LOT 4056
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. AH 77-132 (AD 697-750). Unminted.
Proclamation of the oneness of God in three lines / Kalima in three lines. Very Fine.(2.53gr, 15mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Abbasid Caliphate AR Dirham. Time of Al-Ma'mun, dated AH 198 (AD 813/4). Isbahan (Isfahan) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Kalima in three lines in the centre; inscription around containing the mint and date / Kalima in three lines in the centre; inscription in the margin. Album 223.4. 2.78gr, 23mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids of Mardin, Husam ad-Din Yulug Arslan AE Dirham. Datec AH 589 (AD 1193).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Three standing figures around central female figure seated to the left in an attitude of lamentation / Citing the ʿAbbasid caliph al-Nasir li-din Allah and the Ayyubid overlord al-ʿAdil Abu Bakr I Sayf al-Din within circle, 'Imam al-Nasir li'l-Dīn, Commander of the Believers. The just king Sayf al-Din' in Arabic'; to right and left, 'Abu Bakr son of Ayyub' in Arabic; in the margin, 'Husam al-Din, king of Diyarbakr, Yuluq Arslan son of Il Ghazi son of Urtuq. [Year] 589' in Arabic. Album 1829.3. 13.19gr, 31mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Circa AH 90s (AD 710s). Tabariya (Tiberias) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
'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. 3.11gr, 26mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
