404, Lot: 631. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan to al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik. AH 65-96 / AD 685-715. Æ Pashiz (15mm, 0.78 g, 6h). Arab-Sasanian type. Uncertain (Veh-az-Amid Kavād?) mint. Struck circa AH 72-95 (AD 691-715). Janiform Sasanian-style crowned bust; traces of uncertain legend in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA I –; cf. Geyselen Types 48 and 49; Walker, Arab-Sasanian –; Album –; ICV –; cf CNG E-372, lot 573. VF, brown surfaces, some roughness, flan crack . Very rare.