Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Drachm (Silver, 32 mm, 3.94 g, 3 h), Arab-Sasanian type, anonymous Khosrau type, BYŠ (Bishapur), AH 50 = AD 670. 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') and 'Rabbi' ('my Lord') 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, 133. Walker, Arab-Sasanian, p. 21, 33. A well struck and nicely toned example. Minor marks, otherwise, extremely fine.


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