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Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 136 = AH 171 (AD 787/8). Stylised crowned Sassanian style bust to right; 'GDE ʾpzwt (may his glory increase) in Pahlavi to right and left; in outer margin, star-in-crescents, 'pd (excellent) in Pahlavi to lower right, nwk' (good) in Pahlavi to lower left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; pellets flanking flames, date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 174.1-8; Album 73; ICV -. 2.13gr, 24mm, 11h.

Near Extremely Fine.

Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Dimashq mint. Dated AH 222(?) (AD 837/8). Legend in three lines and in margins / Legend in five lines and in margin. Album 226; ICV 398. 2.37gr, 25mm, 4h.

Near Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Zabîd mint. Undated. Legend in four lines across field; part of Qur'an around / Kalima in three lines across field; mint formula around. ICV 1083. 0.33gr, 14mm, 10h.

Very Fine. Edge chipped.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Sa'da mint. Undated. Legend in four lines across field; part of Qur'an around / Kalima in three lines across field; mint formula around. SICA 10, 198-203; Album 1068; ICV 1083. 0.38gr, 13mm, 7h.

Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

'Udhr(?) mint. Undated. Legend in four lines across field; part of Qur'an around / Kalima in three lines across field; mint formula around. ICV 1083. 0.40gr, 14mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine. Seemingly looped and repaired.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Sa'da(?) mint. Undated. Legend in four lines across field; part of Qur'an around / Kalima in three lines across field; mint formula around. Cf. SICA 10, 198-203; cf. Album 1068; ICV 1083. 0.38gr, 15mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Edge chipped.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Sa'da(?) mint. Undated. Legend in four lines across field; part of Qur'an around / Kalima in three lines across field; mint formula around. Cf. SICA 10, 198-203; cf. Album 1068; ICV 1083. 0.26gr, 13mm, 3h.

Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Kalima in three lines across field; mint formula around / Legend in four lines across field; part of Qur'an around. Cf. Album 1068. 0.33gr, 12mm, 3h.

Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Three concentric circles of inscription around central pellet / Three concentric circles of inscription around central pellet. Album X699. 2.20gr, 22mm.

Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Sinjar mint. Dated AH 596 (AD 1199/1200). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed male Roman-style bust to left, holding spear or sceptre over shoulder and shield; tamgha before, mint name and AH date around / Names and titles of Abbasid caliph al-Nasir and Qutb al-Din Muhammad bin Zengi in five lines across field; name continued to right and left; Zengid tamgha below. Whelan Type II, 228-9; S&S 81.1; Album 1880.2; ICV 1275. 9.76gr, 26mm, 5h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

Figure seated slightly to right on throne; star to left and right / Legend in Arabic. Cf. Album 1225a; cf. ICV 1346. 2.98gr, 21mm, 11h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of a London, UK, gentleman.

Most Beautiful and Rarest Ilkhanid Bronze
Lot No. 3672
5
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Maragha mint. Dated AH 685(?) (AD 1286/7). Child suckling under cow standing to right, with lowered head; date above / Kalima in three lines within square and in margins. Album 2157; cf. Diler Ar-212. 3.43gr, 27mm, 8h.

Very Fine. Wavy flan. Exceedingly rare Fals of Ilkhanids

Property of a London, UK, gentleman.

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