Public Numismatic Auction #8

Abd al-Malik b. Marwan, AH 65-86 (685-705). Dirham AH 82 (701), Fasa. Inscription centrale sur trois lignes, entourée d'une légende circulaire / Inscription centrale sur quatre lignes entourée d'une légende circulaire. 2,86g. A 126 ; Klat 513 ; Shams Eshragh -. Très rare. Très bel exemplaire.
With the exception of some issues from Damascus and al-Basra, Abd al-Malik b. Marwan's silver coins are all rare or very rare. Fasa, the second town in the Darabjird district of the province of Fars, lays on the road between Shiraz and Darabjird. At the time this coin was struck, Fasa was a large and important town. However, this appears to be the last coin issued by the mint until it was reopened briefly by the Buwayhids approximately three centuries later. The year AH 82 is the rarest of all the dates known.