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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Islamic AE Fals. 7th-8th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Uncertain design / Legend in Arabic in four lines. 4.65gr, 16mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Circa AH 90s (AD 710s). Tabariya (Tiberias) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
'There is no deity but Allah, the One' in three lines in Arabic; all within triple border / 'Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in three lines in Arabic; legend in margin containing the mint. Album 188; Walker 889. 3.11gr, 26mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. AH 158-169 (AD 775-785). Tabaristan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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. Album 73. 1.82gr, 24mm, 9h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
