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63, Lot: 29. Estimate $200.
Sold for $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARAB-HEPHTHALITE. Anonymous issues in the name of Khusro II. Before 700 AD. AR Drachm (33mm, 3.51 gm). Imitating post-Yazdgard year 37 (AH69/688 AD). Imitation of AY (unknown central Iraqi) mint. Crowned Sasanian style bust right; no "bismillah," Sogdian tamgha in right margin, Sogdian inscription in lower left margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; additional beaded border around rim. Walker Arab-Sassanian -; Album -; for tamgha, cf. Göbl km 62 (a countermark). EF. Very Rare, and hitherto unpublished.