LOT 3468
Zengid Atabegs of Halab (Aleppo), Al-Salih Isma’il AE Dirham. AH 569-577 (AD 1174-1181).
al-Halab (Aleppo) mint. Dated AH 571 (AD 1175/6). Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed Roman-style bust to right; mint name and AH date around / Names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Mustadi and Al-Salih Isma’il in five lines across field. S&S Type 76. Near Very Fine.(3.57gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London.
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LOT 3468
Zengid Atabegs of Halab (Aleppo), Al-Salih Isma’il AE Dirham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Zengid Atabegs of Halab (Aleppo), Al-Salih Isma’il AE Dirham. AH 569-577 (AD 1174-1181).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
al-Halab (Aleppo) mint. Dated AH 571 (AD 1175/6). Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed Roman-style bust to right; mint name and AH date around / Names and titles of Abbasid Caliph al-Mustadi and Al-Salih Isma’il in five lines across field. S&S Type 76. 3.57gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Abbasid Caliphate AR Hemidrachm. Time of al-Rashid, AH 170-193 (AD 786-809).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 136 [AH 171 (AD 787/8)]. Stylised crowned Sasanian 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 -. 1.85gr, 22mm, 3h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Rasulids of Yemen, al-Mansur 'Umar I AR Dirham. AH 626-647 (AD 1229-1250).
Estimate: £80 - 100 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £36
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).
