LOT 3675
Abbasid Caliphate. Time of al-Mansur AE Fals. AH 136-158 (AD 754-775).
Al-Yazidiya mint. Dated AH 150 (AD 767/8). 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. Very Fine. Rare.(2.86gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3675
Abbasid Caliphate. Time of al-Mansur AE Fals.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Post-Mongol Dynasties. Ilkhanids, Arghun AE Fals. AH 683-690 (AD 1284-1291).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Maragha mint. Dated AH 685(?) (AD 1286/7). Child suckling under cow standing to right, with lowered head; date above / Kalima in three lines within square and in margins. Album 2157; cf. Diler Ar-212. 3.43gr, 27mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Wavy flan. Exceedingly rare Fals of Ilkhanids
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 137 (AH 172 [AD 788/9]). 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. -
Yaman. Zaydi Imams (Rassids), al-Nasir AR Sudaysi. AH 301-322 (AD 913-934).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Sa'da mint. Undated. Legend in four lines across field; part of Qur'an around / Kalima in three lines across field; mint formula around. SICA 10, 198-203; Album 1068; ICV 1083. 0.38gr, 13mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
