456, Lot: 583. Estimate $100.
Sold for $130. 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 (19mm, 0.83 g, 8h). Arab-Sasanian type. Bishapur mint. Crowned Sasanian-style janiform bust; GDH monogram in Pahlavi to left;
’pz’ (Abzāy) in Pahlavi to right; c/ms: IV and XI /
Gopatshah (crowned human-headed zebu) to right; to right,
p above star;
’p’d byšpwhr in Pahlavi to left. For coin: SICA I 500; Geyselen Type 6; Walker,
Arab-Sasanian –; Album 42; ICV–; for c/m: Geyselen, p. 20-21. Brown patina. Near EF.
