278, Lot: 475. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Umayyad Caliphate. Anonymous. Æ Pashiz (17mm, 2.69 g, 1h). Zaranj mint. No date. Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; illegible Pahlavi legend behind, “
xvarrah” in Pahlavi before; circle border / In three lines, “Zaranj” in Arabic and “goodness” and “growth” in Pahlavi; three pellets below; circle border. Gyselen 50. VF, brown patina. Rare.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 150, lot 225.
From Treadwell’s Phase D2 (ca. 105-132 H), combining the traditional Sasanian-stye bust obverse with an epigraphic reverse type.