Extremely Rare Legend Variant

234, Lot: 588. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (pre-reform). AH 41-77 / AD 661-697. Æ Fals (18mm, 2.07 g, 6h). Zaranj mint. Sasanian-style bust right; illegible inscription below, xvarrah (= divine royal radiance or glory) before / Mint name, “goodness”, and “growth” retrograde in three lines. Geyselen Type 50a; Walker 352; Album 49. Good Fine. Extremely rare variant - Geyselen cites only two specimens with a retrograde reverse legend, both with die orientations of 6h.