LOT 4147
Ayyubids AR Dirham. Circa AH 631-634 (AD 1233-1236).
Inscription in Arabic in centre and in margin / Inscription in Arabic in centre and in margin. Cf. Album 1099. Good Very Fine.(1.90gr, 25mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 4147
Ayyubids AR Dirham.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Group of Eight (8) Islamic Mansour I bin Nuh, Bukhara Mint, Samanid AE Dirhams. 10th century AD.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: mixed issues, mostly pierced. 14.85gr total, 21-22mm.
As shown.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk), Artuqids (Kayfa & Amid). Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan AE Dirham. AH 543-570 (AD 1148-1174).
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Partial mint formula and name and pedigree of Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan in four lines and margins. Album 1820.1; S&S Type 1; Whelan Type VII. 7.14gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of Al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809). Tabaristan mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Stylised crowned Sasanian style bust to right; 'GDE ʾpzwt (may his glory increase) in Pahlavi to right and left; in outer margin, star-in-crescents, 'pd (excellent) in Pahlavi to lower right, nwk' (good) in Pahlavi to lower left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; stars flanking flames, date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Cf. Album 73. 2.04gr, 24mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Areas of deposits.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
