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LOT 3344
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809). Dated PYE 137 [AH 172 (AD 788/9)]. Tabaristan mint.
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; stars flanking flames, date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 175; Album 73. Good Very Fine.(1.75gr, 22mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Circa AH 78-140 (AD 697-758). Amman(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Legend in Arabic around lilly within three pellets / Legend in Arabic in three lines. Cf. Walker 905; cf. Album 166. 3.60gr, 20mm, 11h.
Good Fine. Scarce.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Lu'lu'ids, Badr al-Din Lu'lu AE Dirham. AH 631-657 (AD 1234-1259). Dated AH 631 (AD 1233/4). al-Mawsil mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Pearl-diademed head to left; star(?) beneath chin; all within pelleted quadrate border; mint formula and AH date in margins / Name and titles of Abbassid in four lines; name and titles of Badr al-Din Lu'lu and Ayyubid overlords in outer margin. Whelan Type II, 191-2; S&S Type 68; Album 1874.1. 8.76gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Mongol States. Golden Horde AR Dirham. 14th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Legends on both sides citing the ruler and the mint. 1.52gr, 15mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
