CNG 105, Lot: 1073. Estimate $5000.
Sold for $3000. 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. AR Drachm (31mm, 3.74 g, 1h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Misma’ ibn Malik. SK (Sijistan) mint. Dated AH 85
in Pahlavi (AD 704). Crowned Sassanian style bust right;
msm’’/y mlkan in Pahlavi in two lines to right;
bismillah and
rabbi in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames;
pnǰštat (date) in Pahlavi to left,
sk (mint) in Pahlavi to right. Cf. SICA I, p. 34 and note 194; cf. Walker,
Arab-Sasanian, p. lvii; Album –; ICV –; cf. Morton & Eden 79, lots 13-14 (for type). Good VF, toned. Extremely rare.
