LOT 3467
Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids of al-Mawsil, 'Izz al-Din Mas'ud I AE Dirham. AH 576-589 (AD 1180-1193).
al-Jazira mint. Dated AH 577 (AD 1180/1). Male head to left, wearing crested Greek-style helmet; Kalima around / Name and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and Mas’ud within circular border; mint and date in outer margin. Whelan Type I, 179; S&S Type 62; Album 1863.1. Near Very Fine.(12.32gr, 30mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London.
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LOT 3467
Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids of al-Mawsil, 'Izz al-Din Mas'ud I AE Dirham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Seljuqs, Rum. Kayqubad I (Kaykhusraw I, ‘Ala al-Din Abu’l-Fath), as sultan AR Dirham. AH 616-634 (AD 1219-1236).
Estimate: £80 - 100 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £36
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. -
Umayyad Caliphate, time of al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik AR Dirham. AH 86-96 (AD 705-715).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Marw mint. Dated AH 90 (AD 709/710). Kalima in three lines; in the margin, mint and date / Legend in Arabic in four lines (Qurʾān 112: 1-4); in the margin, 'Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions, even though the unbelievers may dislike it' in Arabic. Walker 490; Album 128; Klat 587b. 2.97gr, 27mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Traces of gilding.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Group of Twenty [20] AR Coins of Ottoman Empire. Circa 14th-16th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Various rulers. 25.56gr total.
Condition as seen.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
