Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Salm b. Ziyad. Circa AH 61-65 / AD 680-684. AR Drachm (33.7mm, 3.32 g, 9h). MRW (Marw) mint. Dated AH 65 (AD 684/5). Near VF, mount removed from edge.

Islamic Auction 11 - Session One
Lot: 3. Estimated: $ 2 000

Pre-Reform Issues, Silver

Sold For $ 3 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Pre-reform issues, Arab-Sasanian. Salm b. Ziyad. Circa AH 61-65 / AD 680-684. AR Drachm (33.7mm, 3.32 g, 9h). MRW (Marw) mint. Dated AH 65 (AD 684/5). Obverse margin: – / bism allah allah / akbar / –. Bactrian ambero (Anbir) in first quarter of reverse margin. Malek, Arab-Sasanian 852; Album 18 var. Near VF, mount removed from edge. Extremely rare.

Ex Morton & Eden 73 (23 April 2015), lot 7.

Album has ingeniously suggested that this extremely rare issue bears two different mint-names - Marw in Pahlawi on the obverse, and Anbir in Bactrian on the reverse - because the coin was issued at Marw, but struck under the auspices of the Hephthalites, whose capital was at Anbir (SICA 1, p.23).

This appears to be the earliest known Islamic coin to bear the famous slogan Allah Akbar.

The final winners of all CNG Islamic Auction 11 lots will be determined during the live sale that will be held on 23 October 2025.

Islamic Auction 11 – Session Two, a timed online sale, will be held on Friday afternoon, 24 October 2025 beginning at 2:00 PM GMT.

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