Morton & Eden Ltd
Auction 69 10 April 2014
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UNCERTAIN DYNASTY (ANTI-HAMDANID REBELLION)
Dirham, Antakiya 353h
OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | al-haqq al-mubin
REVERSE: In field: lillah | Muhammad | rasul | Allah | al-Muti' lillah
WEIGHT: 2.42g
REFERENCE: RIC 360, same dies
CONDITION: Crudely produced with some spelling errors in legends, very fine and extremely rare
NOTE: The date on this coin is strangely engraved, leading Miles to read it as 339h. The decade, however is clearly 'fifty' on this specimen and the unit of the date is best read as thalath with a lam-alif (so Ilisch, Munzen und Medaillen auction 76, 19-20 September 1991, lot 1055 and note). Diler (p.31) notes that this rare type was struck during a rebellion against the Hamdanids which lasted from 353-355h.
Estimate: £1000 - 1500
Dirham, Antakiya 353h
OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa | Allah wahdahu | la sharik lahu | al-haqq al-mubin
REVERSE: In field: lillah | Muhammad | rasul | Allah | al-Muti' lillah
WEIGHT: 2.42g
REFERENCE: RIC 360, same dies
CONDITION: Crudely produced with some spelling errors in legends, very fine and extremely rare
NOTE: The date on this coin is strangely engraved, leading Miles to read it as 339h. The decade, however is clearly 'fifty' on this specimen and the unit of the date is best read as thalath with a lam-alif (so Ilisch, Munzen und Medaillen auction 76, 19-20 September 1991, lot 1055 and note). Diler (p.31) notes that this rare type was struck during a rebellion against the Hamdanids which lasted from 353-355h.
Estimate: £1000 - 1500