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Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf. AH 75-95 / AD 694-713. AR Drachm (29.5mm, 3.84g, 3h). DA-P (Fasa) mint. Dated YE 71 = AH 83 / AD 702/3. Obverse margin: - / bismillah ∵/ ∵MN / - / Reverse margin: pellet at 11:30h. Malek 511. Toned. VF. Rare.
Ex Morton & Eden (London) Auction 1206 (24 June 2021), lot 19.
The Pahlawi letters MN in the obverse margin were explained by al-'Ush as an abbreviation for 'Mansur,' meaning 'Victorious.' He further noted that this coin was struck in the year when al-Hajjaj recaptured Darabjird from the rebel 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, which might explain why al-Hajjaj's name is in Pahlawi, as on the coins struck there by 'Abd al-Rahman in the previous year, rather than in Arabic as found on most of al-Hajjaj's drachms.
Ex Morton & Eden (London) Auction 1206 (24 June 2021), lot 19.
The Pahlawi letters MN in the obverse margin were explained by al-'Ush as an abbreviation for 'Mansur,' meaning 'Victorious.' He further noted that this coin was struck in the year when al-Hajjaj recaptured Darabjird from the rebel 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, which might explain why al-Hajjaj's name is in Pahlawi, as on the coins struck there by 'Abd al-Rahman in the previous year, rather than in Arabic as found on most of al-Hajjaj's drachms.