354, Lot: 733. Estimate $200. 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 (0.92 g, 10h). Arab-Sasanian type. Uncertain Fars or Khuzestan mint. Struck circa AH 70-90 (AD 689-709). Facing busts of Heraclius (older) and Heraclius Constantine (younger), both wearing chlamys and elaborate crown with cross; cross in field above; pseudo-legend around / Cross potent on three steps. Curiel & Gyselen, Monnaies –; SICA I –; Geyselen Type 81 var. (busts transposed); Walker, Arab-Sasanian –; Album 43B. VF, brown patina. Overstruck on a pashiz of Khusrau II type.