LOT 3024
World Coins - Islamic - Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - AR Hemidrachm 786-809 A.D.
Tabaristan mint. Obv: stylised crowned Sassanian style bust right; GDH and Â’pzwt in Pahlavi flanking bust; Â’pd in Pahlavi to lower right in outer margin; nywkÂ’ in Pahlavi to lower left. Rev: fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; star-in-crescents and triple pellets in outer margin. About extremely fine.(2.13 grams, 23 mm.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
LiteratureMalek 172, Wilkes 1, 107.
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LOT 3024
World Coins - Islamic - Abbasid Governors of Tabaristan - AR Hemidrachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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World Coins - Canada - Elizabeth II - 100th anniversary of the City of Calgary AR Dollar Dated 1975 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
800 silver. Obv: bust of Queen Elizabeth II wearing tiara, facing right, ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA. Rev: a rodeo cowboy on his horse in the foreground, oil rigs and town in the background, CANADA DOLLAR / 1875 CALGARY 1975. 23.11 grams, 36 mm.
Extremely fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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World Coins - Indo-Scythian - Western Kshatrapas - Vijayasena - AR Drachm 168 Saka Era / 246 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Obv: pseudo-Greek legend with profile bust right with Brahmi date behind. Rev: Brahmi 'Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Damasenasaputrasa Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Vijayasanasa' legend with triple arched hills, river and crescent 1.99 grams.
Good very fine.
Ex David Harthill collection, UK (with ticket). -
World Coins - Sassanian - Khusro - Dracuna AR Dirham 590-627 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Obv: profile bust with inscriptions. Rev: fire altar with attendants and inscriptions. 3.45 grams, 29 mm.
Very fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
