23rd Nov, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
♦9 x Numismatic Literature - Islamic Interest, to include: KLATT [Michael G.] Catalogue of the Post-Reform Dirhams: The Umayyad Dynasty (London, 2002); 2 x ABU-L-FARAJ AL-USH [Muhammad] comprising: (1) The Silver Hoard of Damascus (Damascus, 1972); and (2) Trésor de Monnaies d'Argent Trouvé a Umm-Hajarah (Damascus, 1972); GHALIB EDHEM [I.] Catalogue des Monnaies Turcomanes du Musée Impérial Ottoman (Bologna, 1965); BALOG [Paul] The Coinage of the Ayyubids (London, 1980); LANE POOLE [Stanley] The Coins of the Amawi Khalifehs (Chicago, 1963); PLANT [Richard] Arabic Coins and How to Read Them (London, 1973); MITCHINER [Michael] The Multiple Dirhems of Medieval Afghanistan (London, 1973); and Al-Maskukat: The Journal Numismatics in Iraq, Nos. 11-10
Sold for £120
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Coins & Banknotes, 23rd Nov, 2022
To include the Geoff Hann Collection. The Collection covers the coinage produced by the first Greek general-kings who established their own dynasties in Egypt, Syria and the Indian-subcontinent, and the later Provincial coinage of the Roman Empire. Of note is lot 6, a silver stater of Seleucus I Nicator produced in Babylon between 311-305 BC (estimate: £300-500 plus buyer’s premium). The Collection also includes a quantity of early 20th century banknotes from the period of British direct rule in India, and a reference library of over one hundred volumes including scarce and out-of-print works. Of particular note is the first edition of David Sellwood’s An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia, published by Spink & Son in London, 1971 (estimate: £70-100).
The lots from the Geoff Hann Collection are denoted with a ♦ symbol throughout the catalogue.
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