Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Yazid I ibn Mu'awiya, AH 60-64 / AD 680-683. Drachm (Silver, 33 mm, 3.70 g, 3 h), Arab-Sasanian type, citing governor Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan (AH 44-54 = AD 665-673), BYŠ (Bishapur), AH 52 = AD 671/2. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing elaborate mural crown; behind head, AFZUT GDH ('may his kingship increase' in Pahlawi); before head, ZYYAT Y / ABWSPYYAN ('Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan' in Pahlawi); in outer margin, 'bism Allah' ('In the name of Allah' in Kufic) and 'Rabbi' ('My Lord' in Kufic). Rev. Fire altar with ribbons flanked by two attendants; in upper left field, six-pointed star; in upper right field, crescent; to left, date; to right, BYŠ (name of the mint in Pahlawi). Album 12. SICA I, 143. Walker, Arab-Sasanian, -. Beautifully toned. Extremely fine.


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