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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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Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Circa AH 78-140 (AD 697-758). Amman(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Legend in Arabic around lilly within three pellets / Legend in Arabic in three lines. Cf. Walker 905; cf. Album 166. 3.60gr, 20mm, 11h.
Good Fine. Scarce.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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. -
North Africa. Al-Maghreb, Almohads (al-Muwahhidun) AR Square Dirham. 13th century AD. Ishbiliyya (Seville) mint. Anonymous Christian Imitations.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
'There is no deity but Allah; the entire affair belongs to Allah; there is no strength except with Allah; Ishbiliyya' in Arabic / 'Allah is our Lord; Muhammad is our messenger; al-Mahdi is our leader' in Arabic. Album 497. 1.36gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
