Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Temp. Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, AH 105-125 / AD 724-743. Pashiz (Bronze, 17 mm, 2.00 g, 12 h), Arab-Sasanian, anonymous type, without mint, AH [1]21 = AD 739. Crowned and draped Sasanian-style bust to left; around, part of the date in Kufic visible. Rev. First part of Kalima in three lines in Kufic. Album 49X. Gyselen -. Apparently unpublished and probably unique. Some deposits and with minor cleaning marks, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Album 36, 23 January 2020, 204.