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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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. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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. Malek 174.1-8; Album 73; ICV -. 1.85gr, 22mm, 3h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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.
