LOT 4063
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. AH 77-132 (AD 697-750). Ba'albak mint.
Mint name above star in centre; Kalima in margin / Continuation of Kalima in centre. Zeno 71754; Walker 776. Near Very Fine.(2.04gr, 14mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Umayyad Caliphate AR Dirham. Time of Yazid II (b. 'Abd al-Malik), dated AH 104 (AD 722/3). Arran mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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 - (RR, active for date 89-91 only). 2.43gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned. Extremely rare mint; apparently unrecorded with this date.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate, uncertain period (post-reform) AE Fals. AH 77-132 (AD 697-750). Ba'albakk (ancient Heliopolis in Lebanon) mint. Undated issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
First part of Kalima containing mintname in three lines / Second part of Kalima in three lines. Album 168; SICA Vol.2, 1132. 2.50gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. AH 77-132 (AD 697-750). Ba'albak mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Mint name above star in centre; Kalima in margin / Continuation of Kalima in centre. Zeno 71754; Walker 776. 2.04gr, 14mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
