284, Lot: 465. Estimate $150.
Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Khusro type with bism allāh al-mālik. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.82 g, 3h). BYS (Bīshāpūr) mint. Dated AH 47 (AD 667/8). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
bism allāh – al-mālik in margin; c/m: forepart of sēnmurw right above Pahlavi
b(?) / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA 1, 116-7; Album C6; for c/m: Göbl,
Dokumente KM 10. Good VF, toned, faint scratches in obverse margin around 10-11 o’clock, flan slightly crimped from countermark. Scarce.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 19.
The bism Allāh al-mālik coinage was only struck at Bīshāpūr and dated to 47.
