LOT 4121
Seljuks of Rum, Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw II AR Dirham. Dated possibly AH 639 (AD 1241). Siwas mint.
Lion advancing to right, three stars and crescent around; personification of sun above / Name and title in four lines; mint and date in outer margins. Album 1218; Broome 272, type D(iii). Very Fine.(2.92gr, 22mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4121
Seljuks of Rum, Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw II AR Dirham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Abbasid Caliphate AV Dinar. Time of al-Mahdi, AH 158-169 (AD 775-785). Dated AH 164 (AD 780/1). Unnamed (Madinat al-Salam [Baghdad]?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Kalima in three lines; Qur'an IX, 33 in outer margin / Continuation of kalima in three lines; date formula in outer margin. AGC I 51; Album 214. 4.24gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market circa 2015. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809). Dated PYE 136 [AH 171 (AD 787/8)]. Tabaristan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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. 1.73gr, 24mm, 3h.
Extremely Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
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Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809). Dated PYE 137 [AH 172 (AD 788/9)]. Tabaristan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Stylised crowned Sassanian 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. Album 73. 1.84gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
