379, Lot: 431. Estimate $150.
Sold for $300. 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. AR Dirham (33mm, 3.92 g, 9h). Issue Khālid ibn ‘Abd Allāh, governor. BYŠ (Bishapur) mint. Dated AH 74
in Pahlavi (AD 693/4). Crowned Sassanian style bust right;
bismillah and
muhammad rasul Allah in Arabic in outer margin; four pellets after
bismillah / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right. SICA I 192; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian 214; Album 24; ICV 34. EF, toned, traces of deposits, some porosity.
From the Delbert Carl Highlands Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 1686.
