374, Lot: 655. Estimate $100.
Sold for $60. 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 Pachiz (22mm, 3.75 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. DA (Dārāgbird) mint. Dated YE 67 (AD 698-700). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; GDH monogram to left;
’pzwt’ in Pahlavi to right;
bismillah in outer margin; [triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent] / Fire altar with ribbons; crescent and star flanking flames; pellets flanking altar shaft; date to left; mint signature to right;
’pzwt’ in Pahlavi in outer margin; pellet to left of left star-in-crescent. SICA I 502 var. (year); cf. Geyselen Type 10b; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian –; cf. Album 45.1 (same); ICV –. Fine, porous brown surfaces.
