LOT 4071
Abbasid Caliphate AR Dirham. Time of Al-Ma'mun, dated AH 198 (AD 813/4). Isbahan (Isfahan) mint.
Kalima in three lines in the centre; inscription around containing the mint and date / Kalima in three lines in the centre; inscription in the margin. Album 223.4. Very Fine.(2.78gr, 23mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Arab-Sasanian AR Drachm. AH 65-86 (AD 685-705).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Sasanian royal bust to left, legend in margin around / Fire-altar with attendants, date to left, mint-signature to right; legend in margin around. 2.63gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. AH 77-132 (AD 697-750). Unminted.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Proclamation of the oneness of God in three lines / Kalima in three lines. 2.53gr, 15mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Rasulids of Yemen, al-Mansur 'Umar I AR Dirham. Dated AH 646 (AD 1248/9). Zabid mint. Type D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Kalima in three lines across field inside double intersecting trefoils / Legend in three lines citing the Abbasid caliph al-Musta'sim and al-Mansur 'Umar; rest of titles, mint and date formula in margins. SICA 10, - (date not recorded); Album 1100.4; ICV 1129. 1.82gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned.
Acquired from Pavlos S. Pavlou, 10 April 2016, no. IS312 (ticket included).
