Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (pre-reform), AH 41-77 / AD 661-697. Pashiz (Bronze, 25 mm, 1.47 g, 12 h), Arab-Sasanian, anonymous type, BYŠ (Bishapur). Draped bust resembling Khosrau II facing, wearing elaborate mural crown; in outer margin, 'bism Allah' ('in the name of Allah' in Kufic). Rev. Cross set on three steps'; to left, blundered date; to right, name of the mint retrograde. Album L41. Gyselen 5. Extremely rare. Some edge chipping, otherwise, very fine.


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