ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, 680-692, AR drachm (3.89g), DA+GH (Jahrum), YE60, A-16, VF.
Numismatic Auction #19
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May 15, 2014 America/Los_Angeles
Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #19
Thursday May 15, 2014 08:00 to Saturday May 17, 2014 18:00 America/Los_Angeles
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Lot #127 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, 680-692, AR drachm (3.65g), DA+GH (Jahrum), YE60, A-16, clipped, Fine.
Lot #128 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, 680-692, AR drachm (4.00g), ST (Istakhr), AH63, A-16, Pahlavi letter P in ObQ1, three pellets flanking the right star-and-crescent in reverse margin, bold strike, lovely EF.
Lot #129 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Salm. b. Ziyad, ca. 680-685, AR drachm (3.96g), MRWRWT (Marw-Rud), year 8, A-18, finest style, clearly a regular Arab issue and not an Hephthalite imitation, lovely EF, RRRR. Salm was governor in Khorasan AH61-64/65, and returned to Basra, where he remained until his death in AH73. The meaning of the date TWMNAH ( "8 ") is obscure. It could refer to year 8 or some sort of recognition in opposition to his replacement 'Abd...
Lot #130 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Salm. b. Ziyad, ca. 680-685, AR drachm (3.65g), MRW (Marw), AH63, A-18, triplet of dots at 6:30h in reverse margin, countermark #39 in ObQ1, lovely VF to EF.
Lot #131 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan, the Umayyad caliph, 685-705, AR drachm (3.79g), DA+P (Fasa), YE60, A-32, pellet at 11h in reverse margin, VF.
Lot #132 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Malik b. 'Abd Allah, 685-686, AR drachm (4.14g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH67, A-20, with bism Allah / muhammad rasul Allah in obverse margin, bold strike, VF.
Lot #133 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Atiya b. al-Aswad, fl. 689-696, AR drachm (2.35g), KRMAN-NAR (Narmashir), A-28, with the formula bism Allah wali al-amr ( "in the name of God, possessor of the command "), clipped down to later standard, Fine to VF, S.
Lot #134 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Umayya b. Abd Allah, fl. 693-698, AR drachm (2.77g), BBA (the Court mint), AH77, A-29, some light corrosion, bold strike, VF, RR.
Lot #135 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra, ca. 694-698, AR drachm (4.02g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH76, A-31, EF.
Lot #136 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Muhallab b. Abi Sufra, ca. 694-698, AR drachm (4.01g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH76, A-31, VF to EF.
Lot #137 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad, 700-703, AR drachm (4.05g), SK (Sijistan), AH82, A-38A, triplet of pellets after bism Allah, rabbi in third quarter of obverse margin, EF, S.
Lot #138 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 690-710, AE pashiz (0.86g), NM, A-43B, Gys-85var, two facing Byzantine busts, cross between / cross-on-steps, completely imitative "text " to left & right, bold VF, RR.
Lot #139 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 680s-690s, AE pashiz (1.26g), Zavulistan, undated, A-48I, Gys-116, royal bust right, with wings attached to the bottom of the crown, governor's name spur to right / fire-altar & 2 attendants, uncertain word to left, mint name to right, some weakness on reverse, Fine to VF, RRR.
Lot #140 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 720-740, AE fals (0.81g), NM, ND, A-—, Gys—, stork standing towards the right, uncertain Pahlavi word above (perhaps APZWT) / Arabic muhammad rasul Allah ja'iz, nice strike, unpublished and probably unique, VF, RRRR. Struck during the latter part of the Umayyad period, probably in southwestern Iran, ca. AH96-100 or somewhat later.
Lot #141 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 700+, AE fals (1.18g), Kazirun, ND, A-40, Gys-35a, bust right / woman on horseback, holding vase-like object, some weakness & porosity, crude VF, RRR.
Lot #142 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 680-690, AE pashiz (0.72g), ST (Istakhr), A-E46, Gys-19, standard Khusro II design, bism Allah in ObQ2, date perhaps to be read as either AH60 or AH "6 " (for 66 or 76), light porosity, VF.
Lot #143 - islamic early pre-reform
TABARISTAN: 'Umar, 771-780, AR ½ drachm (2.23g), Tabaristan, PYE129, A-56, Gys-b (p. 186), contemporary copper imitation of the silver half drachm, perhaps an unofficial product of the government mint, intended to be silver-plated and passed as a silver coin, VF.
Lot #144 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-ARMENIAN: Muhammad, ca. 700, AR zuzun (3.36g), NM, ND, A-E97, standard Arab-Sasanian design, Pahlavi text MHMT (Muhammad) before bust, Arabic waf ( "full ") in ObQ2, blundered text in positions of mint & date on reverse, choice VF, RR.
Lot #145 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Anonymous, ca. 704-717, AV solidus (4.33g), Indiction III (=AD706), A-119.1, W-* (p.71), excellent style, choice EF, RR.
Lot #146 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-BYZANTINE: temp. Walid I, 705-715, AV solidus (2.96g), Spania, AH94, Indiction 11 (=AD714), A-122, W-181, star in obverse center, characteristic of the Spanish series, lovely strike, EF. Indiction year as INdCXI in reverse center, Hijri year as XCIIII at end of reverse marginal text.
Lot #147 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, ca. 640s, AE fals (5.09g), CON, "year 17 ", A-3501, ANNO at top of obverse, above the capital M, monogram of Heraclius to left, rosette of 7 pellets within the date to the right, officina Γ, lovely patina, VF, RR. Based on type Sear-808, MIB-162.
Lot #148 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, ca. 640s, AE fals (4.58g), "year 17 ", A-3501, MIB-X51 (same reverse die), mint ΘECP for Thessalonika, but minted in Syria, officina B, decent strike, choice VF, R. Probably struck on half an older Byzantine follis, with the corners sliced off, regarded by Foss as the earliest Arab-Byzantine coinage.
Lot #149 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, ca. 640s, AE fals (4.61g), A-3501, mint & date completely off flan, officina blundered Γ, bold VF. Struck on half a follis, with the corners sliced off, unusually thick & narrow.
Lot #150 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, ca. 640s, AE fals (5.53g), A-3501, mint & date quite visible, but utterly meaningless, only one central cross on obverse, retrograde officina Γ, VF. Struck on half of a follis, with the corners sliced off, unusually thick & narrow.
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