LOT 3460
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809).
Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 136(?) [AH 171 (AD 787/8)]. 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; pellets flanking flames, date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Cf. Malek 174.1-8; cf. Album 73; ICV -. Extremely Fine. Die break on reverse.(1.80gr, 24mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Samanids, Nuh I ibn Nasr AV Dinar. AH 331-343 (AD 943-954).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Nishapur mint. Dated AH 339 (AD 950/1). Legend in Arabic in three lines and in margins / Legend in Arabic in four lines and in margin. Album 1454. 4.08gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s. -
Time of the Rashidun AE Fals. Circa AH 11-55 (AD 632-675).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Pseudo-Byzantine type. Imitating a Follis of Constans II. Imperial Byzantine figure (Constans II) standing facing, holding staff and globus cruciger; [EN T૪T-]O [NIKA](?) around / Large m; cross above, A N N to left, [...] Φ A to right; [...]OINA (or CONA) in exergue. SICA 1 -; Walker, Arab-Byzantine -; cf. DOCAB p. 29 ("ΛITOIЄ" Type). 2.86gr, 23mm, 5h.
Good Fine. Very rare example of a Pseudo-byzantine type.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids of al-Mawsil, 'Izz al-Din Mas'ud I AE Dirham. AH 576-589 (AD 1180-1193).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
al-Jazira mint. Dated AH 577 (AD 1180/1). Male head to left, wearing crested Greek-style helmet; Kalima around / Name and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and Mas’ud within circular border; mint and date in outer margin. Whelan Type I, 179; S&S Type 62; Album 1863.1. 12.32gr, 30mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London.
