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LOT 3352
Seljuks of Rum, Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw II AR Dirham. Dated AH 639 (AD 1241). Konya mint.
Lion advancing to right, two stars below; 'minin' in upper left field, personification of sun above / Name and title in four lines; mint and date in outer margins. Album 1218. Good Very Fine.(2.99gr, 22mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3352
Seljuks of Rum, Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw II AR Dirham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Lu'lu'ids, Badr al-Din Lu'lu AE Dirham. AH 631-657 (AD 1234-1259). Dated AH 631 (AD 1233/4). al-Mawsil mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Pearl-diademed head to left; star(?) beneath chin; all within pelleted quadrate border; mint formula and AH date in margins / Name and titles of Abbassid in four lines; name and titles of Badr al-Din Lu'lu and Ayyubid overlords in outer margin. Whelan Type II, 191-2; S&S Type 68; Album 1874.1. 8.76gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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): £46
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; stars flanking flames, date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 175; Album 73. 1.75gr, 22mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Umayyads, Anonymous AE Fals. Circa AH 101-121 (AD 720-740). Al-Ramla (Palestine) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Palm branch; Kalima around / Pellet within crescent; mint formula around. Cf. Album 185; cf. Walker 855. 2.08gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
