ISLAMIC COINS. UMAYYAD. A Set of the Umayyad Reform Gold Coinage, Dinars (56), anonymous, without mint name:
temp. 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan:
78h, 4.28g, extremely fine;
79h, 4.28g, good extremely fine;
80h, 4.29g, minor hairline graffiti on the reverse
extremely fine;
81h, 4.24g, about uncirculated;
82h, 4.29g, hairline graffiti on both sides, about
extremely fine;
83h, 4.28g, good, extremely fine;
84h, 4.27g, hairline scratch in obverse field,
extremely fine;
85h, 4.24g, extremely fine;
temp. 'abd al-Malik/al-Walid:
86h, 4.26g, about uncirculated, one tiny piece of graffiti
in the obverse field;
temp. al-Walid I b. 'Abd al-Malik:
87h, 4.23g, good extremely fine;
88h, 4.23g, extremely fine;
89h, 4.26g, extremely fine;
90h, 4.25g, extremely fine;
91h, 4.22g, scratch in lower field, extremely fine;
92h, 4.24g, good extremely fine;
93h, 4.23g, extremely fine;
94h, 4.27g, extremely fine;
95h, 4.25g, about uncirculated;
temp. al-Walid I/Sulayman:
96h, 4.22g, about extremely fine;
temp. Sulayman b. 'Abd al- Malik:
97h, 4.25g, good very fine;
98h, 4.25g, about uncirculated;
temp. Sulayman/'Umar II:
99h, 4.22g, extremely fine;
temp. 'Umar II b. 'Abd al-'Aziz:
100h, 4.23g, hairline graffiti in obverse field,
extremely fine;
temp. 'Umar II/Yazid II:
101h, 4.22g, extremely fine;
temp. Yazid II b. 'Abd al-Malik:
102h, 4.24g, extremely fine;
103h, 4.25g, about uncirculated;
104h, 4.24g, about uncirculated;
temp. Yazid II/Hisham:
105h, 4.25g, extremely fine;
temp. Hisham b. 'Abd al-Malik:
106h, 4.26g, good extremely fine;
107h, 4.24g, good extremely fine;
108h, 4.23g, extremely fine;
109h, 4.20g, good very fine;
110h, 4.23g, good extremely fine;
111h, 4.22g, small piece of graffiti in obverse field, about
extremely fine;
112h, 4.24g, good extremely fine;
113h, 4.25g, extremely fine;
114h, 4.22g, good extremely fine;
115h, 4.23g, good extremely fine;
116h, 4.22g, about extremely fine;
117h, 4.22g, extremely fine;
118h, 4.21g, extremely fine;
119h, 4.24g, good extremely fine;
120h, 4.22g, about uncirculated;
121h, 4.21g, graffiti in obverse field, extremely fine;
122h, 4.20g, good extremely fine;
123h, 4.24g, extremely fine;
124h, 4.21g, extremely fine;
temp. Hisham/al-Walid II:
125h, 4.22g, extremely fine;
temp. al-Walid II/Yazid III/Ibrahim:
126h, 4.23g, about extremely fine;
temp. Ibrahim/Marwan II:
127h, 4.25g, about uncirculated;
temp. Marwan II b. Muhammad:
128h, 4.25g, good extremely fine;
129h, 4.23g, about uncirculated;
130h, 4.22g, extremely fine;
131h, 4.25g, good extremely fine;
132h, 4.24g, extremely fine.
An exceptional set of 56 Dinars from 78h to 132h, virtually all extremely fine or better and, unusually, very few with graffiti. It is also worth noting that the condition of two of the very rare dates, 107h and 127h, are of particularly high grade.
Estimate: £80,000-100,000