ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusraw "lillâh " type, ca. 656-670?? AR drachm (3.64g), DA (Darabjird), YE35, A-A6, without the triplets of dots flanking the bottom star-and-crescent on the obverse, choice VF, R.
Numismatic Auction #20
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Sep 18, 2014 America/Los_Angeles
Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #20
Thursday Sep 18, 2014 08:00 to Saturday Sep 20, 2014 18:00 America/Los_Angeles
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Lot #107 - islamic early
ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR drachm (2.76g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH52, A-8, clipped down to the post-reform standard, VF.
Lot #108 - islamic early
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, 673-683, AR drachm (2.64g), DSh (Dasht Mishan), AH60, A-12, clipped down to post-reform standard, VF.
Lot #109 - islamic early
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, 673-683, AR drachm (3.68g), ST (Istakhr), AH61, A-12, Fine to VF.
Lot #110 - islamic early
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, 673-683, AR drachm (1.98g), AYRAN (Hulwan), PYE30 (=AH62), A-12A, with Pahlavi word YZAN in ObQ1, local issue, clipped down to half-drachm standard, VF, RR.
Lot #111 - islamic early
ARAB-SASANIAN: Salm. b. Ziyad, ca. 680-685, AR drachm (3.51g), MRW (Marw), AH64, A-18, with countermark variant of Göbl-13 in VF condition on F-VF host, R.
Lot #112 - islamic early
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan, 685-705, AR drachm (3.99g), DA+P (Fasa), YE60, A-32, pellet at 11h30 in reverse margin, VF to EF.
Lot #113 - islamic early
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan, Umayyad caliph, 685-705, AR drachm (3.59g), DA + GH (Jahrum), YE60, A-32, lightly clipped, VF.
Lot #114 - islamic early
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Umar b. 'Ubayd Allah, 686-691, AR drachm (4.04g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH70, A-21, bold EF.
Lot #115 - islamic early
ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Qatari b. Fuja'a, ca. 688-698, AR drachm (4.14g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH75, A-33, bold strike, EF.
Lot #116 - islamic early
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Atiya b. al-Aswad, fl. 689-696, AR drachm (3.93g), KRMAN (Kirman), AH74, A-28, slightly double-struck on reverse, 3 testmarks in reverse margin, Fine to VF.
Lot #117 - islamic early
ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, AE pashiz (1.22g), NM, ND, A-49L, standard Sasanian bust right / diademed figure either standing behind or riding an elephant towards the right, Fine to VF, RR. The word to the right of the obverse bust is perhaps the Arabic word ja'iz, "current ".
Lot #118 - islamic early
DABWAYHID: Farkhan, 711-731, AR ½ dirham (2.03g), Tabaristan, PYE69, A-50, beautifully toned, EF to About Unc.
Lot #119 - islamic early
DABWAYHID:LOT of 8 silver ½ drachms: Datburjmihr (A-51), year PYE-87 (VF), and Khurshid (A-52), PYE-91 (VF), 101 (VF-EF), 102 (EF), 103 (EF), 105 (EF), and posthumous issues (A-53), 110 (Fine), and 111 (VF), retail about $550, lot of 8 pieces.
Lot #120 - islamic early
TABARISTAN: al-Harashi (b. 'Abd Allah b. Sa'id), 802, AR ½ drachm (1.69g), Tabaristan, PYE151, A-61, EF, R. The date was formerly read as PYE131, but the dating was corrected, courtesy Steve DeShazo.
Lot #121 - islamic early
TABARISTAN:LOT of 13 silver hemidrachms, Farkhan (2 pcs, both VF), Datburjmihr (Fine, fragile), 'Umar (4 pcs, VF or better), Sa'id (EF), and the anonymous Afzut type (5 pcs, VF to EF), retail about $600, lot of 13 pieces.
Lot #122 - islamic early
TABARISTAN:LOT of 7 silver ½ drachms: Sulayman (A-65), PYE-137 (EF-AU), Muqatil (A-68), PYE-138 (Fine) and 139 (EF), Hani (A-69), PYE-137 (EF) and 138 (EF), and 'Abd Allah [b. Qahtaba] (A-70), PYE-140 (EF) and 141 (VF), retail about $450, lot of 7 pieces.
Lot #123 - islamic early
TABARISTAN:LOT of 5 silver ½ drachms: Khalid b. Barmak (A-54), PYE-118 (F-VF) and 119 (VF), and 'Umar b. al-'Ala (A-56), PYE-128 (VF) and 129 (EF), and with the patronymic (A-57), PYE-125 (VF), retail about $350, lot of 5 pieces.
Lot #124 - islamic early
TABARISTAN:LOT of 8 silver ½ drachms of the anonymous AFZWT type (A-73), PYE-130 (EF), 131 (VF), 132 (EF), 133 (choice EF), 134 (VF-EF), 135 (EF), 136 (EF) and 141 (EF), retail about $400, lot of 8 pieces.
Lot #125 - islamic early
ARAB-BUKHARAN: al-Mahdi, 775-785, BI dirham (2.65g), ND, A-94, lovely strike, superb obverse, VF to EF.
Lot #126 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Two Figure Phocas type, ca. 610s-640s, AE follis (9.04g), year "3 ", A-3500, based on the Antioch type MIB83, Gr-152, with mint name blundered and obverse legend meaningless, lovely brown patination, VF, R, ex CNG Auction 22, Lot 839. Struck before the Arab invasion, probably during the Persian occupation.
Lot #127 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Two Figure Phocas type, ca. 630s-640s, AE follis (6.01g), year "2 ", A-3500, based on the Antioch type MIB83, Gr-152, with mint name slightly blundered, obverse legend severely blundered, nice green/brown patination, VF, R. Later issue, likely struck after the initial Arab invasions in the 630s.
Lot #128 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Two Figure Phocas type, ca. 630s-640s, AE follis (9.61g), A-3500, based on the early type of Phocas & Leontia or an early issue of Heraclius, completely blundered legends, without regnal year, attractive brown patination, crude VF, R. Struck either just before or just after the Arab invasion.
Lot #129 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, ca. 640s, AE fals (4.45g), "year 14 ", A-3501, MIB-X43 (same dies), mint mark THP, based on Thessalonika, officina B, fine style, on a roundish planchet, VF to EF, RR. This type is regarded by Foss as the earliest Arab issue.
Lot #130 - islamic early
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, ca. 640s, AE fals (4.93g), "year 17 ", A-3501, MIB-X51 (this piece), mint mark ΘEΛP, based on Thessalonika, officina B, fine style, on a cut half of a larger follis with the two corners clipped off, VF, R. This type is regarded by Foss as the earliest Arab issue. Cf. Lot 148 in our previous Auction #19 (same reverse die).
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