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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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. -
Islamic AE Fals. Circa 7th-8th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Legend in three lines in Arabic / Legend in three lines in Arabic. 1.82gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. AH 77-132 (AD 697-750). Possibly Dimashq mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Kalima in three lines and in the margin / Continuation of Kalima in the centre; inscription in the margin containing the mint. 4.63gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
