LOT 3596
Rasulids of Yemen, al-Mansur 'Umar I AR Dirham. AH 626-647 (AD 1229-1250).
Zabid mint. Dated AH 646 (AD 1248/9). Type D. Kalima in three lines across field inside double intersecting trefoils / Legend in three lines citing the Abbasid caliph al-Musta'sim and al-Mansur 'Umar; rest of titles, mint and date formula in margins. SICA 10, - (date not recorded); Album 1100.4; ICV 1129. Near Extremely Fine. Toned.(1.82gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired from Pavlos S. Pavlou, 10 April 2016, no. IS312 (ticket included).
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LOT 3596
Rasulids of Yemen, al-Mansur 'Umar I AR Dirham.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Islamic, al-Maghreb (North Africa). Almohads (al-Muwahhidun) AR Dirham. AH 558-668 (AD 1163-1269).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Time of Abu Ya'qub Yusuf I to Abu'l-'Ula Idris II. Uncertain mint, without date. Square type. Legend in Arabic in three lines: 'There is no deity but Allah; The entire affair belongs to Allah; There is no strength except with Allah' / Legend in Arabic in three lines: 'Allah is our Lord; Muhammad is our messenger; Al-Mahdi is our leader'. Hazard 1085; Album 496; ICV 716. 1.53gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very well struck for the type.
Acquired from London Ancient Coins Ltd, 29 February 2016, no.13. -
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Group of Five [5] AR Dirhams of Umayyad Caliphate. Circa AD 635-735.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Various rulers. 14.23gr total.
Good Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Nasrids of Granada, Anonymous time of 'Ali b. Sa'd AE Fals. AH 881 (AD 1467/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Gharnata mint. "Struck, in Granada, year" in three lines in Naskhi script / Date in three lines in Naskhi script. Album 418; Vives 2217; R. Lorente 82. 3.19g, 19mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
