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LOT 3347
Umayyad Caliphate. Time of Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik AE Fals. Dated AH 120(?) (AD 737/8). Wâsit mint.
Within two concentric dotted circles, 'There is no deity but Allah, the One, there is no partner to Him' in three lines in Arabic; five annulets in border / Within dotted circle, 'Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' in three lines in Arabic; in the margin, 'In the name of Allah; this fals was struck in Wasit in the year 120' in Arabic. Album 205; cf. Walker 941. Very Fine.(2.99gr, 20mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
FootnotesWâsit was the administrative capital which founded by alo-Hajjâj ibn Yûsuf between al-Basra and al-Kûfa in Irak.
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LOT 3347
Umayyad Caliphate. Time of Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik AE Fals.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Yemen, Rasulid. an-Nasir Ahmad AR Dirham. Dated AH 805 (AD 1402/3). al-Mahjam mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Lion or horse leaping to right, legend around / Legends in centre and in margin. SICA 10, - (cf. 545); Album 1111. 1.74gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Lu'lu'ids, Badr al-Din Lu'lu AE Dirham. AH 631-657 (AD 1234-1259). Dated AH 631 (AD 1233/4). al-Mawsil mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Pearl-diademed head to left; star(?) beneath chin; all within pelleted quadrate border; mint formula and AH date in margins / Name and titles of Abbassid in four lines; name and titles of Badr al-Din Lu'lu and Ayyubid overlords in outer margin. Whelan Type II, 191-2; S&S Type 68; Album 1874.1. 8.76gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Mongol States. Golden Horde AR Dirham. 14th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Legends on both sides citing the ruler and the mint. 1.52gr, 15mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
