373, Lot: 492. Estimate $200. 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 (20mm, 2.81 g, 12h). Crude crowned Sasanian-style bust right; illegible Pahlavi legend to left,
lwb’k in Pahlavi to right / Figure standing facing with arms extended downward in prayer;
zarb hada(?) in in Arabic to left,
nypl’w(?) in Pahlavi to right. SICA I –; Geyselen Type 88; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian –; cf. Album D46 (Istakhr mint); ICV –. Fine, rough brown surfaces. Extremely rare with only one specimen known to Gyselen (BN inv. 1968.932), none in CoinArchives.