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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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). -
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Group of Five [5] Islamic and Sasanian AR Coins. 6th-12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Various rulers. 14.77gr total.
Condition as seen.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Samanids, Nuh I ibn Nasr AV Dinar. AH 331-343 (AD 943-954).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Nishapur mint. Dated AH 339 (AD 950/1). Legend in Arabic in three lines and in margins / Legend in Arabic in four lines and in margin. Album 1454. 4.08gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
