LOT 3472
Mongols, llkhanids. Abu Sa'id Bahadur AR 2 Dirhams. AH 716-736 (AD 1316-1335).
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. Good Very Fine.(3.15gr, 20mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
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Time of the Rashidun ΑΕ Fals. Circa AH 37-55 (AD 658-675).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Pseudo-Byzantine type. Type E. Struck circa AD 658-664. Imperial Byzantine figure (Constans II) standing facing, holding cross-tipped staff and globus cruciger; Ο above globus / Large m; cross above with curved ornaments flanking; [A] N [...] to left, n Є O to right; illegible inscription in exergue; c/ms: bld ('bi-ludd') within incuse circle. For coin: cf. SICA 1, 518 (for type); for c/m: SICA 1, p. 90. 3.77gr, 24mm, 8h.
Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
It is very possible that these coins, which bear the 'bld' countermark, were issued in the city of Diospolis (ΔΙΟΣΠΟΛΙΣ, Ludd) and superseded the earlier types of the same city. -
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Group of Twelve [12] AR Dirhams of the Abbasid Dynasty. 8th-12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Various rulers. 35.22gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids of Sinjar, Qutb al-Din Muhammad AE Dirham. AH 594-616 (AD 1197-1219).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Dated AH 600-602 (AD 1203/4-1205/6). Draped female bust facing, head to right, wearing crested Greek-style helmet; name and title of Qutb al-Din Muhammad around / Name and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and Ayyubid overlord Abu Bakr in five lines. Album 1880.3; Whelan Type III; S&S Type 82.1. 14.55gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London.
