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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Drachm (Silver, 31 mm, 3.95 g, 4 h), Arab-Sasanian type, citing governor Abdallah ibm Amir Kurayz (AH 41-45 = AD 661-664), DA (Darabjird), AH 41 = AD 661. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing elaborate mural crown; behind head, AFZUT GDH ('may his kingship increase' in Pahlawi); before head, APDWLA Y AMWRAN ('Abd Allah ibn Amir' in Pahlawi); in outer margin, 'bism Allah' ('In the name of Allah') and three pellets to left and right of one star-in-crescent. Rev. Fire altar with ribbons flanked by two attendants; in upper field to left, star; in upper field to right, crescent; to left, date in Pahlawi; to right, DA (name of the mint in Pahlawi). Album 6. SICA I, -. Walker, Arab-Sassanian, p. 48, 70. A very attractive and beautifully toned example. Minor edge crack, otherwise, extremely fine.
From the collection of J. Knudsen, formed from the late 1970s to the late 1990s.
Abd Allah ibn Amir ibn Kurayz was a cousin of the rightly guided caliph Uthman as well as a successful general in the fight against the last Sasanian king Yazdgard III. He was also the first Umayyad official to place his name on coins.
From the collection of J. Knudsen, formed from the late 1970s to the late 1990s.
Abd Allah ibn Amir ibn Kurayz was a cousin of the rightly guided caliph Uthman as well as a successful general in the fight against the last Sasanian king Yazdgard III. He was also the first Umayyad official to place his name on coins.