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Auction 8 24-25 November 2014
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LE MONDE ARABE
ARABIA - ABBASID CALIPHATE
A COMPLETE DATE SET OF ALL THE PRECIOUS METAL COINS STRUCK IN SAUDI ARABIA IN THE FIRST 2 CENTURIES OF HEJIRA : A COMPLETE COLLECTION FROM THE MINT OF AL-YAMAMA – TODAY RIYADH, THE CAPITAL OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. al-Mahdi, AH 158-169 (775-785) et al-Hadi, AH 169-170 (785-786).
Lot de 13 monnaies : Dirham AH 165 (1 pièce), AH 166 (2 pièces), AH 167 (3 pièces), AH 168 (3 pièces), AH 169 (3 pièces), et AH 170 (1 pièce), al-Yamama. Inscription centrale sur trois lignes, entourée d'une légende circulaire / Inscription centrale sur quatre à six lignes, entourée d'une légende circulaire. 2,82g., 2,95g., 2,96g., 2,53g., 2,87g., 2,79g., 2,85g., 2,98g., 2,94g., 2,57g., 2,62g., 2,80g., et 2,83g. A 215, 217, et 219 ; Lowick 571, 573, 574, 575, 577, 578, 579, 580 avers & 579 revers, 580, 583 var., 584, 585, et 586.
Ensemble exceptionnel pour l'Arabie Saoudite. Très beaux. (13)
In the early years of Islam, al-Yamama was a region of Najd with its centre in Hajr. It was an oasis of palm groves and gardens (riyad), to the east of al-Riyad, today's capital of Saudi Arabia. In addition to these, it appears that there were silver and gold mines and Hajr was described as the "centre of al-Yamama and the seat of its amirs". This set of silver coins, of all the known dates from the al-Yamama mint, provides confirmation of the later historical record. The coins of AH 168-169 bear the name of 'Abd Allah bin Sa'id. This official served as governor of al-Yamama with his seat in Hajr. He was dismissed from this office by the ephemeral caliph Musâ al-Hadi before his death in AH 170 and the accession of his half brother Harun al-Rashid. For unknown reasons the mint of al-Yamama was then closed, never to open again.
ARABIA - ABBASID CALIPHATE
A COMPLETE DATE SET OF ALL THE PRECIOUS METAL COINS STRUCK IN SAUDI ARABIA IN THE FIRST 2 CENTURIES OF HEJIRA : A COMPLETE COLLECTION FROM THE MINT OF AL-YAMAMA – TODAY RIYADH, THE CAPITAL OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. al-Mahdi, AH 158-169 (775-785) et al-Hadi, AH 169-170 (785-786).
Lot de 13 monnaies : Dirham AH 165 (1 pièce), AH 166 (2 pièces), AH 167 (3 pièces), AH 168 (3 pièces), AH 169 (3 pièces), et AH 170 (1 pièce), al-Yamama. Inscription centrale sur trois lignes, entourée d'une légende circulaire / Inscription centrale sur quatre à six lignes, entourée d'une légende circulaire. 2,82g., 2,95g., 2,96g., 2,53g., 2,87g., 2,79g., 2,85g., 2,98g., 2,94g., 2,57g., 2,62g., 2,80g., et 2,83g. A 215, 217, et 219 ; Lowick 571, 573, 574, 575, 577, 578, 579, 580 avers & 579 revers, 580, 583 var., 584, 585, et 586.
Ensemble exceptionnel pour l'Arabie Saoudite. Très beaux. (13)
In the early years of Islam, al-Yamama was a region of Najd with its centre in Hajr. It was an oasis of palm groves and gardens (riyad), to the east of al-Riyad, today's capital of Saudi Arabia. In addition to these, it appears that there were silver and gold mines and Hajr was described as the "centre of al-Yamama and the seat of its amirs". This set of silver coins, of all the known dates from the al-Yamama mint, provides confirmation of the later historical record. The coins of AH 168-169 bear the name of 'Abd Allah bin Sa'id. This official served as governor of al-Yamama with his seat in Hajr. He was dismissed from this office by the ephemeral caliph Musâ al-Hadi before his death in AH 170 and the accession of his half brother Harun al-Rashid. For unknown reasons the mint of al-Yamama was then closed, never to open again.