LOT 4045
Umayyad Caliphate AR Dirham. Time of 'Abd al-Malik (b. Marwan I), dated AH 80 (AD 699-700). Astan mint.
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 -. Very Fine. Edge chipped. Exceedingly rare mint; apparently unrecorded with this date.(2.52gr, 27mm, 3h.).
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. 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. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Mansur, AH 95-158 (AD 714-775). Dated PYE 122 [AH 157 (AD 773/4)]. Tabaristan mint. Citing governor 'Umr ibn al-'Ala'.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Stylised crowned Sasanian style bust to right; to left, legend in Pahlavi script; to right, 'Umr in Arabic script; 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; date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. SICA 1, 401-4. 1.95gr, 24mm, 10h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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.
