The silver dirhams of this series served as the principal currency of the eastern provinces and are among the most influential coin types of the early Islamic period. Umayyad Caliphate. Hisham ibn ʿAbd al-Malik (AH 105–125 / AD 724–743).
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ISLAMIC, Mongols. AR 2 Dirhams (25 mm, 3.51 g). Tūqāt (modern Tokat, Türkiye),AH 723 (AD 1323). Coinage from this provincial mint is considerably scarcer than issues from the principal Ilkhanid mints, making it especially desirable to collectors of Islamic and Mongol numismatics.
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ISLAMIC — Abbasid Caliphate. This silver dirham was struck atal-Kūfa inAH 146 (AD 763–764) during the reign ofal-Manṣūr, the second Abbasid Caliph and founder of Baghdad. It served as a major military garrison, administrative centre, and renowned seat of Islamic learning.
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ISLAMIC – Abbasid Caliphate. This dirham was struck in the city of Samarqand in the year one hundred and ninety-four.". Mint: Samarqand. AR Dirham (22 mm, 2.00 g). A rare and historically important dirham struck atSamarqand during the reign ofal-Amin.
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AR Qirān (19 mm, 6.92 g). Qazvin (Dār al-Salṭanah Qazvin), AH 1243 (AD 1827–1828). Fatḥ-ʿAlī Shah Qajar (AH 1212–1250 / AD 1797–1834). ISLAMIC – Qajar Dynasty.
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Nasir al-Din Artuq Arslan (AH 597–637 / AD 1200–1239). ISLAMIC – ARTUQIDS OF MARDIN. Æ Dirham ,Mardin mint, datedAH 606 (AD 1209/1210). Although acknowledging the spiritual authority of theAbbasid Caliph on the reverse, the coin also proclaims the independent rule of the Artuqid emir.
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Mint: Istakhr. This dirham was struck in Istakhr in the year ninety-four.". Umayyad Caliphate. Issued during the reign ofal-Walīd I (AH 86–96 / AD 705–715). AR Dirham. Dated: AH 94 (AD 712–713). He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, that He might cause it to prevail over all religion, even though the polytheists may dislike it.".
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Umayyad Caliphate. AR Dirham.al-Mubaraka mint, dated AH 108 (AD 726–727). Album 137. Very fine, traces of deposits on the edge. The coin was struck during the reign of Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, under whom the Umayyad Caliphate reached the height of its territorial extent and administrative sophistication.
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Mint: Ramhurmuz. Minted atRamhurmuz inAH 90, this coin was produced during the height of Umayyad power, when the caliphate expanded across North Africa, into the Iberian Peninsula, and eastwards into Central Asia.
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Kaykhusraw III (AH 663–682 / AD 1265–1283). Seljuqs of Rūm. AR Dirham (Silver, 24 mm, 2.90 g),Gümüşbazar mint, datedAH 668.
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