LOT 3676
Abbasid governor of Tabaristan AR Hemidrachm. Time of Al-Mahdi, AH 158-169 (AD 775-785).
Tabaristan mint; dated PYE 134 = AH 169 (AD 785/6). Anonymous type. Crowned and draped bust to right; behind head, GDH ('kingship' in Pahlavi); before head, 'AFZUT' ('may increase' in Pahlavi); in outer margin, APD and NWKW ('excellent' and 'good' in Pahlavi) and 'bakh bakh' ('very fine' in Arabic) / Sasanian fire altar set on three steps, flanked by two attending priests standing facing; to left, date; to right, mint. Album 73; SICA I, -; Walker, Arab-Sassanian, p. 156, O.10. Extremely Fine. Very rare.(2.06gr, 25mm, 7h).
ProvenanceFrom a private collection, UK.
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LOT 3676
Abbasid governor of Tabaristan AR Hemidrachm.
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
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Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Post-reform AH 77-132 (AD 697-750).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Iliya (Jerusalem) mint. Candlestick with five branches; 'There is no god but Allah alone' in Kufic around / 'Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in three lines in Kufic. Cf. D. Barag, "The Islamic Candlestick Coins of Jerusalem" in INJ 10, type 4; cf. Walker 605; cf. Album 163.2. 2.71gr, 16mm, 11h
Very Fine.
Acquired from Hassam Zurqieh, February 2016, no. AA824. -
Abbasid governor of Tabaristan AR Hemidrachm. Time of Al-Mahdi, AH 158-169 (AD 775-785).
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
Tabaristan mint; dated PYE 134 = AH 169 (AD 785/6). Anonymous type. Crowned and draped bust to right; behind head, GDH ('kingship' in Pahlavi); before head, 'AFZUT' ('may increase' in Pahlavi); in outer margin, APD and NWKW ('excellent' and 'good' in Pahlavi) and 'bakh bakh' ('very fine' in Arabic) / Sasanian fire altar set on three steps, flanked by two attending priests standing facing; to left, date; to right, mint. Album 73; SICA I, -; Walker, Arab-Sassanian, p. 156, O.10. 2.06gr, 25mm, 7h
Extremely Fine. Very rare.
From a private collection, UK. -
Abbasid Caliphate AV DInar. Time of Al-Mansur, AH 136-158 (AD 754-775).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
No mint. Dated AH 147 (AD 765). Kalima in three lines; Qur'an IX, 33 in outer margin / Continuation of kalima in three lines; date formula in outer margin. Album 212. 4.22gr, 19mm, 4h
Very Fine.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
