LOT 4043
Arab-Sasanian, Khusro Type AR Drachm. Circa AD 653-670. ART (Ardashir Khurra) mint.
Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings, and star-in-crescent; stars and legends flanking, ribbon and crescent on shoulders; all within double border with star-in-crescents and 'In the name of Allah' in Arabic in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border, with star-in-crescents in margin. Cf. YE29, A-4. Very Fine.(3.12gr, 30mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Umayyad(?) Caliphate AE Fals. AH 77-132 (AD 697-750).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Legend in three lines in Arabic / Legend in three lines in Arabic. 2.74gr, 21mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. AH 77-132 (AD 697-750). Unminted.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Proclamation of the oneness of God in three lines / Kalima in three lines. 2.53gr, 15mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Dirham. Time of Al-Mahdi, dated AH 166(?) (AD 782/3). Al-Abbasiya(?) mint. Citing the governor Yazid.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Kalima in three lines in the centre; inscription in the margin containing date and mint / Kalima in lines in the centre; inscription in the margin. Cf. SICA III, 1030. 2.28gr, 25mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
