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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Fatimid Caliphate AR Dirham. 10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Three concentric circles of inscription in Arabic around central pellet / Three concentric circles of inscription in Arabic around central pellet. 1.77gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Islamic AE Fals. Circa 7th-8th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Inscription in Arabic in three lines; star between second and third line; all within border of large dots / Inscription in Arabic in four lines; all within border of large dots. 1.33gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Artuqids, Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan AE Dirhem. Dated AH 581 (AD 1185/6). Mardin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Diademed and draped bust facing, with hand across chest; name and titles of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan around / Name and titles of the Ayyubid overlord al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf I (Saladin) in five lines within hexagram; mint around, date in right field. Whelan Type I; S&S Type 33.1; Album 1829.1. 13.95gr, 32mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
