Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (pre-reform), AH 41-77 / AD 661-697. Pashiz (Bronze, 17 mm, 2.11 g, 9 h), possibly without mint and date. Draped bust wearing an unusual hairdress and earrings facing; to left, LWBAK ('current' in Pahlavi); to right, uncertain legend, possibly in Pahlawi. Rev. Uncertain legend in Pahlawi in five lines. Album 49K. Gyselen 89. Extremely rare and unusually attractive. Slightly rough, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Album 34, 23 May 2019, 296.