LOT 3662
Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tasim AR Dirham. AH 218-227 (AD 833-842).
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. Near Very Fine.(2.37gr, 25mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Fatimids, al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah AR Dirham. AH 341-365 (AD 953-975).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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. -
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. -
Post-Mongol Dynasties. Ilkhanids, Arghun AE Fals. AH 683-690 (AD 1284-1291).
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.
