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Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809). Dated PYE 136 [AH 171 (AD 787/8)]. Tabaristan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809). Dated PYE 136 [AH 171 (AD 787/8)]. Tabaristan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Stylised crowned Sasanian 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. 1.73gr, 24mm, 3h.
Extremely Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Mahdi, AH 158-169 (AD 775-785). Dated PYE 135 [AH 170 (AD 785/6)]. Tabaristan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Stylised crowned Sasanian 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; star and crescent flanking flames, date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Cf. Malek 167.2-4; Album 73A; ICV 120. 1.39gr, 24mm, 3h.
Near Extremely Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809). Dated PYE 136 [AH 171 (AD 787/8)]. Tabaristan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Stylised crowned Sasanian 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; stars 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 -. 2.10gr, 24mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809). Dated PYE 137 [AH 172 (AD 788/9)]. Tabaristan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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. Album 73. 1.84gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Abbasids. Time of al-Rashid AR Dirham. Dated AH 181 (AD 797). Madinat al-Salam mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Kalima in three lines; mint and date formula around / Continuation of kalima, citing the heir apparent Muhammad al-Amin as 'ibn Amir al-Mu'minin' ('son of the Commander of the Faithful') in three lines and the vizier Ja'far ibn Yahya al-Barmaki below. Album 219.9b; Lowick 1333. 2.96gr, 25mm, 9h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 88, 9 September 2021, lot 1574. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Seljuks of Rum, Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw II AR Dirham. Dated AH 638 (AD 1240). Siwas mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lion advancing to right, two stars below; 'minin' in upper left field, personification of sun above / Name and title in four lines; mint and date in outer margins. Album 1218; Broome 270, type B(i). 2.95gr, 22mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seljuks of Rum, Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw II AR Dirham. AH 634-644 (AD 1237-1246).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lion advancing to right, two stars, crescent and pellet around; personification of sun above / Name and title in four lines; mint and date in outer margins. Album 1218; Broome 270, type D(iv). 2.92gr, 22mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seljuks of Rum, Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw II AR Dirham. Dated AH 638(?) (AD 1240). Siwas mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Lion advancing to right, three stars around; personification of sun above / Name and title in four lines; mint and date in outer margins. Album 1218; Broome 270, type D(ii). 2.98gr, 22mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Rough surface.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seljuks of Rum, Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw II AR Dirham. Dated possibly AH 639 (AD 1241). Siwas mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Lion advancing to right, three stars and crescent around; personification of sun above / Name and title in four lines; mint and date in outer margins. Album 1218; Broome 272, type D(iii). 2.92gr, 22mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Burji Mamluks, Abu'l-Mahasin Yusuf AV Ashrafi. 15th century AD. Undated. al-Qahira mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Kalima in three lines separated by two segmented cables / Name and titles of Yusuf with his kunya abu'l-mahasin in three lines separated by two segmented cables. Album 1004; Balog, Mamluks 732; Kazan 698. 3.39gr, 15mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd; Islamic, Medieval & World Sale 2, 25 November 2022, lot 22. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Islamic Sultanates. Gujarat, Shams al-Din Muzaffar II AR Tanka. Dated AH 921 (AD 1515/6). Possibly Muhammadabad mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Legends in four lines / Legends including date. G&G G262. 7.21gr, 17mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.