Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Time of the Rashidun. Khosrau type. Drachm (Silver, 32 mm, 4.00 g, 4 h), Arab-Sasanian type, anonymous Khosrau type, BYŠ (Bishapur), YE 26 = AH 37= AD 657/8. Draped bust of Khosrau II to right, wearing elaborate mural crown; behind head, AFZUT GDH ('may his kingship increase' in Pahlawi); before head, HWSRWD ('Khosrau' in Pahlawi); in outer margin, 'bism Allah' ('In the name of Allah' in Kufic). Rev. Fire altar with ribbons flanked by two attendants; in upper field to left, six-pointed star; in upper field to right, crescent; to left, date in Pahlawi; to right, BYŠ (name of the mint in Pahlawi). Album 5. SICA I, -. Walker, Arab-Sasanian, p. 7, M2. Lightly toned. Extremely fine.


From the collection of J. Knudsen, formed from the late 1970s to the late 1990s.