359, Lot: 429. Estimate $150. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Pashiz (19mm, 0.23 g, 12h). Arab-Sasanian type. Ardashīr-xvarrah (Farrukhzad) mint. Struck circa AH 72-95 (AD 691-715). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; GDH monogram and ’pzwt in Pahlavi to left, drwysty in Pahlavi to right; bismillah in Arabic in outer margin / Angel facing; ’p’tk’ in Pahlavi to left, ’rthštr [GDE] in Pahlavi to right. SICA I –; Geyselen Type 103; Walker, Arab-Sasanian –; Album A45. VF, brown patina.