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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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Umayyads, Anonymous AE Fals. Circa AH 101-121 (AD 720-740). Al-Ramla (Palestine) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Palm branch; Kalima around / Pellet within crescent; mint formula around. Cf. Album 185; cf. Walker 855. 2.08gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Abbasid Caliphate AE Fals. Circa 8th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Legend in three lines and in margin / Legend in three lines and in margin. 3.25gr, 22mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate. Time of Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik AE Fals. Dated AH 120(?) (AD 737/8). Wâsit mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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. 2.99gr, 20mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Wâsit was the administrative capital which founded by alo-Hajjâj ibn Yûsuf between al-Basra and al-Kûfa in Irak.
