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Lot 74 - islamic early pre-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 74 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

ARAB-SASANIAN: Khusraw type, ca. 666-670, AR drachm (3.41g), SK (Sijistan), AH48, A-5, bism Allah rabbi in obverse field, anonymous issue of Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, VF.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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Lot 90 - islamic early pre-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 90 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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Lot 85 - islamic early pre-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 85 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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Lot 80 - islamic early pre-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 80 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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Lot 96 - islamic early pre-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 96 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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Lot 75 - islamic early pre-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 75 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR drachm (3.44g), DA (Darabjird), year 43 (frozen), A-8, VF.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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Lot 91 - islamic early pre-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 91 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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Lot 86 - islamic early pre-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 86 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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Lot 81 - islamic early pre-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 81 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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Lot 97 - islamic early pre-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

Lot 97 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

ARAB-BYZANTINE: Three Standing Figures, ca. 670-700+, AE fals (5.50g), Tabariya/Tiberias, ND, A-3512, W-49, large, broad flan, VF.

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #22

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