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LOT 3603
Group of Seven [7] AR Islamic Coins. 12th-13th century AD.
Silver Dirhams of various rulers. Fine to Good Very Fine.(9.29gr total.). [7]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Islamic, al-Maghreb (North Africa). Almohads (al-Muwahhidun) AR Dirham. AH 558-668 (AD 1163-1269).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Time of Abu Ya'qub Yusuf I to Abu'l-'Ula Idris II. Uncertain mint, without date. Square type. Legend in Arabic in three lines: 'There is no deity but Allah; The entire affair belongs to Allah; There is no strength except with Allah' / Legend in Arabic in three lines: 'Allah is our Lord; Muhammad is our messenger; Al-Mahdi is our leader'. Hazard 1085; Album 496; ICV 716. 1.53gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very well struck for the type.
Acquired from London Ancient Coins Ltd, 29 February 2016, no.13. -
Abbasid Governor of Tabaristan AR Hemidrachm. Time of Al-Mahdi, AH 158-169 (AD 775-785).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Tabaristan mint; dated PYE 134 = AH 169 (AD 785/6). Anonymous type. Crowned and draped bust to right; behind head, GDH ('kingship' in Pahlavi); before head, 'AFZUT' ('may increase' in Pahlavi); in outer margin, APD and NWKW ('excellent' and 'good' in Pahlavi) and 'bakh bakh' ('very fine' in Arabic) / Sasanian fire altar set on three steps, flanked by two attending priests standing facing; to left, date; to right, mint. Album 73; SICA I, -; Walker, Arab-Sassanian, p. 156, O.10. 2.06gr, 25mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine. Very rare.
From a private collection, UK. -
World Coins - Umayyad Caliphate, time of Marwan I ibn Hakam AR Drachm. AH 64-65 (AD 684-685).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
DA (Darabgird) mint. Struck by ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, rival caliph [AH 60-73 (AD 680-692)]. Dated YE 53 (AD 684/5). Arab-Sasanian type. Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings and star-in-crescent; stars flanking, ribbon on shoulder; all within double border with pellets and star-in-crescents in margin; behind head, 'GDE ʾp̄zwt'' ('[may his] glory increase' in Pahlavi); before head, 'ʾp̄dwlʾ ʾmyl Y wlwyšnykʾn' ('ʿAbd Allah, Commander of the Believers' in Pahlavi); in the outer margin, 'bism Allāh' ('In the name of Allah' in Arabic) / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border with star-in-crescents in margin. Album 16. 4.15gr, 30mm, 3h.
Extremely fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
