Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Temp. Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, AH 105-125 / AD 724-743. Fals (Silver, 24 mm, 4.32 g), citing the governor of Iraq, Yusuf ibn 'Umar, Zaranj, without date, struck circa AH 120/1-126/7 = AD 738-74. Senmurv to right. Cf. Album A206 (for the mint of Zaranj). Of the highest rarity, one of just two known examples (the other is lot 3853 in this auction). Some corrosion, otherwise, nearly fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Album 34, 23 May 2019, 301.

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.