camel right, ART (for Ardashir Khurra) above / three-line mint name in both Greek and Arabic around the capital M on Pahlavi text, unread, some adhesion, otherwise very reverse, nice vf, R $250 - 300 attractive, vf, RRR $750 - 1,000 Published by Luke Treadwell in Numismatic Chronicle, 2008, p. 378, item #6. The top line of the reverse seems to read ST for the mint of Istakhr. As Istakhr and Ardashir Khurra were located not that far from each other, could this be a muling between dies of the two mints? 51. ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, ca. 680s-700s, AE fals (3.01g), [Tabariya], A-3512B, Goodwin-6, with muhammad rasul Allah instead of the mint formula around the reverse capital M, f, R $250 - 300 46. ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, AE pashiz (1.51g), ART (Ardashir Khurra), ND, A-A45X, Gyselen-126 (this piece), facing bust wearing winged headdress, Pahlavi ravag to left, mint mark ART in margin / bust right with crescent & globe above simple headdress, undetermined Pahlavi text to the left (abad mw?), vf, RRR $675 - 725 52. ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, ca. 680s-700s, Published by Luke Treadwell in Numismatic Chronicle, AE fals (2.81g), Tabariya, A-3512A, Goodwin-7, on reverse, 2008, p. 377, item #2. mint name in Arabic to right, abbreviated in Greek to left, with Arabic qutri below, f, R $150 - 200 47. ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, AE pashiz (3.65g), ST (Istakhr), ND, A-E46, Gyselen-29 (2nd specimen she 53. ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 680s, AE fals published), bust right, crescent & star to right instead of a (4.27g), Dimashq, A-3517.3, emperor holding long cross & name or word / altar & two attendants, illegible word in margin globus cruciger, LEO to right / large capital M surrounded by (RvQ6), f-vf, RRR $700 - 800 Arabic text, duriba bi-dimashq ja’iz, vf $100 - 125 Published by Luke Treadwell in Numismatic Chronicle, 2008, p. 378, item #5. 54. ARAB-BYZANTINE: Imperial Bust, ca. 680s, AE fals (6.51g), Hims, A-3524, Bone-2.2, mint name in Arabic right of the imperial bust, KALON to the left, Arabic tayyib below cursive m, mint name in Greek left & right, superb strike, choice vf $150 - 200 5 Auction 12 60. ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing caliph, ca. 690-700, AE fals 55. ARAB-BYZANTINE: Imperial Bust, ca. 680s, AE fals (4.21g), (2.88g), Iliya Filastin, A-3545, standing caliph / cursive m, row Hims, A-3524, Bone-2.1a, without mint name in Arabic, KA of five pellets below, nice f $225 - 275 left, LON to the right crescent left & star right of cross above Iliya is the Arabic form for Aelia Capitolina, the Roman the crown, on the reverse, Arabic tayyib below cursive m, mint name for Jerusalem. Filastin is Arabic for Palestine. name in Greek divided left & right, excellent strike, vf, RR $125 - 150 61. ARAB-BYZANTINE: Anonymous, 712-714, AV solidus (3.46g), NM, Indiction 11, A-122, W-181, Latin inscriptions, off-center strike (as is often encountered), also dated 56. ARAB-BYZANTINE: Imperial Bust, ca. 680s, AE fals (4.67g), AH94 in reverse marginal text which is not clear on this Tarsus (Antardos), A-3525, SICA-559. W-55, same reverse specimen, vf, RR $3,000 - 3,500 die as Walker-55, mint name tardus (sic) to left on obverse, with KALON to right, Greet ANTRDO to right of capital M on reverse, Arabic tayyib below, vf, RR $500 - 600 62. UMAYYAD: Anonymous, ca. 710-730, AE fals (2.89g), Halab, A-176, W-P.126var, Bone—, apparently an unpublished variety with single star in upper right corner of the 57. ARAB-BYZANTINE: ‘Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AE fals (3.08g), obverse, vf, R $80 - 100 Sinjar, A-3530var, uncertain mint reading, could be blundered Although the obverse & reverse kalima are carefully form of Qinnasrin, pleasing vf $3,000 - 4,000 engraved, the reverse marginal legend is not. The mint This extremely rare type is likely from the previously name is heavily blundered, the L in fals is omitted, bism unpublished mint of Sinjar in Syria, for the following Allah correctly but carelessly engraved. The single star on reasons: the obverse normally appears in the center of the second 1. The town of Sinjar lay along the medieval highway from line of text, but is also known at other locations. Halab (Aleppo) to Homs, close to the border between the Jund of Qinnasrin (Aleppo, Halab in Arabic) and the Jund of Homs (Hims). The star to the right of the circle-on-steps is standard only at the mint of Hims but is found occasionally on fulus of Halab, in the Jund of Qinnasrin. 2. The scholar Rene Dussaud reported in 1927 that there is archeological evidence that Sinjar was an active town in the early Islamic period. 3. This specimen was found at Sinjar. 63. UMAYYAD: ‘Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AV dinar (4.26g), NM 4. Extremely rare, only 3 specimens confirmed to exist, this (Dimashq), AH78, A-125, lovely strike, choice au $1,000 - 1,200 lot specimen, one the Ashmolean Museum (SICA-1:686), This is the first available year of the post-reform Islamic and a piece of poorer quality in a private collection in coinage. The style of this example closely resembles the England. The consignor believes that a 4th specimen may style of the immensely rarer AH77. exist, also found at or near Sinjar. This is the cover coin from Steve Album’s Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Edition. 58. ARAB-BYZANTINE: ‘Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AE fals (2.99g), Ma’arrat Masrin, A-3534.1, clear mint name, divided left & right of the circle-on-steps, f, R $100 - 125 64. UMAYYAD: ‘Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AV dinar (4.33g), NM (Damascus), AH80, A-125, superb strike, perfectly centered, choice au $800 - 900 59. ARAB-BYZANTINE: ‘Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AE fals (2.91g), Jibrin, A-3535, very rare mint, decent example, f, RRR $300 - 400 65. UMAYYAD: ‘Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AV dinar (4.28g), NM (Damascus), AH86, A-125, fabulous bold strike, choice au $850 - 950 6 Islamic Coins 66. UMAYYAD: ‘Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AV dinar (4.26g), 72. UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.25g), NM NM (Damascus), AH86, A-125, superb strike, lustrous, (Damascus), AH93, A-127, superb example, some luster, choice au $800 - 900 choice au $800 - 900 73. UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.28g), NM (Damascus), AH94, A-127, pristine example, some luster, 67. UMAYYAD: ‘Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AR dirham (2.90g), choice au $850 - 950 al-Kufa, AH82, A-126, full bold strike with only a miniscule amount of double-striking, choice ef $550 - 600 74. UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.26g), NM (Damascus), AH94, A-127, lovely example, some luster, choice au $800 - 900 68. UMAYYAD: ‘Abd al-Malik, 685-705, AR dirham (2.07g), Marw, AH84, A-126, Klat-586.c, clipped down to half-drachm weight, based on the Arab-Sasanian drachm, which was still in general circulation at the time this piece was issued, vf, R $200 - 250 The mint name is repeated in Pahlavi below the obverse field, followed by a triplet of pellets. The final word of the reverse marginal text, al-mashrikun, is written out in full. 75. UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.22g), NM (Damascus), AH94, A-127, lovely bold strike, choice ef $800 - 900 69. UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.26g), NM (Damascus), AH91, A-127, bold strike, choice ef-au $750 - 850 76. UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.22g), NM (Dimashq), AH94, A-127, choice ef $550 - 600 70. UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.28g), NM (Damascus), AH92, A-127, fabulous example, lustrous au $900 - 1,100 77. UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.25g), NM (Damascus), AH95, A-127, superb example, lustrous au $850 - 950 71. UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.27g), NM (Damascus), AH92, A-127, superb example, some luster, au $800 - 900 78. UMAYYAD: al-Walid I, 705-715, AV dinar (4.27g), NM (Damascus), AH96, A-127, superb example, some luster, choice au $800 - 900 7