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Ayyubids, Mayyafariqin & Jabal Sinjar. Al-Muzaffar Shihab al-Din Ghazi AE Fals. AH 617-642 (AD 1220-1244).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mayyafariqin mint. Dated AH 618 (AD 1221/2). Legend in three lines and in margins / Legend in three lines and in margins. Album 860; ICV -; Whelan 283-4. 7.40gr, 25mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Umayyads, time of al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik AR Dirham. AH 86-96 (AD 705-715).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Dimashq mint. Dated AH 87(?) (AD 705/6). Standard Umayyad Shahadah at the centre with marginal stating mint and year / "Umayyad Symbol" (Quran 112) in four lines across field; "Second Symbol"(?) (Quran 9.33) in margin. Cf. Album 128. 1.26gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Edges clipped.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Abbasid Caliphate. Time of al-Mansur AE Fals. AH 136-158 (AD 754-775).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Al-Yazidiya mint. Dated AH 150 (AD 767/8). Legend in three lines, mint and date in margin; star above and below / Legend in three lines; star above and below, annulets in border. SICA 2, 1628; Shamma p.293; Album 313K. 2.86gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Abbasid Caliphate, Al-Muqtadir AR Dirham. AH 295-320 (AD 908-932).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Legend in five lines and in margins / Legend in five lines and in margin. Album 246; ICV 431. 2.20gr, 26mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Abbasids. Time of al-Rashid AR Dirham. AH 170-193 (AD 786-809).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Al-Muhammadiyah mint. Legend in three lines and in margin / Legend in four lines and in margin. Album 219.9. 2.74gr, 25mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Abbasids AR Dirham. 8th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Legend in three lines and in margin / Legend in four lines and in margin. 2.67gr, 27mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Islamic AR Dirham. Circa 10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Legend in four lines and in margin / Legend in five lines and in margin. 3.66gr, 25mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Abbasids. Time of al-Ma'mun AR Dirham. AH 196-218 (AD 812-833).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Legend in three lines and in margins / Legend in three lines and in margin. 2.47gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Islamic AR Dirham. Circa 10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Legend in four lines and in margin / Legend in five lines and in margin. 3.87gr, 25mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Uncertain Islamic AE 38mm. 13th-14th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Legend in field and in margins / Legend in field. 11.09gr, 38mm.
Near Fine. Pierced.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Babylonian Sphendonoid Hematite Three-Shekel Weight of 9.48gr. Circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £299
Sphendonoid weight with flat base and incised band to the equator. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale Weights p.138, 13. 28.45gr, 31mm x 19.5mm.
Condition as seen.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Judaea. Cupcake-Shaped AE Weight of 4 Shekels. Iron Age, circa 1000-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Black cupcake-shaped weight with engraved large X on the base. For similar weight see Hendin, Ancient Scale Weights p.170, 182. 42.72gr, 24mm x 18mm.
Condition as seen.
Ex Simmons Gallery, UK, 1990s.