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Electronic Auction 373  20 April 2016
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Lot 492

Estimate: 200 USD
Price realized: 190 USD
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Æ Pashiz (20mm, 2.81 g, 12h). Crude crowned Sasanian-style bust right; illegible Pahlavi legend to left, lwb'k in Pahlavi to right / Figure standing facing with arms extended downward in prayer; zarb hada(?) in in Arabic to left, nypl'w(?) in Pahlavi to right. SICA I –; Geyselen Type 88; Walker, Arab-Sasanian –; cf. Album D46 (Istakhr mint); ICV –. Fine, rough brown surfaces. Extremely rare with only one specimen known to Gyselen (BN inv. 1968.932), none in CoinArchives.

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