LOT 3598
Mongols, llkhanids. Abu Sa'id Bahadur AR 2 Dirhams. AH 716-736 (AD 1316-1335).
Siwas mint. Dated AH 731 (AD 1330/1). Type G. Legend within looped octagon; date in the margin / Legend within octofoil; the names of the four Rashidun Caliphs around. Album 2214. Good Very Fine.(3.14gr, 21mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
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Mongols, llkhanids. Abu Sa'id Bahadur AR 2 Dirhams. AH 716-736 (AD 1316-1335).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
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. -
Umayyad Caliphate, time of Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik AR Dirham. AH 105-125 (AD 724-743).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Dimashq (Damascus) mint. Dated AH 119 (AD 737/8). Kalima in three lines; mint and date formula around / Sura 112 in four lines; Quran IX, 33 around. Album 137; Klat 363. 2.88gr, 26mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired from Artemis Gallery, 1999. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid. AH 170-193 (AD 786-809).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 136 = AH 171 (AD 787/8). Stylised crowned Sassanian 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. Malek 174.1-8; Album 73; ICV -. 2.33gr, 24mm, 4h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
