LOT 3469
Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids of Mardin, Najm al-Din Alpi AE Dirham. AH 547-572 (AD 1152-1176).
Diademed head of Antiochos VII to right; legend on the neck / Legend in Arabic in four lines and in margins. Album 1827.2. Very Fine.(11.77gr, 28mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London.
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LOT 3469
Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids of Mardin, Najm al-Din Alpi AE Dirham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Time of the Rashidun ΑΕ Fals. Circa AH 37-55 (AD 658-675).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Pseudo-Byzantine type. Type E. Struck circa AD 658-664. Imperial Byzantine figure (Constans II) standing facing, holding cross-tipped staff and globus cruciger; Ο above globus / Large m; cross above with curved ornaments flanking; [A] N [...] to left, n Є O to right; illegible inscription in exergue; c/ms: bld ('bi-ludd') within incuse circle. For coin: cf. SICA 1, 518 (for type); for c/m: SICA 1, p. 90. 3.77gr, 24mm, 8h.
Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
It is very possible that these coins, which bear the 'bld' countermark, were issued in the city of Diospolis (ΔΙΟΣΠΟΛΙΣ, Ludd) and superseded the earlier types of the same city. -
Mongols, llkhanids. Abu Sa'id Bahadur AR 2 Dirhams. AH 716-736 (AD 1316-1335).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Arzanjan (Erzincan) mint. Dated AH 731 (AD 1330/1). Type G. Legend within octofoil; the names of the four Rashidun Caliphs around / Legend within looped octagon; date in the margin. Cf. Diler Ab-525 (for type); Album 2214; ICV 2145. 3.15gr, 20mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
![Group of Twelve [12] AR Dirhams of the Abbasid Dynasty.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/235031-s.jpg)
Group of Twelve [12] AR Dirhams of the Abbasid Dynasty. 8th-12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Various rulers. 35.22gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
