LOT 3463
Umayyad Caliphate, time of al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik AR Dirham. AH 86-96 (AD 705-715).
Marw mint. Dated AH 90 (AD 709/710). Kalima in three lines; in the margin, mint and date / Legend in Arabic in four lines (Qurʾān 112: 1-4); in the margin, 'Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. He sent him with guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it overcome all religions, even though the unbelievers may dislike it' in Arabic. Walker 490; Album 128; Klat 587b. Very Fine. Traces of gilding.(2.97gr, 27mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3463
Umayyad Caliphate, time of al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik AR Dirham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids of Mardin, Najm al-Din Alpi AE Dirham. AH 547-572 (AD 1152-1176).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Diademed head of Antiochos VII to right; legend on the neck / Legend in Arabic in four lines and in margins. Album 1827.2. 11.77gr, 28mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Seljuqs, Rum. Kayqubad I (Kaykhusraw I, ‘Ala al-Din Abu’l-Fath), as sultan AR Dirham. AH 616-634 (AD 1219-1236).
Estimate: £80 - 100 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £36
Sivas mint. Dated AH 617 (AD 1220/1). Legend citing the Caliph al-Nasir; date around / Name and title in three lines; mint above. Album 1211.1; Broome 172, Type B, variety ii. 2.94gr, 24mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired from Alibaba Coins, 26 November 2016, no.12. -
![Group of Twenty [20] AR Coins of Ottoman Empire.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/235178-s.jpg)
Group of Twenty [20] AR Coins of Ottoman Empire. Circa 14th-16th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Various rulers. 25.56gr total.
Condition as seen.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
