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LOT 3348
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Circa AH 78-140 (AD 697-758). Amman(?) mint.
Legend in Arabic around lilly within three pellets / Legend in Arabic in three lines. Cf. Walker 905; cf. Album 166. Good Fine. Scarce.(3.60gr, 20mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809). Dated PYE 140 [AH 175 (AD 791)]. Tabaristan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Stylised crowned Sasanian style bust to right; behind head, ʾp̄zwt' ('[may his] glory increase') in Pahlavi; before head, ʿAbd Allah' in Arabic; in the outer margin to left and right, 'nywk ˗ ʾp̄d' ('good ˗ wonderful' in Pahlavi) and star-in-crescents / Fire altar, flanked by two attendants; above altar, crescent and star; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, 'tpwlstʾn' ('Tabaristan') in Pahlavi; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Album 70. 1.74gr, 23mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyads, Anonymous AE Fals. Circa AH 101-121 (AD 720-740). Al-Ramla (Palestine) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Palm branch; Kalima around / Pellet within crescent; mint formula around. Cf. Album 185; cf. Walker 855. 2.08gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
