LOT 3591
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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Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Post-reform, AH 77-132 (AD 697-750).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Iliya (Jerusalem) mint. Menorah type. Candlestick with five branches; 'no God but Allah, He is alone' in Kufic around / 'Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in three lines in Kufic. D. Barag, "The Islamic Candlestick Coins of Jerusalem" in INJ 10, type 4; Walker 605; Album 163; ICV -. 3.45gr, 16mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Seljuqs, Rum. Kayqubad I (Kaykhusraw I, ‘Ala al-Din Abu’l-Fath), as sultan AR Dirham. AH 616-634 (AD 1219-1236).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Sivas mint; dated AH 617 (AD 1220/1). 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. -
Nasrids of Granada, Anonymous time of 'Ali b. Sa'd AE Fals. AH 881 (AD 1467/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Gharnata mint. "Struck, in Granada, year" in three lines in Naskhi script / Date in three lines in Naskhi script. Album 418; Vives 2217; R. Lorente 82. 2.96g, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
