LOT 3665
Yaman. Zaydi Imams (Rassids), al-Nasir AR Sudaysi. AH 301-322 (AD 913-934).
'Udhr(?) mint. Undated. Legend in four lines across field; part of Qur'an around / Kalima in three lines across field; mint formula around. ICV 1083. Near Very Fine. Seemingly looped and repaired.(0.40gr, 14mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Islamic AR Dirham. Circa 10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Legend in four lines and in margin / Legend in five lines and in margin. 3.66gr, 25mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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. -
Abbasid Caliphate, Al-Muqtadir AR Dirham. AH 295-320 (AD 908-932).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Legend in five lines and in margins / Legend in five lines and in margin. Album 246; ICV 431. 2.20gr, 26mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
