LOT 4105
Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period AE Fals. Circa AH 77-132 (AD 697-750). Post-reform; uncertain mint.
Tree with fruits; around "Muhammad Rasul Allah" / Kufic inscription in three lines. Album B161(RR); SICA Vol.2, 1299; Zeno 118752; ICV -. Very Fine. Rare.(2.24gr, 17mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 113, 28 September 2023, lot 1288.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Abbasid Caliphate. Time of al-Mansur AE Fals. Dated AH 150 (AD 767/8). Al-Yazidiya mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Legend in three lines, mint and date in margin; star above and below / Legend in three lines; star above and below, annulets in border. SICA 2, 1628; Shamma p.293; Album 313K. 2.86gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Burji Mamluks, Abu'l-Mahasin Yusuf AV Ashrafi. 15th century AD. Undated. al-Qahira mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Kalima in three lines separated by two segmented cables / Name and titles of Yusuf with his kunya abu'l-mahasin in three lines separated by two segmented cables. Album 1004; Balog, Mamluks 732; Kazan 698. 3.39gr, 15mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd; Islamic, Medieval & World Sale 2, 25 November 2022, lot 22. Property of a London antiquarian. -
India, Princely States. Bharatpur AV Mohur. Time of Ratan Singh. Dually dated AH 118[...] & RY 9 of Shah Alam II (AD 1768). Maha Indrapur (Dig) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
In the name of Shah Alam II, Mughal emperor. Persian couplet citing Shah 'Alam II; AH date to right / Mint formula and RY date; ma in Devanagari to left of RY. KM 50; Friedberg -. 10.80gr, 23mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Evidence of possible prior mounting. Very rare.
From the collection of Dr Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Dr Lawrence Brilliant. Ex Glendining (15 October 1985), lot 296. Ex Skanda Collection (Spink-Taisei 9, 20 February 1991), lot 495. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 366, 13 January 2016, lot 167.
