LOT 4066
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of Al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809). 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. Cf. Album 63. Good Very Fine.(2.03gr, 24mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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Umayyad Caliphate AR Dirham. Time of 'Abd al-Malik (b. Marwan I), dated AH 80 (AD 699-700). Astan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Standard Umayyad Shahadah at the centre with marginal stating mint and year / "Umayyad Symbol" (Quran 112) in four lines across fields; "Second Symbol" (Quran 9.33) in margin. Album - (RRR, active for date 89 only); SICA -. 2.52gr, 27mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped. Exceedingly rare mint; apparently unrecorded with this date.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Mamluks. al-Zahir Sayf al-Din Jaqmaq AR Dirham. AH 842-857 (AD 1438-1453). Halab mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
The Kalima under two segmented lines / Ornament in square at the centre; inscription around. Cf. Zeno.ru 116036. 1.76gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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.
