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 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. -
Abbasid governor of Tabaristan AR Hemidrachm. Dated PYE 135 = AH 170 (AD 786/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Tabaristan mint. Anonymous type. Crowned and draped bust to right; behind head, GDH ('kingship' in Pahlavi); before head, 'AFZUT' ('may increase' in Pahlavi); in outer margin, APD and NWKW ('excellent' and 'good' in Pahlavi) and 'bakh bakh' ('very fine' in Arabic) / Sasanian fire altar set on three steps, flanked by two attending priests standing facing; to left, date; to right, mint. Album 73A; SICA I, -; Walker, Arab-Sassanian, p. 156, 307. 1.95gr, 24mm, 8h
Near Extremely Fine. Scarce.
From a private collection, UK. -
India, Princely States. Bharatpur AV Mohur. Time of Ratan Singh AH 1182-1183 (AD 1768-1769).
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
In the name of Shah Alam II, Mughal emperor. Maha Indrapur (Dig) mint. Dually dated AH 118[...]; RY 9 of Shah Alam II (AD 1768). Persian couplet citing Shah 'Alam II; AH date to right / Mint formula and RY date; ma in Devanagari to left of RY. KM 50; Friedberg -. 10.80gr, 23mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Evidence of possible prior mounting. Very rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Dr. Lawrence Brilliant; Ex Glendining (15 October 1985), lot 296; Ex Skanda Collection (Spink-Taisei 9, 20 February 1991), lot 495; Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 366, 13 January 2016, lot 167.
