370, Lot: 576. Estimate $75.
Sold for $50. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Pashiz (19mm, 0.48 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] and four pellets 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; ICV –. Fine, porous brown surfaces, several edge splits.
