378, Lot: 627. 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 to al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik. AH 65-96 / AD 685-715. Æ Pashiz (0.33 g, 10h). Arab-Sasanian type. KW’T GDH (Kavād-xvarrah) mint. Struck circa AH 72-95 (AD 691-715). Facing Sasanian Husrav-style bust; GDE monogram and
’pzwt in Pahlavi to left; uncertain Pahlavi legend to right / Facing bust of bust of Anahit with flame nimbus;
kw’t in Pahlavi to left, GDH monogram to right. SICA I –; Geyselen Type 110; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian –; Album 49K (4th edition [to be published]); ICV –. Good Fine, brown surfaces, areas of weak strike. Rare.
Ex Album 17 (19 September 2013), lot 115.
