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. -
![Group of Eight [8] AR Dirhams.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/224400-s.jpg)
Group of Eight [8] AR Dirhams. 8th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Various rulers. 22.93gr total.
Very Fine to Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
World Coins - Arab-Sasanian, time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan AR Drachm. AH 65-86 (AD 685-705).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
BYŠ (Bishapur) mint. Dated AH 67 (AD 686/7). Citing governor ʿUmar ibn ʿUbayd Allah [AH 67-72 (AD 686-691)]. Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings and star-in-crescent; stars flanking, ribbons on shoulder; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin; behind head, 'GDE ʾp̄zwt' ('[may his] glory increase' in Pahlavi); before head, 'ʾwml Y ʾwbytʾlʾʾn' ('ʿUmar ibn ʿUbayd Allah' in Pahlavi); in outer margin, 'li-llāh al-ḥamd' ('Praise to Allah' in Arabic) / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border with star-in-crescents in margin. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 309; SICA 1, 156-8; Album 21. 3.99gr, 30 mm, 10h.
Extremely fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
