LOT 4084
Islamic AR Dirham. Circa 9th century AD.
Inscription in four lines in Arabic and in margins / Inscription in four lines in Arabic and in margin. Very Fine.(2.91gr, 19mm, 7h.).
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 AE Fals. Later AH 90s. Al-Ramla mint. Undated.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Kalima in three lines in centre; inscription in margin / Kalima in three lines in centre; inscription in margin containing a pentagram and the mint. SNA Tübingen IVa 59; Walker 854. 2.94gr, 29mm, 7h.
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.
