Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan, AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. Pashiz (Bronze, 24 mm, 2.33 g), uncertain mint, without date. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing elaborate mural crown; behind head, AFZUT GDH ('may his kingship increase' in Pahlawi); before head, HWSRWD ('Khosrau' in Pahlawi). Rev. Legend in Pahlawi in three lines. Album 49K. Gyselen 86. Extremely rare. Some deposits, otherwise, fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, formed since the 1970s.

The legend on the reverse has not yet been deciphered.