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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Rasulids of Yemen, al-Mansur 'Umar I AR Dirham. AH 626-647 (AD 1229-1250).
Estimate: £80 - 100 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £36
Zabid mint. Dated AH 646 (AD 1248/9). Type D. Kalima in three lines across field inside double intersecting trefoils / Legend in three lines citing the Abbasid caliph al-Musta'sim and al-Mansur 'Umar; rest of titles, mint and date formula in margins. SICA 10, - (date not recorded); Album 1100.4; ICV 1129. 1.82gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned.
Acquired from Pavlos S. Pavlou, 10 April 2016, no. IS312 (ticket included). -
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Group of Twelve [12] AR Dirhams of the Abbasid Dynasty. 8th-12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Various rulers. 35.22gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Twenty [20] AR Coins of Ottoman Empire. Circa 14th-16th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Various rulers. 25.56gr total.
Condition as seen.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
