LOT 3471
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 3471
Rasulids of Yemen, al-Mansur 'Umar I AR Dirham.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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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possible that these coins, which bear the 'bld' countermark, were issued in the city of Diospolis (ΔΙΟΣΠΟΛΙΣ, Ludd) and superseded the earlier types of the same city. -
Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Zangids of al-Mawsil, 'Izz al-Din Mas'ud I AE Dirham. AH 576-589 (AD 1180-1193).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
al-Jazira mint. Dated AH 577 (AD 1180/1). Male head to left, wearing crested Greek-style helmet; Kalima around / Name and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir and Mas’ud within circular border; mint and date in outer margin. Whelan Type I, 179; S&S Type 62; Album 1863.1. 12.32gr, 30mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
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Group of Five [5] Islamic and Sasanian AR Coins. 6th-12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Various rulers. 14.77gr total.
Condition as seen.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
