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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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. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 137 (AH 172 [AD 788/9]). 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. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 136 = AH 171 (AD 787/8). 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 -. 2.05gr, 24mm, 3h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
