360, Lot: 527. Estimate $100.
Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. 'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. Rival caliph, AH 60-73 / AD 680-692. Æ Pashiz (22mm, 0.71 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. ART (Ardaxšīr-xvarrah) mint. Dated AH 66 or 67 (AD 685-687). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; GDH monogram and
’pzwt in Pahlavi to left,
abzud in Pahlavi to right;
bismillah in Arabic in outer margin; pellet to right lowest star-in-crescent / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; date to left, mint to right; triple pellets to left of upper star-in-crescent. SICA I –; Geyselen Type 101; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian –; Album –. VF, brown surfaces.
