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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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. -
Abbasid Caliphate AV Dinar. Time of Al-Mansur, AH 136-158 (AD 754-775). Dated AH 154 (AD 770/1). Unnamed mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Kalima in three lines; Quran IX, 33 around / Continuation of kalima in three lines; date formula around. Album 212; Bernardi 51. 4.25gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market circa 2015. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809). Dated PYE 137 [AH 172 (AD 788/9)]. Tabaristan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Stylised crowned Sassanian 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. 1.84gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
