ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, 673-683, AR drachm (3.89g), GD (Jayy), AH62, A-12, date written as TLYNShST, with small annulet before the date, unusual variety, VF.
Numismatic Auction #22
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May 14, 2015 America/Los_Angeles
Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22
Thursday May 14, 2015 09:00 to Friday May 15, 2015 19:00 America/Los_Angeles
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Lot #77 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, 673-683, AR drachm (2.70g), AYRAN (Hulwan), PYE30, A-12A, W-I.23, with Pahlavi YZAN in the 1st quarter of the obverse margin, clipped down to post-reform standard, VF, RR.
Lot #78 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Mu'awiya, 661-680, AR drachm (4.10g), DA (Darabjird), year 43 (frozen), A-14, actually struck AH52-54, the first issue to bear the name of a caliph, as commander of the believers, bold VF to EF.
Lot #79 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, 680-692, AR drachm (4.07g), DA + G (Jahrom), YE56, A-16, some light porosity near the rim, otherwise very attractive, EF.
Lot #80 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Salm. b. Ziyad, ca. 680-685, AR drachm (2.26g), AYPTAK, AH64, A-18, SICA-43, clipped down to later standard, VF, RRR. This mint name has been tentatively associated with Itak, the district around the city of Abivard, now on the border between Iran and Turkmenistan. All known coins of this mint are year 64 issues of Salm b. Ziyad. Possibly from the same reverse die as SICA-43.
Lot #81 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd al-Malik b. 'Abd Allah, 685-686, AR drachm (4.07g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH67, A-20, with bism Allah muhammad rasul Allah in obverse margin, attractive strike, EF, RR.
Lot #82 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Humran b. Aban, 691, AR drachm (3.97g), ART (Ardashir Khurra), AH72, A-23, lovely even strike, group of 4 pellets after bism Allah in obverse margin, VF, R.
Lot #83 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Atiya b. al-Aswad, fl. 689-696, AR dirham (3.12g), KRMAN (Kirman), AH75, A-28, clipped down to later standard, Fine to VF.
Lot #84 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf, 694-713, AR drachm (4.00g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH80, A-35.2, bism Allah in ObQ2, attractive VF to EF.
Lot #85 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusraw type, ca. 680-700, AE pashiz (0.84g), ST (Istakhr), ND, A-K41, standard Sasanian style (bust right / fire-altar & 2 attendants), undeciphered Pahlavi word left on reverse, light porosity, VF, RR. The word to right of the portrait on obverse is perhaps to be read as AWMR for the name 'Umar, unidentified official.
Lot #86 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusraw type, ca. 680-700, AE pashiz (0.88g), NM, ND, A-K41, Gyselen-66, Arabic baraka in place of name on obverse, bism Allah and rabbi Allah in Arabic in place of date & mint, nice strike, VF, R.
Lot #87 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 690-710, AE pashiz (0.80g), NM, A-43B, Byzantine style, two facing busts, each with cross on headdress / patriarchal cross on steps, pseudo-legends both sides, loop attached for mounting, Fine to VF, R.
Lot #88 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 670-700, AE pashiz (2.32g), uncertain mint, ND, A-49K, Gyselen-86, important type, but still without interpretation of most of its inscriptions, Very Good to Fine, RRR.
Lot #89 - islamic early pre-reform
EASTERN SISTAN: Khusro type, ca. 716-727, AR drachm (3.59g), SK (Sijistan), AH108, A-77, with crescent in ObQ1, the date seems to be written as TMShST for 108, but this reading is tentative, VF, RR.
Lot #90 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-BYZANTINE: debased AV solidus (4.06g), "Spania", indiction 11 (about 713 AD), A-122, W-181, abbreviated Latin marginal texts both sides, star in obverse center, indiction number in reverse center, normally also dated AH94, but off flan on this piece, Good, RR.
Lot #91 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, ca. 640s-660s, AE fals (5.57g), year "17", A-3501A, MIB-X43 (same reverse die), mint mark HEΠ derived from the standard abbreviation for Theopolis (Antioch), clear date, officina Γ, lovely strike, VF to EF, R.
Lot #92 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Two Half-busts, ca. 640s-660s, AE fals (3.40g), NM, ND, A-3502var, two half-busts derived from the common gold solidus of Heraclius & Constantine, large cross above / capital M, AN to left, NN to right, officina Γ, pellet instead of mint name below, VF to EF, RRR. Appears to be unpublished.
Lot #93 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 640s-660s, AE square fals (3.69g), NM, A-3504, Foss, p.32, emperor standing, holding 2 crosses, traces of EN TOTO NIKA around / cursive m, ANA left, traces of NEO right, blundered text below, derived from Class 1 of Constans II (Grierson-367), extremely rare on square flan, VF, RRR.
Lot #94 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 650s, AE square fals (3.82g), "NKIO", A-3504, Foss, p.32, "emperor" holding 2 long crosses, retrograde E left, right character off flan / cross above cursive m, symbols left & right, mint name below, Fine to VF, RR. A very similar piece, struck on a more-or-less round flan, appeared in our Auction 19 (Lot 180), but it is extremely rare on a square planchet.
Lot #95 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-BYZANTINE: AE follis (14.04g), NM, ND, A-3509G, countermarked tayyib on the reverse of a standard follis of Justin II (565-578), officina Δ, regnal year 10, VF on Fine host, RRR. The countermark is almost identical to the mark on standard Arab-Byzantine Scythopolis folles published by Amitai-Preiss, Berman & Qedar in INJ volume 13 (type A9a). This is first example we have seen with the tayyib countermark on a standard follis of...
Lot #96 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Joseph & Sophia type, ca. 670-700, AE ½ fals (3.16g), Baysan, ND, A-3510, two seated figures derived from Justin & Sophia, no legend / capital K (for "20" nummi), cross above, mint name in Arabic to left, lazy I to right, saltire below, Fine to VF, R.
Lot #97 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, ca. 670-700+, AE fals (5.50g), Tabariya/Tiberias, ND, A-3512, W-49, large, broad flan, VF.
Lot #98 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, ca. 685-690, AE fals (3.09g), NM [Tabariya by type], ND, A-3512B, muhammad rasul Allah instead of mint formula, cross atop crescent above capital M, officina A, nice strike, Fine, R.
Lot #99 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Two Standing Figures, ca. 680-690, AE fals (2.96g), Dimashq, ND, A-3513.1, capital M, muling of a Ba'albakk obverse with a Damascus reverse, Fine to VF, R.
Lot #100 - islamic early pre-reform
ARAB-BYZANTINE: Standing Emperor, ca. 670-690, AE fals (4.29g), Ba'albakk (Emisos), ND, A-3516, W-30, bism Allah to left, blundered Greek text to right / capital M, flanked by mint name in Greek, Arabic tayyib below, officina Δ, VF, S.
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