Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 / AD 685-705. Pashiz (Bronze, 20 mm, 0.52 g, 12 h), Arab-Sasanian type, citing Farrukhzad, Kavad-Khurra, circa AH 75-79 = circa AD 695-699. Draped bust resembling Khosrau II to right, wearing elaborate mural crown; behind head, AFZUT GDH ('may his kingship increase' in Pahlawi); before head, PLHWZAT ('Farrukhzad' in Pahlawi). Rev. ABAD (or AZAD) KAVAD-KHURRA ('May Kavad-Khurra be prosperous [or free]' in Pahlawi) Male figure standing right, in military attire, wearing elaborate headdress and holding spear pointed at both ends in his left hand. Album -, cf. O46 (not naming Farrukhzad). Gyselen -, cf. 109 (not naming Farrukhzad). Extremely rare with the name Farrukhzad. An unusually attractive example. Light doubling on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Album 32, 13 September 2018, 197.