CNG 106, Lot: 926. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3000. 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 Drachm (33mm, 3.78 g, 9h). Arab-Hephthalite type. Issue of “Gorigo Shah”. ANBYR (Anbir [in Jurjan]) mint. Dated AH 68
in Pahlavi (AD 687/8). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right;
GDH monogram and
’pzwt’ in Pahlavi to left,
ζολοoo γωζoγoυo in two lines in Bactrian to right; double border, star-in-crescents in margin; Hunnic tamgha,
bismillah and
rabbi in Arabic, and
’pzwt in Pahlavi and
GDH monogram in outer margin; triple pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; mint to left; AH date to right;
ομβιρο in Bactrian,
’pzwt in Pahlavi and
GDH monogram, and
γοριγο ροοηο in Bactrian in outer margin; pellets flanking lowest star-in-crescent. SICA I 7-9; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian, p. 128, Ox. 7; Album 90; ICV 93. EF, hint of deposit and cleaning marks at edge of obverse. Extremely rare.