LOT 3464
Samanids, Nuh I ibn Nasr AV Dinar. AH 331-343 (AD 943-954).
Nishapur mint. Dated AH 339 (AD 950/1). Legend in Arabic in three lines and in margins / Legend in Arabic in four lines and in margin. Album 1454. Very Fine.(4.08gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
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![Group of Five [5] Islamic and Sasanian AR Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/235181-s.jpg)
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. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 136(?) [AH 171 (AD 787/8)]. Stylised crowned Sasanian 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. Cf. Malek 174.1-8; cf. Album 73; ICV -. 1.80gr, 24mm, 9h.
Extremely Fine. Die break on reverse.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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possible that these coins, which bear the 'bld' countermark, were issued in the city of Diospolis (ΔΙΟΣΠΟΛΙΣ, Ludd) and superseded the earlier types of the same city.
