LOT 3681
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Post-reform AH 77-132 (AD 697-750).
Iliya (Jerusalem) mint. Candlestick with five branches; 'There is no god but Allah alone' in Kufic around / 'Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in three lines in Kufic. Cf. D. Barag, "The Islamic Candlestick Coins of Jerusalem" in INJ 10, type 4; cf. Walker 605; cf. Album 163.2. Very Fine.(2.71gr, 16mm, 11h).
ProvenanceAcquired from Hassam Zurqieh, February 2016, no. AA824.
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Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Mahdi. AH 158-169 (AD 775-785).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 135 = AH 170 (AD 785/6). 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. Malek 167.2-4; Album 73A; ICV 120. 1.85gr, 24mm, 4h
Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Abbasid Caliphate AV DInar. Time of Al-Mansur, AH 136-158 (AD 754-775).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
No mint. Dated AH 147 (AD 765). Kalima in three lines; Qur'an IX, 33 in outer margin / Continuation of kalima in three lines; date formula in outer margin. Album 212. 4.22gr, 19mm, 4h
Very Fine.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Post-reform AH 77-132 (AD 697-750).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Iliya (Jerusalem) mint. Candlestick with five branches; 'There is no god but Allah alone' in Kufic around / 'Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in three lines in Kufic. Cf. D. Barag, "The Islamic Candlestick Coins of Jerusalem" in INJ 10, type 4; cf. Walker 605; cf. Album 163.2. 2.71gr, 16mm, 11h
Very Fine.
Acquired from Hassam Zurqieh, February 2016, no. AA824.
