LOT 3456
Time of the Rashidun AE Fals. Circa AH 11-55 (AD 632-675).
Pseudo-Byzantine type. Imitating a Follis of Constans II. Imperial Byzantine figure (Constans II) standing facing, holding staff and globus cruciger; [EN T૪T-]O [NIKA](?) around / Large m; cross above, A N N to left, [...] Φ A to right; [...]OINA (or CONA) in exergue. SICA 1 -; Walker, Arab-Byzantine -; cf. DOCAB p. 29 ("ΛITOIЄ" Type). Good Fine. Very rare example of a Pseudo-byzantine type.(2.86gr, 23mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Islamic AR Dirham. Circa 10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Legend in five lines and in margins / Legend in five lines and in margin. 4.13gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s. -
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 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.
