LOT 4050
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Circa AH 90s (AD 710s). Tabariya (Tiberias) mint.
'There is no deity but Allah, the One' in three lines in Arabic; all within triple border / 'Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in three lines in Arabic; legend in margin containing the mint. Album 188; Walker 889. Very Fine.(3.11gr, 26mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Islamic AR Dirham. Circa 13th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Inscription in three lines in Arabic within square and in margin / Inscription in three lines in Arabic within square and in margin. 2.93gr, 21mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. AH 77-132 (AD 697-750). Uncertain mint. Undated.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Proclamation of the oneness of God in three lines / In the centre: Kalima in three lines; inscription in the margin containing the mint. 3.86gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Double struck.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate AR Dirham. Time of 'Abd al-Malik (b. Marwan I), dated AH 80 (AD 699-700). Astan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Standard Umayyad Shahadah at the centre with marginal stating mint and year / "Umayyad Symbol" (Quran 112) in four lines across fields; "Second Symbol" (Quran 9.33) in margin. Album - (RRR, active for date 89 only); SICA -. 2.52gr, 27mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped. Exceedingly rare mint; apparently unrecorded with this date.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
