390, Lot: 632. Estimate $75. Sold for $80. 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, 2.81 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. Zaranj mint. Struck circa AH 72-95 (AD 691-715). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; uncertain Pahlavi inscription to left, GDH monogram in Pahlavi to right /
zaranj in Arabic; below
nywkyh/
’pzwn in Pahlavi. SICA I –; Geyselen Type 50; cf. Walker,
Arab-Sasanian, p. 170; Album 49; ICV –. Near VF, red-brown and green patina, some roughness.