LOT 4047
Umayyad Caliphate AR Dirham. Time of Yazid II (b. 'Abd al-Malik), dated AH 104 (AD 722/3). Arran 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 - (RR, active for date 89-91 only). Very Fine. Toned. Extremely rare mint; apparently unrecorded with this date.(2.43gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Islamic AR Dirham. Circa 9th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Inscription in four lines in Arabic and in margins / Inscription in four lines in Arabic and in margin. 2.91gr, 19mm, 7h.
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.
