Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Temp. Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, AH 105-125 / AD 724-743. Fals (Silver, 23 mm, 3.27 g), citing the governor of Iraq, Yusuf ibn 'Umar, Zaranj, without date, struck circa AH 120/1-126/7 = AD 738-744. Cf. Album A206 (for the mint of Zaranj). Of the highest rarity, one of just two known examples (the other is lot 3854 in this auction). Some scratches and with light deposits, otherwise, fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Album 33, 17 January 2019, 276.

Senmurv (Simurgh) is a mythical bird in Persian mythology. It has the body of a peacock, the head of a dog and the claws of a lion.