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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. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Circa AH 78-140 (AD 697-758). Amman(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Legend in Arabic around lilly within three pellets / Legend in Arabic in three lines. Cf. Walker 905; cf. Album 166. 3.60gr, 20mm, 11h.
Good Fine. Scarce.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Abbasid Caliphate AE Fals. Circa 8th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Legend in three lines and in margin / Legend in three lines and in margin. 3.25gr, 22mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
