LOT 3465
Islamic AR Dirham. Circa 10th century AD.
Legend in five lines and in margins / Legend in five lines and in margin. Near Very Fine.(4.13gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
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Mongols, llkhanids. Abu Sa'id Bahadur AR 2 Dirhams. AH 716-736 (AD 1316-1335).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Arzanjan (Erzincan) mint. Dated AH 731 (AD 1330/1). Type G. Legend within octofoil; the names of the four Rashidun Caliphs around / Legend within looped octagon; date in the margin. Cf. Diler Ab-525 (for type); Album 2214; ICV 2145. 3.15gr, 20mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Rasulids of Yemen, al-Mansur 'Umar I AR Dirham. AH 626-647 (AD 1229-1250).
Estimate: £80 - 100 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £36
Zabid mint. Dated AH 646 (AD 1248/9). Type D. Kalima in three lines across field inside double intersecting trefoils / Legend in three lines citing the Abbasid caliph al-Musta'sim and al-Mansur 'Umar; rest of titles, mint and date formula in margins. SICA 10, - (date not recorded); Album 1100.4; ICV 1129. 1.82gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned.
Acquired from Pavlos S. Pavlou, 10 April 2016, no. IS312 (ticket included). -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 136(?) [AH 171 (AD 787/8)]. 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; pellets flanking flames, date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Cf. Malek 174.1-8; cf. Album 73; ICV -. 1.80gr, 24mm, 9h.
Extremely Fine. Die break on reverse.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
