LOT 4060
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. AH 77-132 (AD 697-750). Uncertain mint.
Proclamation of the oneness of God in three lines / Kalima in three lines in the centre; inscription in the margin. Near Very Fine.(3.03gr, 21mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Artuqids, Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan AE Dirhem. Dated AH 581 (AD 1185/6). Mardin mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Diademed and draped bust facing, with hand across chest; name and titles of Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan around / Name and titles of the Ayyubid overlord al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf I (Saladin) in five lines within hexagram; mint around, date in right field. Whelan Type I; S&S Type 33.1; Album 1829.1. 13.95gr, 32mm, 12h.
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). 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. -
Islamic AE Fals. Circa 7th-8th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Inscription in Arabic in three lines; star between second and third line; all within border of large dots / Inscription in Arabic in four lines; all within border of large dots. 1.33gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
