LOT 4075
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. AH 77-132 (AD 697-750).
Inscription in three lines in the centre; inscription in the margin / Inscription in three lines in the centre; inscription in the margin. Near Very Fine.(4.27gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. AH 77-132 (AD 697-750). Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Inscription in Arabic in three lines in centre / Inscription in Arabic in three lines in centre and in margin; star or pentagram-in-circle above. 2.37gr, 16mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Dirham. Time of al-Mansur, dated AH 146 (AD 763/4). al-Kufa mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
First part of Kalima in three lines; mint and date formula around / Continuation of Kalima in three lines, three pellets in lower reverse field; inscription in the margin. Album 213. 2.68gr, 25mm, 9h.
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). Tabaristan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Stylised crowned Sasanian 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; stars flanking flames, date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Cf. Album 63. 2.03gr, 24mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
