Experts in Coins & Medals

CYCLADES, Uncertain, Keos (?). Karthaia (?). Circa 540-520/515 BC. Obol (Silver, 8 mm, 0.92 g). Krater with two handles. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square with one quadrant seemingly diagonally divided . Papageorgiadou-Banis -. Sheedy -. But see: 1) Naville VII, Bement II, 23 June, 1924, 1325 (struck from the same obverse die -and possibly the same reverse); and 2) Nomos 26, Collection sans Pareille, 389, Naville I, Pozzi, 1921, 2015 and G. Hirsch Nachf. 272, 2011, 287 (certainly from the same obverse die). Extremely rare, attractive old cabinet toning. Minor marks and with a die break on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.

ISLAMIC, Persia (Post-Seljuk). Ghurids (Ghur & Ghazna). Mu‘izz al-Din Muhammad bin Sam, AH 567-602 / AD 1171-1206. Dirham (Silver, 31 mm, 4.00 g, 12 h), Citing his brother Ghiyath al-Din, No mint, but struck in Ghazna, AH 598 = AD 1201/2. In a double line square in five lines: لا اله الا الله / محمد رسول الله / السلطان الاعظم / غياث الدنيا و الدين / ابو الفتح محمد بن سام (There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, Al-Sultan al-A'tham Giyath al-Dunya wa'l-din Abu'l Fath Muhmmad bin Sam); Around in four segments: ضرب هذا / الدرهم في شهور / سنة ثمان و تسعين / و خمسمائة (This Dirham was struck in the months of the year 598). Rev. In a double line square in five lines: الناصر لدين الله / السلطان المعظم / معز الدنيا و / الدين ابو المظفر / محمد بن سام (An-Nasir li-din-Allah, Al-Sultan al-Mu'azzam Mu'izz al-Dunya wa al-Din Abu'l Muzzaffar Muhammad bin Sam); Around in four segments: هو الذي ارسل / رسوله بالهدى / و دين الحق ليظهره / على الدين كله (It is He who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth, to show that it is above all other religions). Album 1771. Mitchiner 932/33. Scarce. Very fine.