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LOT 3353
Mongol States. Golden Horde AR Dirham. 14th century AD.
Legends on both sides citing the ruler and the mint. Very Fine.(1.52gr, 15mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Yemen, Rasulid. an-Nasir Ahmad AR Dirham. Dated AH 805 (AD 1402/3). al-Mahjam mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Lion or horse leaping to right, legend around / Legends in centre and in margin. SICA 10, - (cf. 545); Album 1111. 1.74gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
North Africa. Al-Maghreb, Almohads (al-Muwahhidun) AR Square Dirham. 13th century AD. Ishbiliyya (Seville) mint. Anonymous Christian Imitations.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
'There is no deity but Allah; the entire affair belongs to Allah; there is no strength except with Allah; Ishbiliyya' in Arabic / 'Allah is our Lord; Muhammad is our messenger; al-Mahdi is our leader' in Arabic. Album 497. 1.36gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809). Dated PYE 140 [AH 175 (AD 791)]. Tabaristan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Stylised crowned Sasanian style bust to right; behind head, ʾp̄zwt' ('[may his] glory increase') in Pahlavi; before head, ʿAbd Allah' in Arabic; in the outer margin to left and right, 'nywk ˗ ʾp̄d' ('good ˗ wonderful' in Pahlavi) and star-in-crescents / Fire altar, flanked by two attendants; above altar, crescent and star; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, 'tpwlstʾn' ('Tabaristan') in Pahlavi; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Album 70. 1.74gr, 23mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
