Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Yazid II ibn 'Abd al-Malik, AH 101-105 / AD 720-724. Dirham (Silver, 28 mm, 2.75 g, 11 h), with a Hephthalite countermark, Basra, AH 101 = AH 720. Cf. SICA II, 491 (for host) and cf. Baldwin's Islamic Coin Auction 13 (2007), 47 (for this Hephthalite countermark on a differing host). Very rare with the Hephthalite countermark. Holed and with minor scratches, otherwise, very fine.


Ex Leu Web Auction 16, 22-24 May 2021, 4329.