Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. al-Walid I ibn 'Abd al-Malik, AH 86-96 / AD 705-715. Pashiz (Bronze, 18 mm, 1.71 g), Kazerun, without date, struck circa AH 81-102= AD 700-720. Sasanian style bust to right; behind and before head, AFZUT GDH ('may his kingship increase' in Pahlawi). Rev. The 'falconer', with long floating hair, on horseback to right, holding undetermined object in his left hand; to right, star instead of the mint name Kazerun in Pahlawi. Album 45N. Gyselen, type 35B. Very rare. Some deposits and with light corrosion spots, otherwise, about very fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Album 26, 15 September 2016, 161.