LOT 3660
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). 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. Good Very Fine. Very rare.(1.98gr, 24mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Seljuqs, Rum. 'Izz al-Din Kay Ka'us II bin Kay Khusraw AE Fals. Second reign over western Rum Seljuk, AH 644-647 (AD 1246-1249).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Figure seated slightly to right on throne; star to left and right / Legend in Arabic. Cf. Album 1225a; cf. ICV 1346. 2.98gr, 21mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Four [4] Islamic AR Coins. 14th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Various types. 13.66gr total.
Good fine.
Ex property of a South West London gentleman. -
Yaman. Zaydi Imams (Rassids), al-Nasir AR Sudaysi. AH 301-322 (AD 913-934).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
'Udhr(?) mint. Undated. Legend in four lines across field; part of Qur'an around / Kalima in three lines across field; mint formula around. ICV 1083. 0.40gr, 14mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Seemingly looped and repaired.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
