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LOT 3346
Umayyad Caliphate. TIme of Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan AR Drachm. Dated AH 56 (AD 675/6). NY (Nihawand) mint. Citing governor ʿUbayd Allah ibn Ziyad. Arab-Sasanian type.
Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings, and star-in-crescent; stars and legends flanking, ribbon and crescent on shoulders; all within double border with star-in-crescents and 'In the name of Allah' in Arabic in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border, with star-in-crescents in margin. Album 12; cf. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 933. Good Very Fine. Edge chipped.(2.99gr, 28mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3346
Umayyad Caliphate. TIme of Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan AR Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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North Africa. Al-Maghreb, Almohads (al-Muwahhidun) AR Square Dirham. 13th century AD. Ishbiliyya (Seville) mint. Anonymous Christian Imitations.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
'There is no deity but Allah; the entire affair belongs to Allah; there is no strength except with Allah; Ishbiliyya' in Arabic / 'Allah is our Lord; Muhammad is our messenger; al-Mahdi is our leader' in Arabic. Album 497. 1.36gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809). Dated PYE 140 [AH 175 (AD 791)]. Tabaristan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Stylised crowned Sasanian style bust to right; behind head, ʾp̄zwt' ('[may his] glory increase') in Pahlavi; before head, ʿAbd Allah' in Arabic; in the outer margin to left and right, 'nywk ˗ ʾp̄d' ('good ˗ wonderful' in Pahlavi) and star-in-crescents / Fire altar, flanked by two attendants; above altar, crescent and star; to left, date in Pahlavi; to right, 'tpwlstʾn' ('Tabaristan') in Pahlavi; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Album 70. 1.74gr, 23mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seljuks of Rum, Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw II AR Dirham. Dated AH 639 (AD 1241). Konya mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lion advancing to right, two stars below; 'minin' in upper left field, personification of sun above / Name and title in four lines; mint and date in outer margins. Album 1218. 2.99gr, 22mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
