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Lot 99 - islamic early pre-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

Lot 99 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

ARAB-SASANIAN: Anonymous, ca. 690-710, AE pashiz (0.69g), BYSh (Bishapur), ND, A-L41, single Sasanian facing bust / cross potent, blundered Pahlavi texts, generally as Gyselen-5, some green adhesion (appears inactive), VF, RR.
Est low: $120 Est high: $160

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

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Lot 83 - islamic early pre-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

Lot 83 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Abd Allah b. Khazim, 682-692, AR drachm (4.06g), MRW (Marw), AH69, A-19, with countermark Göbl-14 between ObQ1 and ObQ2, graffiti in reverse margin, lovely strike, choice EF.
Est low: $250 Est high: $300

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

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Lot 78 - islamic early pre-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

Lot 78 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

ARAB-SASANIAN: Ziyad b. Abi Sufyan, 665-673, AR drachm (3.34g), NAR (Narmashir), AH52, A-8, rare mint for this reign, lightly cleaned, VF, R.
Est low: $140 Est high: $180

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

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Lot 94 - islamic early pre-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

Lot 94 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

ARAB-SASANIAN: Farrukhzad, ca. 695-699, AE pashiz (3.16g), GWBR (Gur), year 60, A-41A, Gyselen-16, based on the standard design of Khusro II and the subsequent Arab-Sasanian drachms, Fine to VF, RR. Gur, written as Jûr in Arabic on the post-reform Umayyad and Abbasid coinage, was located in the Ardashir-Khurra district, now known as Firuzabad.
Est low: $240 Est high: $300

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

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Lot 89 - islamic early pre-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

Lot 89 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

ARAB-SASANIAN: al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf, 694-713, AR drachm (4.00g), BYSh (Bishapur), AH79, A-35.2, with just bism Allah on obverse, governor's name only in Arabic, EF.
Est low: $350 Est high: $400

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

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Lot 100 - islamic early pre-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

Lot 100 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

ARAB-BYZANTINE: Facing Bust, ca. 610-650, AE follis (5.16g), NM, "year 17", A-3508X, coarsely engraved caricature of a royal bust, holding cross, with meaningless symbols left & right, no legends / 5-point star above capital M, officina area flat, trace of mint name below, NNNO to left, date to right, unusual type, either pre-Arab or early Arab, Fine to VF, R.
Est low: $120 Est high: $150

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

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Lot 84 - islamic early pre-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

Lot 84 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

ARAB-SASANIAN: Talha b. 'Abd Allah, fl. 683-685, AR drachm (3.94g), SK (Sijistan), AH64, A-26, with talha lillah instead of bism Allah in ObQ2, wonderful strike, choice EF.
Est low: $400 Est high: $500

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

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Lot 79 - islamic early pre-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

Lot 79 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

ARAB-SASANIAN: 'Ubayd Allah b. Ziyad, 673-683, AR drachm (4.09g), DA (Darabjird), YE47, A-12, finest style, EF.
Est low: $120 Est high: $150

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

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Lot 95 - islamic early pre-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

Lot 95 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

ARAB-SASANIAN: Farrukhzad, ca. 695-699, AE pashiz (2.67g), GWBR (Gur), year 60, A-41A, Gyselen-16, based on the standard design of Khusro II and the subsequent Arab-Sasanian drachms, Fine to VF, RR.
Est low: $240 Est high: $300

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

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Lot 74 - islamic early pre-reform -  Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

Lot 74 - islamic early pre-reform - Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

ARAB-SASANIAN: Yazdigerd type, 652-668, AR drachm (4.07g), SK (Sijistan), YE20 (frozen), A-1, first Islamic coin, distinguished from the last regular Sasanian issue by the addition of Arabic bism Allah in ObQ2, attractive VF.
Est low: $150 Est high: $200

Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #21

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