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Auction 72  15-16 December 2014
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Lot 801

Estimate: 1000 GBP
Price realized: 1000 GBP
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*A Collection of Fatimid Glass Weights (13), comprising: i) al-Hakim (386-411h), uniface double-dirham weight (5.38g), green glass, al-Hakim | bi-amr Allah in two lines (Nicol 5433), some devitrification, good fine and clear; ii) al-Hakim, uniface half-dirham weight (1.45g), red-brown glass, al-Hakim | bi-amr Allah in two lines, legends crude, good very fine; iii) al-Hakim, uniface half-dirham weight (1.49g), bottle-green glass, al-Hakim | wa wali 'ahaduha in two lines, light deposit, good very fine; iv) al-Hakim, two-sided dirham weight (2.92g), olive-green glass, obv., al-Hakim bi-amr Allah wa wali 'ahaduha around circle with central point, rev., legend beginning la ilaha illa Allah around 'adl, very fine, reverse weakly stamped; v) al-Hakim, two-sided dirham weight (2.96g), bottle-green glass, obv., similar to the last, rev., legend beginning bismillah..., very fine; vi) al-Hakim, two-sided dirham weight (2.96g), bottle-green glass, obv., al-imam al-Hakim | bi-amr Allah wa wali | ahaduha, rev., partial date including sanat ahad... (cf Michera 46-47), reverse weak, almost very fine; vii) al-Mustansir (427-487h), uniface double-dirham weight (5.95g), bottle-green glass, al-imam Ma'add Abu | Tamim al-Mansur bi- | llah amir al-mu'minin in three lines (Michera 73), good very fine; viii) al-Mustansir, uniface double-dirham weight (5.72g), white glass, legends similar to the last, very fine; ix) al-Mustansir, uniface dirham weight (2.97g), bottle-green glass, al-imam Ma'add Abu | Tamim al-Mansur bi- | llah amir al-mu'minin in three lines (Michera 77), good very fine; x) al-Mustansir, uniface dinar weight (4.24g), patchy yellow-brown and transparent glass, obv., in border and centre: al- imam Ma'add Abu Tamim al-Mansur billah – amir al-mu'minin (Michera 102), very fine; xi) al-Mustansir, uniface double-dirham weight (6.05g), brown glass, al-imam Ma'add Abu Tamim al-Mansur billah – amir al-mu' (sic, as Michera 105), very fine; xii) al-Fa'iz (549-555h), uniface half-dirham weight (1.48g), greenish-white opaque glass, al-imam | al-Fa'iz in two lines (cf Michera 120-121 for legends), fine; xiii) Uncertain ruler (probably al-Fa'iz or al-Zafir), uniface half-dirham weight (1.47g), malachite-green opaque glass, al- imam | al-[xxx] in two lines, ruler's name unclear, possibly a contemporary imitation, fine

Estimate: £1000 - 1500
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