357, Lot: 513. Estimate $150.
Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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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 (19mm, 0.83 g, 8h). Arab-Byzantine type. Bishapur mint. Crowned Byzantine-style facing bust; smaller schematic facing bust to left; GDH monogram and
’pzwt in Pahlavi to left;
’p’d in Pahlavi to right; /
Gopatshah (crowned human-headed zebu) to right; to right,
p above star;
’p’d byšpwhr in Pahlavi to left. SICA I 497; Geyselen Type 8; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian –; Album 43. VF, brown patina, small flan split, pierced for suspension, corresponding plug now detached.
