Morton & Eden Ltd
Auction 69 10 April 2014
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UMAYYAD/ABBASID, GOVERNOR 'ASIM B. JAMIL (140h) OR 'ABD AL-MALIK B. ABI AL-JA'DI (140-141h)
Dirham, Ifriqiya 140h
OBVERSE: In border: three pairs of concentric annulets
REVERSE: In margin: final –kun of mushrikun superscript (for reasons of space)
In border: annulets unclear (probably oo oo oo oo)
WEIGHT: 2.80g
REFERENCES: Lowick 268 var. (apparently with three plain annulets on obverse); SCC -; Diler –
CONDITION: Grey chloride deposits, fine to good fine and excessively rare
NOTE: The Governor of Africa at the time of the overthrow of the Umayyads was 'Abd al-Rahman b. Habib, who had been appointed in 127h. In 132h the new Abbasid caliph, al-Saffah, reconfirmed 'Abd al-Rahman's governorship - possibly because this was preferable to leading an army to Africa to remove him forcibly. 'Abd al-Rahman remained in office until his death in 138h and sporadically issued dirhams of Umayyad type during this period (examples from 133-136 are known). This practice was continued by the four short-lived governors who served between 138h and 144h, when the first Abbasid-style dirhams were struck in Ifriqiya (Lowick 271ff).
Estimate: £4000 - 6000
Dirham, Ifriqiya 140h
OBVERSE: In border: three pairs of concentric annulets
REVERSE: In margin: final –kun of mushrikun superscript (for reasons of space)
In border: annulets unclear (probably oo oo oo oo)
WEIGHT: 2.80g
REFERENCES: Lowick 268 var. (apparently with three plain annulets on obverse); SCC -; Diler –
CONDITION: Grey chloride deposits, fine to good fine and excessively rare
NOTE: The Governor of Africa at the time of the overthrow of the Umayyads was 'Abd al-Rahman b. Habib, who had been appointed in 127h. In 132h the new Abbasid caliph, al-Saffah, reconfirmed 'Abd al-Rahman's governorship - possibly because this was preferable to leading an army to Africa to remove him forcibly. 'Abd al-Rahman remained in office until his death in 138h and sporadically issued dirhams of Umayyad type during this period (examples from 133-136 are known). This practice was continued by the four short-lived governors who served between 138h and 144h, when the first Abbasid-style dirhams were struck in Ifriqiya (Lowick 271ff).
Estimate: £4000 - 6000