278, Lot: 473. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Umayyad Caliphate. Anonymous. Æ Pashiz (17mm, 1.16 g, 6h). Jahrum mint. Uncertain date. Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; “May xvarrah increase” in Pahlavi behind, “Khusro”(?) in Pahlavi before; open circle border with star-in-crescent motif at 3, [6], and 9 o’clock / Fire altar; uncertain date (year 23 of an uncertain era?) in Pahlavi to left, “Jahrom” in Pahlavi to right; circle border with star-in-crescent motif at 3, 6, 9, and 12 o’clock. Gyselen 54. VF, brown surfaces, slightly porous. Perhaps the second known.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection. Ex Elsen 74 (21 June 2003), lot 785.