LOT 4076
Artuqids, Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan AE Dirhem. Dated AH 581 (AD 1185/6). Mardin mint.
Diademed and draped bust facing, with hand across chest; name and titles of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan around / Name and titles of the Ayyubid overlord al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf I (Saladin) in five lines within hexagram; mint around, date in right field. Whelan Type I; S&S Type 33.1; Album 1829.1. Near Very Fine.(13.95gr, 32mm, 12h.).
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). Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Inscription in Arabic in three lines in centre / Inscription in Arabic in three lines in centre and in margin; star or pentagram-in-circle above. 2.37gr, 16mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate, uncertain period (post-reform) AE Fals. AH 77-132 (AD 697-750). Ba'albakk (ancient Heliopolis in Lebanon) mint. Undated issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
First part of Kalima containing mintname in three lines / Second part of Kalima in three lines. Album 168; SICA Vol.2, 1132. 2.50gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Fatimid Caliphate AR Half-Dirham. 10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Three concentric circles of inscription in Kufic around central pellet / Three concentric circles of inscription in Kufic around central pellet. 1.24gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
