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373, Lot: 496. Estimate $100.
Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Yazid II ibn 'Abd al-Malik. AH 101-105 / AD 720-724. Æ Pashiz (24mm, 3.44 g, 3h). GWBL (Gūr) or DŠT (Dasht Barin) mint. Struck by Farroxzād ī Gušn-anōšān. Dated AH 104(?) in Pahlavi (AD 722/3[?]). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; GDH monogram and ’pzwt in Pahlavi to left; plhwz’t in Pahlavi to right / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; crescents flanking flames; chlst (?) in Pahlavi to left, gwbl or dšt’ in Pahlavi to right. SICA I –; Geyselen Type 16; Walker, Arab-Sasanian –; cf. Album 41A (for type); ICV –. VF, brown surfaces, some porosity. Rare.