LOT 3666
Yaman. Zaydi Imams (Rassids), al-Nasir AR Sudaysi. AH 301-322 (AD 913-934).
Sa'da(?) mint. Undated. Legend in four lines across field; part of Qur'an around / Kalima in three lines across field; mint formula around. Cf. SICA 10, 198-203; cf. Album 1068; ICV 1083. Very Fine. Edge chipped.(0.38gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Abbasid governor of Tabaristan AR Hemidrachm. Time of Al-Mahdi, AH 158-169 (AD 775-785).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 134 = AH 169 (AD 785/6). Crowned and draped bust to right; behind head, GDH ('kingship' in Pahlavi); before head, 'AFZUT' ('may increase' in Pahlavi); in outer margin, APD and NWKW ('excellent' and 'good' in Pahlavi) and 'bakh bakh' ('very fine' in Arabic) / Sasanian fire altar set on three steps, flanked by two attending priests standing facing; to left, date; to right, mint. Album 73; SICA I, -; Walker, Arab-Sassanian, p. 156, O.10. 1.98gr, 24mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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Yaman. Zaydi Imams (Rassids), al-Nasir AR Sudaysi. AH 301-322 (AD 913-934).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Zabîd mint. Undated. Legend in four lines across field; part of Qur'an around / Kalima in three lines across field; mint formula around. ICV 1083. 0.33gr, 14mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Abbasid Caliphate. Al-Mu'tasim AR Dirham. AH 218-227 (AD 833-842).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Dimashq mint. Dated AH 222(?) (AD 837/8). Legend in three lines and in margins / Legend in five lines and in margin. Album 226; ICV 398. 2.37gr, 25mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
