LOT 4067
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Mansur, AH 95-158 (AD 714-775). Dated PYE 122 [AH 157 (AD 773/4)]. Tabaristan mint. Citing governor 'Umr ibn al-'Ala'.
Stylised crowned Sasanian style bust to right; to left, legend in Pahlavi script; to right, 'Umr in Arabic script; 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; date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. SICA 1, 401-4. Near Extremely Fine.(1.95gr, 24mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Very Fine.
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Umayyad Caliphate AR Dirham. Dated AH 96 (AD 714/5). Al-Taymara mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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. Klat 212; ICV 251. 2.55gr, 27mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
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Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Later AH 90s. Al-Ramla mint. Undated.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Kalima in three lines in centre; inscription in margin / Kalima in three lines in centre; inscription in margin containing a pentagram and the mint. SNA Tübingen IVa 59; Walker 854. 2.94gr, 29mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
