ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-668, AR drachm (4.04g), SK (Sijistan), year 20 (frozen), A-1, lovely EF, S. The first Islamic silver coin.
Numismatic Auction #19
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Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19
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Lot #122 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-668, AR drachm (3.99g), SK (Sijistan), year 20 (frozen), A-1, VF to EF, S. The first Islamic silver coin.
Lot #123 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR drachm (3.72g), DA (Darabjird), AH43 (frozen), A-8, VF.
Lot #124 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR drachm (2.98g), KWAT (Karzi in Fars province), AH52, A-8, very rare mint, clipped down to post-reform standard, cleaned VF, RR.
Lot #125 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, 673-683, AR drachm (2.97g), BH, AH61, A-12, unidentified mint, probably in southern Iran, clipped down to post-reform standard, Fine to VF, RR.
Lot #126 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, 680-692, AR drachm (3.89g), DA+GH (Jahrum), YE60, A-16, VF.
Lot #127 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, 680-692, AR drachm (3.65g), DA+GH (Jahrum), YE60, A-16, clipped, Fine.
Lot #128 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, 680-692, AR drachm (4.00g), ST (Istakhr), AH63, A-16, Pahlavi letter P in ObQ1, three pellets flanking the right star-and-crescent in reverse margin, bold strike, lovely EF.
Lot #129 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Salm. b. Ziyad, ca. 680-685, AR drachm (3.96g), MRWRWT (Marw-Rud), year 8, A-18, finest style, clearly a regular Arab issue and not an Hephthalite imitation, lovely EF, RRRR. Salm was governor in Khorasan AH61-64/65, and returned to Basra, where he remained until his death in AH73. The meaning of the date TWMNAH ( "8 ") is obscure. It could refer to year 8 or some sort of recognition in opposition to his replacement 'Abd...
Lot #130 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Salm. b. Ziyad, ca. 680-685, AR drachm (3.65g), MRW (Marw), AH63, A-18, triplet of dots at 6:30h in reverse margin, countermark #39 in ObQ1, lovely VF to EF.
Lot #131 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan, the Umayyad caliph, 685-705, AR drachm (3.79g), DA+P (Fasa), YE60, A-32, pellet at 11h in reverse margin, VF.
Lot #132 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Malik b. 'Abd Allah, 685-686, AR drachm (4.14g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH67, A-20, with bism Allah / muhammad rasul Allah in obverse margin, bold strike, VF.
Lot #133 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Atiya b. al-Aswad, fl. 689-696, AR drachm (2.35g), KRMAN-NAR (Narmashir), A-28, with the formula bism Allah wali al-amr ( "in the name of God, possessor of the command "), clipped down to later standard, Fine to VF, S.
Lot #134 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Umayya b. Abd Allah, fl. 693-698, AR drachm (2.77g), BBA (the Court mint), AH77, A-29, some light corrosion, bold strike, VF, RR.
Lot #135 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra, ca. 694-698, AR drachm (4.02g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH76, A-31, EF.
Lot #136 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra, ca. 694-698, AR drachm (4.01g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH76, A-31, VF to EF.
Lot #137 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, 700-703, AR drachm (4.05g), SK (Sijistan), AH82, A-38A, triplet of pellets after bism Allah, rabbi in third quarter of obverse margin, EF, S.
Lot #138 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 690-710, AE pashiz (0.86g), NM, A-43B, Gys-85var, two facing Byzantine busts, cross between / cross-on-steps, completely imitative "text " to left & right, bold VF, RR.
Lot #139 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 680s-690s, AE pashiz (1.26g), Zavulistan, undated, A-48I, Gys-116, royal bust right, with wings attached to the bottom of the crown, governor's name spur to right / fire-altar & 2 attendants, uncertain word to left, mint name to right, some weakness on reverse, Fine to VF, RRR.
Lot #140 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 720-740, AE fals (0.81g), NM, ND, A-—, Gys—, stork standing towards the right, uncertain Pahlavi word above (perhaps APZWT) / Arabic muhammad rasul Allah ja'iz, nice strike, unpublished and probably unique, VF, RRRR. Struck during the latter part of the Umayyad period, probably in southwestern Iran, ca. AH96-100 or somewhat later.
Lot #141 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 700+, AE fals (1.18g), Kazirun, ND, A-40, Gys-35a, bust right / woman on horseback, holding vase-like object, some weakness & porosity, crude VF, RRR.
Lot #142 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 680-690, AE pashiz (0.72g), ST (Istakhr), A-E46, Gys-19, standard Khusro II design, bism Allah in ObQ2, date perhaps to be read as either AH60 or AH "6 " (for 66 or 76), light porosity, VF.
Lot #143 - islamic early pre-reform
TABARISTAN: 'Umar, 771-780, AR ½ drachm (2.23g), Tabaristan, PYE129, A-56, Gys-b (p. 186), contemporary copper imitation of the silver half drachm, perhaps an unofficial product of the government mint, intended to be silver-plated and passed as a silver coin, VF.
Lot #144 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-ARMENIAN: Muhammad, ca. 700, AR zuzun (3.36g), NM, ND, A-E97, standard Arab-Sasanian design, Pahlavi text MHMT (Muhammad) before bust, Arabic waf ( "full ") in ObQ2, blundered text in positions of mint & date on reverse, choice VF, RR.
Lot #145 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Anonymous, ca. 704-717, AV solidus (4.33g), Indiction III (=AD706), A-119.1, W-* (p.71), excellent style, choice EF, RR.
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