LOT 3588
World Coins - Umayyad Caliphate, time of Marwan I ibn Hakam AR Drachm. AH 64-65 (AD 684-685).
DA (Darabgird) mint. Struck by ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, rival caliph [AH 60-73 (AD 680-692)]. Dated YE 53 (AD 684/5). Arab-Sasanian type. Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings and star-in-crescent; stars flanking, ribbon on shoulder; all within double border with pellets and star-in-crescents in margin; behind head, 'GDE ʾp̄zwt'' ('[may his] glory increase' in Pahlavi); before head, 'ʾp̄dwlʾ ʾmyl Y wlwyšnykʾn' ('ʿAbd Allah, Commander of the Believers' in Pahlavi); in the outer margin, 'bism Allāh' ('In the name of Allah' in Arabic) / 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 16. Extremely fine.(4.15gr, 30mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
LiteratureCf. OCTV 2, 1344-1357 for type.
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LOT 3588
World Coins - Umayyad Caliphate, time of Marwan I ibn Hakam AR Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Rasulids of Yemen, al-Mansur 'Umar I AR Dirham. AH 626-647 (AD 1229-1250).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Zabid mint. Dated AH 646 (AD 1248/9). Type D. Kalima in three lines across field inside double intersecting trefoils / Legend in three lines citing the Abbasid caliph al-Musta'sim and al-Mansur 'Umar; rest of titles, mint and date formula in margins. SICA 10, - (date not recorded); Album 1100.4; ICV 1129. 1.82gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned.
Acquired from Pavlos S. Pavlou, 10 April 2016, no. IS312 (ticket included). -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid. AH 170-193 (AD 786-809).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 136 = AH 171 (AD 787/8). Stylised crowned Sassanian style bust to right; ‘GDE ʾpzwt (may his glory increase) in Pahlavi to right and left; in outer margin, star-in-crescents, 'pd (excellent) in Pahlavi to lower right, nwk' (good) in Pahlavi to lower left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; pellets flanking flames, date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 174.1-8; Album 73; ICV -. 2.33gr, 24mm, 4h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
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Group of Three [3] AR Islamic Coins. 10th-11th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Various rulers. 3.21gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
