LOT 4106
Abbasid Caliphate AV Dinar. Time of Al-Mansur, AH 136-158 (AD 754-775). Dated AH 151 (AD 768). Unnamed mint.
Kalima in three lines; Quran IX, 33 around / Continuation of kalima in three lines; date formula around. Bernardi 51; Album 212. Good Very Fine.(4.23gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market circa 2015.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Seljuks of Rum, Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw II AR Dirham. Dated possibly AH 639 (AD 1241). Siwas mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Lion advancing to right, three stars and crescent around; personification of sun above / Name and title in four lines; mint and date in outer margins. Album 1218; Broome 272, type D(iii). 2.92gr, 22mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Abbasid Caliphate. Time of al-Mansur AE Fals. Dated AH 150 (AD 767/8). Al-Yazidiya mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Legend in three lines, mint and date in margin; star above and below / Legend in three lines; star above and below, annulets in border. SICA 2, 1628; Shamma p.293; Album 313K. 2.86gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Burji Mamluks, Abu'l-Mahasin Yusuf AV Ashrafi. 15th century AD. Undated. al-Qahira mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Kalima in three lines separated by two segmented cables / Name and titles of Yusuf with his kunya abu'l-mahasin in three lines separated by two segmented cables. Album 1004; Balog, Mamluks 732; Kazan 698. 3.39gr, 15mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd; Islamic, Medieval & World Sale 2, 25 November 2022, lot 22. Property of a London antiquarian.
