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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Yaman. Zaydi Imams (Rassids), al-Nasir AR Sudaysi. AH 301-322 (AD 913-934).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Kalima in three lines across field; mint formula around / Legend in four lines across field; part of Qur'an around. Cf. Album 1068. 0.33gr, 12mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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, Al-Muqtadir AR Dirham. AH 295-320 (AD 908-932).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Legend in five lines and in margins / Legend in five lines and in margin. Album 246; ICV 431. 2.20gr, 26mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
