LOT 4151
Group of Eight (8) Islamic Mansour I bin Nuh, Bukhara Mint, Samanid AE Dirhams. 10th century AD.
Comprising: mixed issues, mostly pierced. As shown.(14.85gr total, 21-22mm.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 4151
Group of Eight (8) Islamic Mansour I bin Nuh, Bukhara Mint, Samanid AE Dirhams.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. AH 95-158 (AD 714-775). Tabaristan mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Crowned Sassanian style bust to right / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Album 52. 1.87gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Seljuqs, Rum. Kayqubad I (Kaykhusraw I, 'Ala al-Din Abu'l-Fath), as sultan AR Dirham. Dated AH 617 (AD 1220/1). Sivas mint.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
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. -
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.
