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Sasanian Kings. Time of Khosrau II AE Follis. Struck during the Sasanian occupation of Syria, AD 610-629. Uncertain mint. Imitating a Byzantine follis of Heraclius with Heraclius Constantine from Nicomedia mint, dated RY 13 (AD 621/2).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine standing facing, each crowned and holding globus cruciger; trace of cross above / Large M; cross above, A N N X III • across field; B below, OCNKO in exergue. Cf. SB 834 (for prototype); Pottier Class IV(2), 52.2; MIB X31. 8.10gr, 31mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
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Umayyad Caliphate AR Dirham. Time of 'Abd al-Malik (b. Marwan I), dated AH 80 (AD 699-700). Astan mint.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Standard Umayyad Shahadah at the centre with marginal stating mint and year / "Umayyad Symbol" (Quran 112) in four lines across fields; "Second Symbol" (Quran 9.33) in margin. Album - (RRR, active for date 89 only); SICA -. 2.52gr, 27mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped. Exceedingly rare mint; apparently unrecorded with this date.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Mahdi, AH 158-169 (AD 775-785). Dated PYE 132(?) (AH 167 [AD 783/4]). Tabaristan mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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. Cf. Malek 149-53; Album 73; ICV -. 1.96gr, 24mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
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Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Mansur, AH 95-158 (AD 714-775). Dated PYE 122 [AH 157 (AD 773/4)]. Tabaristan mint. Citing governor 'Umr ibn al-'Ala'.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Stylised crowned Sasanian style bust to right; to left, legend in Pahlavi script; to right, 'Umr in Arabic script; 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; date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. SICA 1, 401-4. 1.95gr, 24mm, 10h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
