LOT 4143
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.(1.08gr, 24mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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Ayyubids AR Dirham. Circa AH 631-634 (AD 1233-1236).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Inscription in Arabic in centre and in margin / Inscription in Arabic in centre and in margin. Cf. Album 1099. 1.90gr, 25mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk), Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan AE Dirham. AH 543-570 (AD 1148-1174).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Partial mint formula and name and pedigree of Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan in four lines and margins. Album 1820.1; S&S Type 1; Whelan Type VII. 7.14gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seljuqs, Rum. Kayqubad I (Kaykhusraw I, 'Ala al-Din Abu'l-Fath), as sultan AR Dirham. Dated AH 617 (AD 1220/1). Sivas mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Legend citing the Caliph al-Nasir; date around / Name and title in three lines; mint above. Album 1211.1; Broome 172, Type B, variety ii. 2.94gr, 24mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired from Alibaba Coins, 26 November 2016, no.12.
