359, Lot: 428. Estimate $150.
Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Pashiz (22mm, 1.00 g, 6h). Arab-Sasanian type. Ardashīr-xvarrah (Farrukhzad) mint. Struck circa AH 75-79 (AD 695-699). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; GDH monogram and
’pzwt in Pahlavi to left,
plhwz’t in Pahlavi to right; triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent /
Senmurw left;
’p’t ’thštr in Pahlavi around below. SICA I 496; Geyselen Type 2; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian –; Album 41. Good VF, brown patina.
